NXP Semiconductors works closely with customers and business partners in all areas of identification technology. We have asked some of our key clients to allow us to tell their story of how we’ve helped them to develop successful identification applications. In these pages you will find a showcase of success stories from our customers around the world.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) |
RFID: an innovator's market
As an innovator in RFID, NXP is helping open up major new markets through the specialization of RFID
technology.
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Europe plans self-regulation for RFID
The European Commission (EC) has announced plans to encourage the RFID industry to impose self-regulation
over privacy concerns.
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NXP tops ABI Vendor Matrix
NXP Semiconductors has been ranked at the top of a new Contactless IC Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research,
ahead of Texas Instruments and Sony Corporation.
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EPC Gen2 hits the big time in China
Since the acceptance of the EPC Gen2 standard for RFID tagging solutions, uptake of the new
technology has been rapid.
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Asia under the spotlight
Asia is home to around 60% of the world’s population. It's also the home of some of the world’s largest
and fastest growing economies. So it's no surprise that there is a great deal of activity in the Asian RFID market.
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Animal identification
Farmers get animated over RFID tagging
Farmers are enjoying the benefits of RFID for themselves. Just ask Wim Jansen, who manages a huge pig-breeding and -fattening
facility in Sandbeiendorf, Germany.
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Automatic Fare Collection
Nanjing moves to MIFARE DESFire
The Chinese city of Nanjing has upgraded its contactless ticketing system to MIFARE DESFire. Already, over
two million DESFire cards have been issued.
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Olympics spur China’s RFID infrastructure
As host nation for the 2008 Olympic Games, China is busy modernizing many of its infrastructure
systems. As part of these developments, Beijing saw the full commercial roll-out of RFID ticketing for its transport
network.
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MIFARE’s the solution
Asian transport operators have high expectations when it comes to public transport ticketing. They
want a technology that's low-cost, future-proof, and with tickets available in huge volumes.
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Brazil: balls, bikinis and buses
The 5th largest country in the world in terms of both area and population,
Brazil is a booming market for RFID with more than 60 projects running in the
transport ticketing sector alone.
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e-ticketing reader for Norwegian State Railways
Norwegian train conductors will soon be checking tickets with pocket PCs fitted with contactless smart card
readers as part of a new e-ticketing system.
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Valencia launches contactless smart card ticketing
Responsible for public transport in Valencia, Spain, the Entitat de Transport Metropolità (eTM) is
launching a new contactless smart card ticketing scheme based on Philips MIFARE technology.
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MIFARE DESFire technology powers Madrid's new transport card
The Regional Transport office of Madrid has chosen Philips MIFARE DESFire technology for its new Sube-T transport
card.
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Event ticketing
The final whistle
The final whistle of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ has been blown. With millions of fans enjoying the unique atmosphere, the tournament
was a huge success.
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Contactless tickets – a smash hit for the Tennis Masters Cup
In November 2006 and 2007, the Tennis Masters Cup will be held at Shanghai’s Qi Zhong Tennis Center, where organizers are looking forward to a smooth, trouble-free event. Partly because of the experience they gained while staging the event in 2005 and partly because of the new contactless ticketing solution they’re implementing.
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Gearing up for kick off
For the sixth consecutive tournament, Philips is an Official Partner of the FIFA World Cup™, enhancing
people's enjoyment of the beautiful game's biggest event.
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Playing to win
Sports events are gaining real benefits from contactless smart card infrastructures. But it's not just football
stadiums that use this technology: supporters and competitors in all kinds of sports are also benefiting from secure
contactless solutions.
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Philips scores in German stadiums
All the match tickets for this year's FIFA World Cup™ will include a Philips
MIFARE Ultralight IC, to ensure fast and secure access to each of the 12 stadiums hosting the games.
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Rental
New Library, new technology
In July, Shenzhen's newest library will adopt ICODE labels for its inventory of some four million
publications.
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The silent revolution: RFID in libraries
Meeting the growing demand for RFID in European libraries, book supplier NBD|Biblion is tagging nearly
three million books per year, using tags based on Philips ICODE.
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Supply Chain Management
Take security to the next level
The Philips ICODE SLI-S IC offers an enhanced security option to the smart label market – password protection.
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Saving money, saving lives
Healthcare touches everyone's lives, dealing literally with life and death issues. However, it is also a large
industry, which is facing major challenges worldwide.
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Partnership boosts ICODE infrastructure
More than ever before, close cooperation between companies is important in attaining common business goals.
Our partnership with leading manufacturer FEIG ELECTRONIC is a prime example...
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Fashion
100% ICODE – making a statement in the fashion world
Earlier this year, Lemmi Fashion became the first retailer to rely entirely on an ICODE-based RFID tagging system,
tracking its clothing inventory from production to shipment.
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Pharmaceuticals
Efficient, reliable item-level tracking and electronic pedigree for pharmaceuticals
NXP's ICODE UID-OTP smart label IC goes a long way towards improving patient safety and securing
the pharmaceutical supply chain.
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Improving patient safety
At the Gregorio Marañón General Hospital in Madrid, the potential benefits of RFID for the healthcare sector are being turned into reality.
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War on counterfeit drugs
Counterfeit tickets cost companies their revenue. Counterfeit drugs cost people their lives, along with their money and their faith in an industry that’s dedicated to providing them with life-saving medicines. That’s why NXP and our partner TAGSYS are working together to make things difficult for counterfeiters.
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Retail and mandates
Connecting a 600 year old retailer with the future
Mitsukoshi had two clear goals when it turned to RFID technology to improve its operations: to
improve customer service and reduce sales lost due to lack of stock.
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Schuitema – a fresh approach
Dutch retail organization Schuitema’s ‘Vers Schakel’ (Fresh Link) project is the first
European application of RFID in a fresh vegetable supply chain.
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Smart cards |
ISIC card brings more benefits to students
Students in St Petersburg, Russia, can now use their International Student Identity Card (ISIC) on the city’s public transport network. + more info
Banking
Thailand takes the smart path
Launched in December 2005, Thailand's “Smart Purse” scheme was the first to offer consumers
the convenience of contactless payment.
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eGovernment
Securing a nation’s health
France’s highly successful Sesam-Vitale healthcare system is about to get even better, thanks to a second generation of
SmartMX-based smart cards.
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ePassports around the world
Today 50 countries around the world are looking to introduce ePassport schemes. Thirty-six of these countries have chosen NXP’s
industry-leading SmartMX secure ePassport chip.
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Asia chooses SMARTMX for eGovernment applications
As the whole of Asia drives towards establishing an eID framework, many countries are aiming to
roll-out ePassports or ID cards in the near future.
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SMARTMX at heart of New Zealand ePassports
The Canadian Bank Note Company Limited has successfully integrated Philips SmartMX contactless smart
card chip technology in New Zealand's new electronic passports.
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Near Field Communication (NFC) |
Scholars test peer-to-peer NFC services
100 students and staff at the University Of Applied Sciences Of Upper Austria are trying out an
advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) implementation on campus
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Germany to ”Touch & Travel” with NFC
An innovative new ticketing system lets German train travelers pay for journeys just by pressing
a button on their cell phone.
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NXP and Sony team up
NXP and Sony are teaming up to create a secure, single chip platform that can handle any contactless
application, regardless of technology platform, service provider or geography.
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StoLPaN looks to the future with NFC
The StoLPaN (Store Logistics and Payment with NFC) consortium is looking into the enormous opportunities
that open up when you combine NFC with the cell phone.
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NFC helps care workers spend more time caring
Two NFC systems in the Netherlands are helping care workers spend more time with their patients.
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City fans support NFC
Manchester City Football Club has rolled out the UK’s first trial that lets season ticket holders use
NFC-enabled phones to pay for everything from entrance to food, drink and merchandise.
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JCB launches NFC mobile payment pilot in Europe
Building on its mobile payment experience in Asia, JCB has launched its new contactless payment scheme in Europe: Mobile J/Speedy™.
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Young NFC innovators help diabetes patients
Demonstrating considerable innovation in their use of NFC, students in the NXP Young Innovators Challenge
designed NFC-based solutions for a wide variety of applications.
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World’s largest NFC trial
Asia leads the way in mobile transactions. During the past year trials have been initiated by
many telephone operators and manufacturers across the region, while NFC-equipped phones are already on the market in
several countries.
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First commercial NFC rollout
The 'Hanauer Handy Ticket' application ('Farschein Hanau') is the world's first commercial deployment of NFC-enabled
ticketing.
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NFC: come closer, go further
The easy, intuitive way to connect devices, NFC is now starting to show its potential. From ticketing
and payment to easy access to content and information - just touch and interact.
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