Paris transport company RATP has chosen digital security provider Gemalto to supply personal readers that will enable users in the Ile-de-France region to recharge their contactless travel cards via a Web portal they can access from home. As part of the six-month pilot, users connect the Gemalto PC Twin Reader to their PC and buy […]

Sirit has announced availability of their new IDentity 5200 (ID5200) reader, the latest addition to its IDentity series of fixed position, UHF RFID readers. The ID5200 is a multi-protocol RFID reader designed for various automatic vehicle identification applications, including electronic tolling, traffic management and electronic vehicle registration. According to Sirit, the ID5200 can handle two […]

Toronto-based RFID provider Sirit has announced that the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) has placed a toll transponder order valued at $6.6 million over the next fifteen months. The order includes two options to purchase up to $1.7 million in additional toll transponders. The order calls for Sirit to deliver 410,000 Title-21 based toll transponders […]

Metalcraft announced availability of a destructible version of their RFID Windshield Tag designed for customers automating vehicle tracking and access control. The Destructible RFID Windshield Tag is built with slits along the perimeter of the label which destroy the inlay if someone tries to remove it from a windshield–a security feature that helps reduce the […]

Chip maker INSIDE Contactless and Connecthings, a provider of tags and location and time-based content management systems, have announced a partnership to drive NFC deployments beyond payment and transit applications. The two companies intend to develop, promote and commercialize the Wave-Me NFC services platform, a solution carriers and third-party service providers can use to give […]

According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, some Asia Pacific aviation companies are considering RFID to raise efficiency levels, reduce wastage and increase security in an effort to stay airborne in the face of a major economic downturn. According to Frost & Sullivan more than 20 Asia Pacific airlines are filing for bankruptcy. The […]

Roncari Express Parking, an off site airport valet on the east coast, has begun providing its patrons with the new electronic GOPASS membership card from Digital Identification Solutions, Piedmont, S.C. The new membership card is designed to eliminate waiting for their customers while they are dropping off or picking up their vehicle. The new system […]

Sirit has received the go ahead from Autopistas Urbanas S.A. (AUSA), the administrators of the Buenos Aires highway network, to install their electronic toll collection system in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The system will use 90 Sirit IDentity 5100 readers working in conjunction with AUSA legacy tags. Approximately 80 lanes will be outfitted with Sirit’s system […]

The University of Arizona’s car sharing program, introduced prior to the fall semester, is starting to gain adherents. Some 70 people signed up for the program before the semester began and nearly 200 more joined after only the first week. Rental car giant Hertz is providing the cars and the service, which allows students, faculty […]

About 250 more volunteers are needed to test Maryland Transit Administration’s new contactless fare system called the CharmCard, which is expected to eventually be compatible with the system used by the Washington DC Metro system. The test will run from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30. After the test period participants will have to return their […]