Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Zebra joins Navis Technology Alliance, 15k trucks tagged for L.A. terminal access

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Zebra and the Navis Star Technology Alliance have formed a strategic partnership that looks to bring further enhancements and better solutions to marine terminal markets. The partnership also enables Navis as the exclusive provider of Zebra’s WhereNet hardware solutions.

Together, Navis and Zebra are already providing WhereNet RFID tags for use in the Los Angeles Long Beach Clean Truck Program, where more than 15,000 trucks are tagged in order to gain access to the ports and terminals and ensure environmental compliance.


Combined with Navis’ popular terminal operating system (TOS), the new alliance will enable a fully integrated solution utilizing Zebra’s WhereNet hardware, Wheretags, Whereport, and middleware for use in marine ports and terminals.

In addition to Zebra Technologies, the Navis Star Technology Alliance also includes third-party technology vendors APS Technology Group, Symeo GmbH and arl-shipping.com. [end] 

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that austriamicrosystems has joined as a full member.

Since joining the OSPT Alliance, austriamicrosystems will have access to the CIPURSE open standard specification, leveraging its experience into embedded systems for mobile fare collection applications. The open standard promotes vendor neutrality and cross-vendor system interoperability with reduced technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness.

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TrackIT Solutions, an RFID solutions provider based in the Middle East, announced the launch of EnTrackAsset, a Web-enabled RFID tracking solution designed to streamline and automate corporate asset management.

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The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that SMARTRAC has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member.

As the newest member, SMARTRAC will participate in the Alliance’s activities around the development of next-generation transit fare collection systems based on the CIPURSE open security standard. The CIPURSE open security standard addresses the need by transit authorities for future-proof fare collection systems with more advanced security than currently in use.

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New Jersey Transit’s use of NFC payments with Google Wallet has been an “overwhelming and resounding success,” according to NJ Transit spokesman John Durson.

Introduced on the NJ Transit network in October 2011, Google Wallet enables riders to purchase tickets with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone at New York Penn Station, Newark Liberty Airport’s rail station and on 7 city bus lines.

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