OTI Receives Additional Orders In Poland 12:03AM 11-Mar-2009 On Track Innovations (OTI) announced that its subsidiary, ASEC in Poland, will provide the Transport Department of the City of Warsaw with additional public transportation and street parking contactless tickets. Following Warsaw, the programme is expanding to other cities in Poland including Gdynia, Plock and Rybnik. The orders are for more than US$500,000 and delivery is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Soliton Partnership For AAITG In Japan 12:02AM 11-Mar-2009 Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (AAITG) announced its new partnership with Soliton Systems of Japan. The combined solution includes the Omnikey 5321 contactless smart card reader and SmartOn for enterprise IT security management.

20 Million PayPass Devices Issued 12:01AM 11-Mar-2009 MasterCard announced the issuance of the 20 millionth MasterCard PayPass device globally. PayPass is now accepted at more than 80,000 merchants in 20 countries. This latest milestone is consistent with the results of a “Global Cash Usage Survey” conducted in 2007 by KRC Research and commissioned by MasterCard, designed to gauge global attitudes towards the use of cash versus alternate payment methods as well as to determine consumer interest in using new technologies such as contactless payment technology.

Arcontia Receives Swedish Order For Mobile e-Ticketing 12:01AM 11-Mar-2009 Arcontia announced that their contactless smart card readers have been chosen by Swedish Railways (SJ) for the use within their national e-Ticketing system.

PaperTyger DEFENDER Enjoying Rapid Acceptance 11:51PM 10-Mar-2009 Chase Corporation reported that its new contactless shielding product, Paper Tyger DEFENDER, is quickly gaining widespread acceptance. DEFENDER, an innovative patent-pending laminated paper with an inner security barrier, provides affordable personal and mail-stream privacy protection by shielding smart cards and RFID-enabled credentials from unauthorised access. According to industry leaders, the DEFENDER shield is facilitating the growth of contactless cards across the globe.

NCR Payment Solutions For Retail & Hospitality 11:40PM 10-Mar-2009 NCR in partnership with ViVOtech has introduced a suite of contactless payment terminals for the POS. These solutions enable mobile and contactless payment at a variety of customer touch points, including retail checkout, restaurant drive-thru and the diner's table.

IBM Teams With METRO For RFID Implementations 11:39PM 10-Mar-2009 IBM announced that it is continuously working with METRO Group to implement RFID technology to improve the availability of products in its stores, enhance consumers' shopping experience and boost supply chain performance. The companies are successfully using RFID in a system which tracks shipments from suppliers to warehouses, distribution centres and stores. The companies are also teaming up for an innovative customer-focused RFID project in one of METRO's Galeria Kaufhof departmental stores.

PNL Advanced Logistics Services With Savi Networks 11:38PM 10-Mar-2009 PNL Networks (PNL), the technology arm of global logistics service provider PNL Group, announced that it has contracted with Savi Networks to enable PNL to offer its customers advanced logistics services, based on wireless monitoring technology. The contract calls on Savi Networks to provide the SaviTrak information service to monitor, in real-time, container shipments filled with products such as LCD TV screens that are transported across more than 2 dozen tradelanes spanning the globe.

Arthur Blank Announces Partnership With INSIDE 11:35PM 10-Mar-2009 Arthur Blank announced a partnership with INSIDE for the supply of their newly released L4 2.5G MicroPass platform. As a result of this partnership, American Banknote’s (ABNote) global network of secure card production facilities will be teamed with an industry-leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technology.

IPICO RFID Tags For South African Vehicles 11:35PM 10-Mar-2009 IPICO and its South African BEE partner, IPICO Africa announced that they have received an initial order for 600,000 UHF RFID tags for vehicle registration number plates to be deployed in the Gauteng province, South Africa. The order marks a significant breakthrough into the global transportation industry, one of the most important markets for IPICO's passive UHF RFID tags and readers which can be used to identify vehicles, licence discs and number plates.