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Beijing Draws Closer; RFID Ticket News Flows In

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

As reported by Security Document World, next week’s Cartes show in Paris, contactless technology company ASK will announce that ASK TongFang, its joint venture created in 2005, has been selected to manufacture contactless inlays for the 12.2 million RFID tickets of the XXIX Olympiad. Tickets, including anti-counterfeiting printed security features, will be provided by China Bank Note.

ASK’s partner Tsinghua TongFang has donated an RFID system to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee which includes the RFID inlays, gate readers, software and service, according to reports [end] 

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