Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

ACT Canada's CardWare 07 Government

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Dates: June 21, 2007
Venue: Hellenic Centre
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
URL: http://www.actcda.com
Contact: Andrea McMullen, andrea(AT)actcda.com, 905-426-6360 ext. 24

Description: Identity Management and Credentialing focus. [end] 

Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. and Summit Government Group have entered into an agreement to promote sales of the N37B rugged mobile computing device.

NPDT’s N37B rugged mobile computer is a device, certified by AT&T, for industrial applications such as inventory management, asset tracking, health care, law enforcement, field service/sales applications, and meter reading. In addition, the N37B is built to military standards, MIL-STD-461F and MIL-STD-810F, making it an ideal solution for government and military applications as well.

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Digital Identification Solutions Group, through its UAE distributor Emirates Photo Marketing, has been awarded a seven-figured Euro contract for the supply of personalization systems and consumables to the Abu Dhabi Federal Government.

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China Unicom has signed a $1.5 billion contract with the Chongqing Municipal Government to turn the city into the world center for NFC technology, according to The Register.

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The Government of India is planning to implement an electronic tolling system, which would fit every vehicle with a passive RFID tag. Allowing cashless payments of highway tolls, RFID tags will be stuck to the windshield of every vehicle and readers equipped at each toll booth along India’s 71,000 (~44,000 mi) National Highways.

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LaserCard Corp. has received a purchase order to supply additional optical security media cards for Italy’s Citizen ID Card program, known as the Carta d’Identità Elettronica or CIE, to be delivered by November 2010 at a value of $550,000. The ID cards are used by citizens for identification and travel.

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A new report from Research and Markets has found that the number of EMV payment smart cards in circulation in Canada is expected to reach 54.8 million this year, representing 43.6% of all payment cards in use.

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