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Innovision’s Topaz becomes official NFC tag for WIMA 2010

...the global NFC business and technical developers summit

Monday 12th April, 2010

Cirencester, UK; 12th April 2010 - Innovision Research & Technology's (www.innovision-group.com) industry-leading Topaz NFC tags will play a central role at WIMA 2010 - the 4th Global NFC Business & Technical Developers Summit - which brings together industry leaders, NFC developers, standards bodies and research and academic institutions.  Innovision is also an official sponsor of the event, which takes place on 20-22 April at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.

This year, Topaz tags will be integral to the overall WIMA experience, which includes a range of interactive smart posters around the WIMA venue.  In addition, Topaz tag sample kits will be provided to entrants of the NFC Forum Global Competition (http://www.nfc-forum.org), which runs in conjunction with WIMA and is designed to encourage creative and innovative developments in NFC technology. 

"It's interesting to see how far NFC has come since we provided our tags to the very first NFC Competition winners back in 2007," said Innovision's VP Marketing, Stephen Graham. "Understanding of NFC technology has evolved and the Competition has quickly evolved with it, to the extent that the entries are becoming increasingly advanced, wide-ranging and relevant in all aspects of life."

In previous years, the NFC Forum Global Competition has generated a raft of innovative and exciting entries incorporating Topaz tags, like the Seeingeyephone developed by VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and aimed at the visually impaired.  This year is no exception, with submissions including mobile couponing, healthcare, building access and security, retail merchandising, online user authentication, nutrition management, gaming, online banking and support for the disabled.

Innovision is also presenting at this year's WIMA event, as well as demonstrating NFC smart posters and peer to peer connectivity using Topaz on its exhibition stand.  The three presentation slots include:

  • Stephen Graham, VP Marketing of the company, presenting a keynote in the Business Track on Weds 21 April, addressing ‘New Applications for New Business and Use Cases', alongside speakers from NXP Semiconductors, Over-C and Sony Corporation.
  • Ian Keen, Systems & Applications Manager presenting on ‘NFC Application Development' in the Technical Track on Weds 21 April.
  • Julia Charnock, Marketing Communications Manager for Innovision and the NFC Forum presenting ‘The N-Mark' in the NFC Forum Track on Thurs 22 April.

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About WIMA

WIMA is the leading international Conference & Exhibition exclusively dedicated to NFC technology, bringing together industry leaders, start-up companies, application developers, standards organisations, and research & educational institutions to its annual event in Monaco.  WIMA 2010 - the 4th Global NFC Business & Technical Developers Summit from 21-22 April, features the NFC Forum Global Competition Finals & Awards Ceremony, plus an exhibition and demonstration floor packed with the latest, most innovative NFC applications, products and services, parallel Business & Technical conference tracks, including top government and industry keynotes, the NFC Forum, Mobey Forum and NFC2010 IEEE Workshop.


About Innovision Research & Technology plc

Innovision Research & Technology plc, is leading the next generation of NFC/RFID solutions. As the leading fabless developer of Short-Range Data Communication semiconductor and system solutions, with particular focus on NFC/RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and ultra low-cost Integrated Circuit (IC) and RF electronic design, IRT is pushing cost performance to enable clients to get maximum utility for minimum cost.

The company develops innovative semiconductor technologies, ICs, RF systems (HF/UHF) and complete end product applications for mass volume commercialisation and then licenses customers for its incorporation into their own products.

At the heart of the emerging Near Field Communication (NFC) market, Innovision R&T designs and develops NFC/RFID IC solutions for the global mobile handset and consumer device sectors.

Products include Topaz, mandated by the NFC Forum as the NFC number one tag type format, Jewel for mass transit ticketing applications, and io, the world's smallest standards compatible Near-Field RFID reader.

Headquartered in the UK, Innovision R&T was listed in 2001 on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol:INN).

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