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RFID News Roundup Philippines drafts rules for RFID frequency, power use; SAMSys introduces Gen 2 portal reader package; research projects $2.3 billion market for RFID in health care, pharma; IP Smart Packaging is now ASURYS; Australian chipmaker receives government grant; German retailer Rewe testing RFID.

Bike Rental Program Peddles Smart Cards In France, people use RFID-enabled prepaid cards to rent bicycles from 175 locations across Lyon and its suburbs.

Jail to Test RFID-Managed Phones At a Texas correctional facility, inmates will use RFID wristbands to access the phone system and pay for calls.

Paris Transit to Test Phones as Fare Cards The city's public transportation authority will carry out a trial enabling Paris subway and bus riders to use RFID-enabled cell phones as contactless transit cards.

Norway Railroad to Roll Out E-Tickets In 2006, NSB will begin replacing its conventional ticketing system with one using embedded RFID tags.

Chase Expands Blink's East Coast Presence The bank is sending blink cards to 3 million Eastern U.S. cardholders, stating they'll soon have 3,000 places to use them.

Vending Machines Accept RFID Cards In New York City and Atlanta, USA Technologies is installing RFID-enabled cashless payment terminals in vending machines and kiosks.

RFID Moratorium Bill Stalls in Committee California's Identity Information Protection Act of 2005, which seeks to restrict the use of RFID technology in state-issued IDs, is being held up in the assembly's appropriations committee.

Chase Offers Contactless Cards in a Blink The global financial services firm will issue MasterCard and Visa credit cards embedded with RFID tags to enable a contactless payment service called blink.

RFID Phone Payment Systems Good to Go A report by a smart card industry group predicts a strong market for RFID-enabled payment systems using mobile phones, but only if certain issues are resolved.