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Wave energy generator pumps power to Scotland
News Wave energy received a boost with the connection of the Oyster hydro-electric device to the electricity grid in Scotland last Friday. Aquamarine Power activated the connection of the Oyster in the waters off Orkney, marking one of the few ocean...
[November 25, 2009, 8:57]
Symbian show hints at future user interface
News Near-field communications (NFC) is the short-range wireless technology that is currently most familiar through smartcards, such as London's Oyster travelcard. This week saw the Symbian Exchange and Exposition (SEE 2009) take place in London.
[October 30, 2009, 16:22]
Gov't paves way for smart train and bus tickets
Blog The consultation document is looking for comments on smart tickets, which could be a ticket held on a chip rather than on paper (such as London Transport's Oyster card) or print-at-home tickets. Contactless cards, tap-and-go cards and barcodes on...
[August 21, 2009, 11:45]
Olympics tickets could double as cash, travel cards
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. The Olympics offer an opportunity to showcase new technology; for example it is hoped that spectators will be issued with...
[June 1, 2009, 8:48]
Barclaycard, Orange team up on mobile payments
News Barclaycard has previously worked with mobile operator O2 on a contactless payments and Oyster mobile trial on the London Underground. Mobile operator Orange UK and credit-card company Barclaycard have announced a long-term strategic partnership to...
[March 10, 2009, 7:39]
Qualcomm builds NFC into mobile chipsets
News Near-field communications (NFC) is already used in travelcards such as London's Oyster smartcard, as well as in some bank debit cards, but the mobile industry is keen to see it integrated into handsets.
[February 11, 2009, 16:17]
Transport for London seeks £400m IT savings
News TfL also expects to realise savings from its deal with suppliers Cubic Transportation Systems and EDS to deliver the Oyster card system and "other ticketing services" from 2010. Transport for London hopes to save £400m by restructuring its IT systems.
[December 18, 2008, 15:53]
TfL salvages Oyster brand in deal with EDS, Cubic
News Transport for London has signed a new deal for the running of its Oyster smartcard scheme, gaining control of the Oyster brand in the process. Cubic and EDS are also members of the Transys consortium, which is currently managing and developing the...
[November 19, 2008, 15:25]
Mobile industry in RFID payment push
News The technology, known as near-field communications (NFC), is the same kind of contactless payment connectivity that is built into London's Oyster travel card and the latest generation of bank cards. A GSMA spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that...
[November 18, 2008, 11:42]
NXP to open up Mifare APIs for mobile software
News The cryptography on Mifare Classic chips, used in travel smartcards including London's Oyster card, has been cracked by both Dutch and German researchers. Dutch semiconductor company NXP will release APIs for mobile software development linked to...
[October 31, 2008, 17:11]
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News A researcher has claimed to have created exploit code to crack the cryptography on a chip used in travel smartcards, including in London's Oyster card. The exploit code can supposedly be used to undermine the cryptography on smartcards which use...
[October 27, 2008, 16:15]
TfL explores options for Oyster replacement
News Transport for London may replace its Oyster card with with new ticketing systems operated through mobile phones or bank cards. Will Judge, head of future ticketing at Transport for London (TfL), told the London Assembly's Budget and Performance...
[October 23, 2008, 9:28]
'Wave and pay' travel on way to Liverpool
News 'Wave and pay' technology of the kind seen in London's Oyster card is now on its way to Liverpool. Londoners are already able to use their credit cards to pay contactlessly for their transport, after Barclaycard launched its OnePulse card last year...
[October 22, 2008, 12:04]
Dutch researchers release Oyster-hack details
News Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers. Bart Jacobs, the professor of computer security at Radboud University who led the research team, told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday...
[October 7, 2008, 15:02]
NXP to shed up to 4,500 jobs
News NXP denied that the job cuts were linked to several demonstrations of security flaws in travel smartcards that use NXP's Mifare Classic chip, including a crack of London's Oyster card by Dutch researchers.
[September 12, 2008, 17:11]
O2 hails success of Oyster-phone trial
News Maslen added that, at the end of the trial, some of the testers were "begging to keep the phones", particularly the Oyster travel feature. While almost half (225) of the 500 testers also got the Barclaycard Visa payWave application preloaded with...
[September 3, 2008, 11:39]
Transys comment speculation
Blog Transys is the consortium which runs London's Oyster card travel smartcard, and consists of EDS and Cubic. TfL announced last week that it would end the Oyster card contract with Transys -- the contract termination will take effect in 2010.
[August 20, 2008, 17:54]
Oyster contract in limbo after EDS legal move
News Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the entire Oyster system.
[August 13, 2008, 15:42]
I wonder
Talkback I wonder if Oyster II (the revenge) will continue to function as an extension of the CCTV systems we have all come to know and love. I know a whole bunch of Londoners who don't have an Oyster card for precisely this reason.
[August 12, 2008, 18:03]
TfL Oyster deal break reason smells odd
Blog There was something that wasn't quite right about the reasoning TfL gave me for breaking its Oyster contract with Transys. Apparently, TfL didn't like not having immediate control over the system, and may be planning to insource Oyster.
[August 8, 2008, 17:48]
