Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

LEGIC to provide secure access for German House at 2010 Olympics

Thursday, December 17, 2009

LEGIC is providing its advant smart card technology for secure access at the German House at the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

For the last twenty years, the German House has been the meeting point for athletes, advisers, officials, journalists and visitors from the worlds of business and politics around the German Olympic team.

LEGIC’s access control system features personalized contactless cards that grant authorized personnel access to the facilities at the two sites in Vancouver and Whistler. [end] 

Google is looking to bring its contactless mobile payments service to the UK in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics, according to eWeek Europe.

Google Wallet, which enables customers to pay, redeem coupons and earn loyalty points all with a single tap of an NFC-enabled phone, could be tested in the UK as early as the first quarter of 2012. French newspaper Les Echos says the company is currently in talks with British banks, retailers and distributors.

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The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colorado has selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System,to provide integrated access control and security management solutions from HID Global.

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LEGIC Identsystems has announced the development of LEGIC MMT, an offering designed to provide its customers with a new level of security and convenience for NXP Mifare-based environments.

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Switzerland’s LEGIC has announced two new partnerships that will bring the company’s contactless smart card technology to China.

Radio Frequency Systems, a manufacturer of contactless smart card technology, will use the LEGIC advant 4000 chip generation to create new reader modules for access control applications.

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The 25,000 VIPs, including athletes, coaches and officials, arriving for the summer Olympics in London through Heathrow International Airport will have a dedicated passport lane just for them when passing through immigration, according to a Daily Mail article.

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In the hopes that mobile wallets and contactless payments will catch on with consumers, mobile phone and financial services firms are looking to next year’s Olympics in London as a tipping point.

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