Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

METRO Enforces RFID

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Making like Wal-Mart, German retailer METRO Group is apparently cracking down on the requirement that suppliers get onboard with the RFID train.

Stay tuned to see if it pans out (Wal-Mart suppliers are still a little tepid). [end] 

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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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A new study reveals the market for RFID transponders, readers, software and services will generate more than $70.5 billion from 2012 to the end of 2017.

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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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UPM RFID announced the new UPM Web ultra-high frequency (UHF) and UPM Trap near field (NF) UHF inlays based on the Monza RFID chip from Impinj.

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