China deploys RFID in Olympic tickets
April 16, 2007
Sda-asia.com: As the mad scramble for tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins, organizers have announced that high-tech methods will be employed to tighten security and fight fraud. According to reports, each of the 7 million tickets available will be embedded with an RFID-memory chip to help combat pirated tickets. China is expecting 800,000 visitors during the 17-day event.