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ACG and Wireless Dynamics team up to deploy NFC/RFID SD cards

Monday 6 November 2006 21:27 CET | News

ACG Identification Technologies has signed a partner agreement with Wireless Dynamics Inc. (WDI), a leading provider of NFC and RFID SD (Secure Digital) products. NFC (Near Field Communication) is a new wireless short-range technology which enables mobile devices to be used for secure contactless payments, ticketing and other contactless transactions.

WDIs innovative SDiD product line is designed to provide NFC and RFID plug-and-play functions for mobile devices. ACG will offer the SDiD Cards to the mobile RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and NFC markets. With the cooperation ACG closes the circle between cards, readers and PDAs and enables applications beyond pure RFID. With the standard SDIO (Secure Digital I/O) interface the SDiD Card can be inserted into most mobile devices like PDA or cellular based PDA phones with SD slots. With the new technology, consumers may use their mobile device as bus ticket, train ticket, event ticket or as debit or credit card for fast and secure transactions. They can even transfer stored tickets to other NFC enabled devices, utilizing the NFC peer-to-peer communication technology. Professionals can use SDiD enabled devices as portable readers and writers for NFC and RFID applications. WDIs SDiD products support a broad range of High Frequency (HF) protocols and operating systems for mobile devices. This ensures interoperability between the secure RFID technology and the specific applications in different vertical markets such as public transport, financial transactions or access and security.


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