With trials occurring at a fevered pace, NFC is being tested for real world use USA: Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless conduct NFC payment trial of “Wireless Wallet” with consumers in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS. End date: August 2007. The Netherlands: Roda Stadium trials NFC phones for football ticketing and payment with KPN, Philips, […]

Casinos turning to embedded chips to generate player and accounting data By Stephen Barlas Major gaming industry vendors are betting big on the use of RFID gaming chips. The first to lay its cards on the table is Las Vegas-based Progressive Gaming International Corp. Casinos in Louisiana, Minnesota, Las Vegas and Northern California are using […]

Understanding why NFC is more than contactless, Bluetooth, or RFID … Certainly among the hottest of topics in the ID world today is Near Field Communication (NFC), an exciting and relatively new technology. While it has become a household term in most identification-centric circles, a significant gap in understanding of its technical operations and capabilities […]

With trials occurring at a fevered pace, NFC is being tested for real world use USA: Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless conduct NFC payment trial of “Wireless Wallet” with consumers in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS. End date: August 2007. The Netherlands: Roda Stadium trials NFC phones for football ticketing and payment with KPN, Philips, […]

Students enjoy added flexibility and institutions benefit from new revenues Andy Williams, Contributing Editor In the drive for more bucks–and don’t kid yourself, nearly every college and university needs more money, particularly in today’s tax revolt environment–one overlooked revenue stream could be as near as the pizza joint next door to the college. Off campus […]

According to a number of well-educated individuals, there isn’t any. But “confusion” over RFID and contactless smart card technology is bothersome enough to those who know the difference that Frost & Sullivan this morning isssued a press release lamenting the lack of a firm understanding. Not knowing the difference between the two technologies prevents either […]

Although contactless technology is experiencing a surge, there is still much confusion over the similarities and differences between RFID and contactless smart card technology according to Frost & Sullivan Industry Analysts. According to the report, there is a need to crystallize the market’s understanding of the differences between RFID and contactless smart cards so that […]

Research and Markets’ new report RFID for Airports and Airlines 2007-2017, released this week, forcasts the use of the technology in the aviation industry. As with other industries, RFID enables technology in airports and aircraft, improves security against criminal attacks, and makes tasks less tedious (especially for maintenance pros). Forecasts See Early Rapid Growth of […]

AeroScout and Cisco are linked more closely now that the Wi-Fi active RFID entrepreneur’s tags work with the networking giant’s CCX tag format. This compatibility, according to AeroScout, “enables Cisco customers to add the most advanced location functionality to their Wi-Fi networks.” RFID Tag: AeroScout Announces Enhanced Location And Sensor Capabilities With Cisco 5/25/2007 AeroScout, […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Every time you turn around you see an NFC pilot program cropping up somewhere in the world. What you haven’t seen are many full-scale commercial rollouts. In fact, those could be counted on one hand. Sure, near field communication technology is still relatively new–but in a world where new innovations […]