CARTES takes place from Nov. 4th to 6th near Paris, France. It is the annual jamboree for every company that has something to do with smart cards. Since NFC has a lot to do with smart cards, TORO will be present at CARTES. COme and meet with us to see our joint demo with GEMALTO [...]

CARTES 2008 as an indicator for NFC’s emergence in 2009.

In an earlier article, I explain why Japan should NOT be considered the most advanced market for NFC because, although mobile Felica is widespread, this technology only allows the “card emulation” mode, and is missing out the “reader” and “Peer-to-Peer” modes.

Well, its seems that our Japanese friends are coming up with an answer that might [...]

There is a quite extended metro system in Barcelona, so I was expecting to see people swipe their contactless card to check-in/out. I was surprised to discover that you still need to buy paper tickets, with all the inconveniencies that it supposes (cost, visual pollution, long queues, mechanical problems of readers, etc.). I wonder what [...]