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Power Paper Raises $15 Million

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

RFID Journal - Power Paper Raises $15 million

“Power Paper, a Tel Aviv-based company that is developing environmentally friendly, thin-film batteries, has raised $15 million in a fourth round of funding. A flexible battery The company says it will use the money to continue to develop its flexible, thin batteries for RFID tags and smart labels. ”

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the second edition of its “White Paper on Mobile Payments.”

According to EPC, the white paper focuses on the usage of the mobile payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and explores how m-payment services can be delivered through cooperation between service providers in the payment industry and players within the mobile ecosystem.

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Austriamicrosystems has developed two new RFID reader chips combining low power operation, small size, and low cost to enable RFID implementation in embedded portable and consumer devices.

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Sony is working on a new kind of power outlet that uses built-in Felica standard IC chips to authenticate users wishing to charge their devices, according to the Verge.

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Secure transactions consultancy Intelling has released a white paper called “eID in South Asia,” which discusses several ongoing eID projects within the region.

The white paper serves as a preview to Intelling’s Smart Insights Report on eID in South East Asia, which it plans to release in April.

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In Transport Ticketing Authority (TTA) in Melbourne, Australia is making a questionable decision by deciding to do away with its paper tickets on buses and V/Line inter-urban services, according to theage.com.au.

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Disney World is trialing a new FastPass system that will utilize RFID technology to speed up ticketing lines at Disney’s popular rides and theme park attractions, according to ITWeb.

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