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METRO and Reva Team For RFID-Boosted Store Improvements

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Think you’ve been hearing a lot about METRO Group lately?

Well, as of this morning, there’s more: Today Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, announced that METRO Group is deploying Reva’s Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products in what’s being called the “largest production-scale RFID rollout in Europe.”

Initially encompassing about 200 locations of the sales brands Metro Cash & Carry, Real stores, and the METRO Group distribution centers, the rollout entails installing Reva’s technology at each location, according to reports.

Reva’s RFID network infrastructure helps enable Metro’s RFID architecture to support current and future RFID initiatives. [end] 

Metro Inc. is partnering with Visa to bring payWave contactless payments to its chain of 600 grocery stores across Ontario and Quebec.

Beginning early next year, shoppers at Metro, Metro Plus, Super C and Food Basics will be able to pay for items with a tap of a contactless Visa credit or debit card against a reader at the point of sale.

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Japan’s Fukumi Corporation has opened the world’s first physical shop for NFC tags, applications, starter kits and printing and encoding services in Yaesu, Tokyo.

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A team of researchers at the University of Montpellier in France have developed a way to embed a thin aluminum RFID tag on to paper.

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NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 platform has been selected to manage the automated fare collection of the newly opened metro in the Indian city of Bengaluru, formally known as Bangalore.

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The Delhi Metro is in the process of acquiring new automatic fare collection gates that will enable passengers to recharge their metro cards without paying cash, according to TruthDive.com.

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The Paris Metro’s 2013 Navigo transit card may come with a new feature that enables users to top up their card accounts via mobile phone, according to the Verge.

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