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German Study Shows Companies Dissatisfied With RFID's Ability to Meet Goals Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and P3 say businesses don't appreciate how RFID can help improve the efficiency of numerous business processes.

Soccer Fans Use RFID Cards to Gain Admission and Buy Food The Manchester City Football Club is issuing season tickets containing 13.56 MHz RFID tags, enabling them to unlock the stadium's turnstiles, and to function as contactless PayPass payment cards.

NXP Announces New, More Secure Chip for Transport, Access Cards According to the company, the chip is backward-compatible with the less-secure Mifare Classic chip, recently hacked by two research groups.

Printer-Encoder Order Represents New DOD Milestone Lowry Computer's $8.7 million contract for 1,804 EPC Gen 2 RFID printer-encoders will enable defense distribution depots to extend RFID use further down the supply chain.

Children's Hospital Boston Joins Others Using RFID to Track Implantables A growing number of hospitals and surgical suppliers are employing passive RFID tags to help them monitor the inventory and usage of implantable surgical devices, as well as to manage billing.

Electronic Vehicle Registration Picks Up Speed A number of nations are using passive RFID tags to automatically verify cars are properly registered, as well as to monitor traffic levels.

EC Publishes RFID Privacy Policy Draft EPCglobal calls for clarification on proposed European Commission rules for the retail sector.

GS1, ETSI, CEN Establish Global RFID Standards Forum The three organizations will work together with others around the world to move toward an international set of standards for RFID.

Startup Seeks to Kick-start RFID in Trinidad RFIDTT wants to help the oil-producing Caribbean country move to a knowledge-based economy, and is hoping RFID will be the catalyst.

San Daniele Prosciutto to Wear RFID Seal of Authenticity Producers of the region's air-cured ham want to use passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags to protect their brand, tracking the supply chain from slaughterhouse to retailer.