Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Contactless takes Swiss campus to new heights

Thursday, July 20, 2006 in Library

LEGIC provides robust suite of payment and security applications for students in Chur, Switzerland

While many U.S. colleges and universities have been hesitant to delve into the contactless world, European and Asian campuses have taken the opposite approach. So it is with the University of Technology and Economics (HTW Chur) in Chur, Switzerland. The college opted for a contactless campus card system based on chips supplied by LEGIC Identsystems Ltd., also based in Switzerland. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology, including ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 compliant read/write chip sets, security modules, and transponder chips.

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