Zebra’s newest ID card printer, the ZXP Series 3, is offering high-end features at a budget price, which makes the printer ideal for many plastic card applications, including standard employee badges, student IDs, access control cards and high-security financial cards.

Zebra announced the availability of its Dart Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Vision Reader, with patented short-pulse UWB technology that provides visibility across an even larger range of environments for asset location or presence detection.

Datacard Group announced a new partnership with DED Limited, a UK-based distributor of point-of-sale equipment, plastic card printers and specialty printers. The partnership will help expand the reach of the Datacard standard desktop ID solutions throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

The government of India’s Planning Commission has announced that for electronic transfer of benefits to the rural poor, a unique identification number scheme is a more practical option than issuing smart cards, reports The Telegraph.