The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association set up to advance the use of NFC technology, will be conducting a one-day Spotlight Session for Developers Sept. 4 at the Lasaretti Hotelli-Ravintolaat in Oulu, Finland. The Spotlight Session takes place during the NFC Forum all-members meeting in Oulu, Finland, Aug. 31-Sept. 6. During the week-long event, […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems Ltd., a top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers in the Asia Pacific region, has launched a new reader that supports the EZ-Online system, allowing ez-link card users to manage their cards at home. EZ-Link was formed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore seven years ago to manage […]

Indian Railways, which carries 18 million passengers a day, making it one of the world’s largest rail transit systems, has selected NXP Semiconductor’s chip technology to drive its contactless smart cards for the automation fare collection system to be rolled out initially across five Indian cities. The company says its MIFARE DESFire chip has been […]

Chip maker INSIDE Contactless and Cryptography Research (CRI) have signed an agreement regarding the use of CRI’s patented countermeasures that protect against a specific semiconductor attack known as differential power analysis (DPA). The countermeasures add security to tamper-resistant chips, such as INSIDE’s MicroPass and other secure semiconductor products. Under the agreement, INSIDE may use CRI’s […]

Sound Transit, the operators of the ORCA Card, are receiving more than 700 complaints a week from riders with complaints that money isn’t showing up on their cards when the reloading is done online, according to a Komo.com report. The issue stems from people reloading the ORCA card online and a spokeswoman says the smart […]

According to eTrucker.com, The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) executive committee will meet August 18th to determine its position on requiring electronic ID tags on all commercial interstate vehicles. In January, the alliance’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee drafted a petition asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to adopt an amendment requiring every interstate […]

O2, a UK provider of mobile and broadband services, says it is ready to go with NFC but is waiting on support from retailers and handset manufacturers. O2 began piloting NFC in 2007 with customers using a Nokia phone and backing from Barclays bank. According to Mobile News, O2 is now in discussions with large […]

A former executive with Transport for London, which developed the city’s Oyster transit card, has been nominated by New York Gov. David Paterson to run the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The appointment of 48-year-old Jay Walder as MTA’s chairman and CEO, must be approved by the state New York State Senate. Currently a partner with […]

Pittsburgh’s Port Authority is testing smart cards on one bus line this summer hoping to work out any glitches before deploying the new fare boxes system wide, according to a report in the Pittsburg Tribune-Review. Ten Port Authority buses received fare collection boxes capable of using the smart-card technology and a dozen employees traveling from […]

Almost every week it seems like a new Near Field Communication pilot is announced. As more and more projects are rolled out Re:ID will keep you up to date on where they are and what they involve. After the jump find a listing of NFC pilots and deployments that appeared in the Spring issue of […]