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New alliance promotes higher standard

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

A new coalition of technology industry players has been formed to develop technologies which elaborate upon the current the ISO 18000-7 standard. The DASH7 Alliance includes semiconductor companies, RFID industry specialists, system integrators and wireless data users cooperating to create a framework for application development beyond the core standard, including seamless interoperability and security for transactions involving the standard.

Among the aims of the alliance is a push for wireless data innovations based on the ISO standard, such as advanced sensor networking, electronic seals and mobile phone integration. Members of the alliance believe technologies based on the standard can be most cost effective, reliable and consume less power than other wireless technologies on the market.


Founding partners in the DASH7 Alliance include equipment and device makers, systems integrators and end users representing the full spectrum of companies connected to the technology. STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, Dow, Savi Technologies and Unisys are all playing a role, along with 19 other firms.

The U.S. Department of Energy is also involved, with three of its laboratories (Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) acting as technical advisers. Also playing an advisory role is the University of Pittsburgh, which plans to serve as the initial test and certification lab for DASH7-enabled products.

The Alliance hopes to add more members, with membership open to end users, technology providers and research organizations. [end] 

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that austriamicrosystems has joined as a full member.

Since joining the OSPT Alliance, austriamicrosystems will have access to the CIPURSE open standard specification, leveraging its experience into embedded systems for mobile fare collection applications. The open standard promotes vendor neutrality and cross-vendor system interoperability with reduced technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness.

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Higher One, a payment services company focused on higher education, has earned integration certification with Banner Digital Campus system with both of Higher One’s product offerings–the CASHNet suite of payment processing solutions and OneDisburse Refund Management service.

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The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, an international association chartered to define a new open standard for secure transit fare collection solutions, has announced the admission of Samsung Electronics as a full member.

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The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that SMARTRAC has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member.

As the newest member, SMARTRAC will participate in the Alliance’s activities around the development of next-generation transit fare collection systems based on the CIPURSE open security standard. The CIPURSE open security standard addresses the need by transit authorities for future-proof fare collection systems with more advanced security than currently in use.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced the publication the new 802.15.4f-2012 standard for active RFID and RTLS.

This new standard will enable interoperability between systems and give end users a wider selection of vendors, whereas in the past the choice has been limited to a single source that supplies a proprietary technology platform.

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The Smart Card Alliance has announced the formation of the Mobile and NFC Council, a new industry body tasked with accelerating the adoption of NFC and raising awareness of the technology’s various capabilities.

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