Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Motorola to add NFC to future gadgets

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Motorola says it is looking into outfitting future business products with NFC technology for contactless payments. The company is expected to unveil its strategy, including which products will get the technology, at a big launch event next week in Paris.

Although Motorola has kept mum about the specifics of the initiative, Andy McBain, Motorola’s senior mobile computing and RFID product manager, told eWEEK Europe the company is “working to introduce a development to support contactless adoption.”


McBain also pointed out that the NFC development is in line with Motorola’s other projects in RFID technology, viz. its work with Dunlop Tires and Datalinx Computer Systems to embed RFID chips into British Touring Car tires to ensure they meet standard specifications.

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Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) announced the availability of its front end data collection tool, ClearStream RFID, designed for real-time inventory and asset tracking.

Complementing the release, Eplica Services in San Diego, Ca. said it will use ClearStream RFID for security tracking and attendance for thousands of workers entering and exiting remote construction work sites throughout North America.

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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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PiiComm has been selected by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Canada to provide an RFID-based asset tracking solution to monitor various assets stored at locations in over 170 missions worldwide.

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Samsung and Visa are providing their sponsored athletes and trialists at the London 2012 Olympic Games with special edition Samsung Galaxy S III handsets equipped with Visa’s payWave NFC payments application.

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