OTA Training has announced the launch of the first nationally standardized NFC educational series – the NFC Bootcamp. The six-city seminar tour brings together NFC industry leaders to present their ideas on creating successful market strategies using NFC technology. The seminar will also feature real-world, hands-on demos of NFC at work. As the NFC ecosystem […]

Awarepoint announced the acquisition of Patient Care Technology Systems. Providing an enterprise real-time solution, the united companies bring together Awarepoint’s ZigBee based technology with PCTS’s workflow software platform and clinical applications. The merger will bring enhanced interoperable solutions that enable the exchange of RTLS-generated data with health information exchange, electronic health records, clinical decision support […]

EarthSearch announced delivery on additional purchase orders to its Tanzania partner iFleet for the LogiBoxx real-time oil tanker monitor solution. “We have significant pilferage of oil in our regional market and considering the increase in the price of oil, this technology could not have come at a better time,” said Ashraf Mukri, iFleet Services, Tanzania. […]

Proxama has announced it will develop NFC applications for the new generation of Nokia smart phones, starting with the C7. The company is offering Nokia a complete NFC-driven service package featuring its TagCenter application, which lets users tap NFC data tags on posters, product packaging and point-of–sale displays for information, vouchers and more. TagCenter also […]

Rovio is introducing NFC to the mobile gaming world with a new Angry Birds game available exclusively to Nokia C7 users, according to Techradar.com. The latest version of the game, Angry Birds Magic, lets gamers tap their C7s together to destroy those precarious porcine structures in two-player mode, adding a new twist to one of […]

David Dorf, of the Insight-Driven Retail Blog, argues that the main advantage of NFC technology is its ability to be used for multiple purposes in the same transaction, i.e. couponing, loyalty and payment. But if using these services takes longer than it would to flip through your “real” wallet, what’s the point? In a test […]

A new report from Juniper Research forecasts rapid adoption of NFC services over the next three years, with at least one in five smart phones worldwide having NFC contactless functionality. Juniper predicts that almost 300 million NFC smart phones will be in use worldwide by 2014. North America is expected to account for half of […]

The NFC Forum has published a new paper aimed at spurring the development and deployment of NFC Smart Posters. The paper, entitled “How to use NFC tags and readers to create interactive experiences that benefit both consumers and businesses,” offers an easy guide to understanding what an NFC Smart Poster is, what is required to […]

Bell ID announced the launch of the Bell ID EMV Token Manager, a new Web-based solution designed to coordinate and simplify the management of any type or combination of EMV token deployment. The Bell ID EMV Token Manager performs data preparation for any EMV or chip payment application and for managing the entire life cycles […]

Omni-ID and C-Logistics partnered to co-develop RFID technology designed to track pipes, rental equipment and other assets found in oil and gas land and offshore logistics operations. The Omni-ID Solo is a long-range, durable passive ultra-high frequency RFID tag designed for disposable assets that are part of the open-loop supply chain for both offshore rigs […]