Gary Novosielski noticed wireless terminals for credit card authorisation in France.
These have been common in France for at least 10 years (though no one was ever sure about the encryption): France pioneered PINs for credit card authorisation in the mid 1990s (hence the domination of the smart card industry by French companies), and introduced the wireless terminals at the same time.
Wireless credit card terminals are now fairly common outside France, in other parts of Europe -- in trains, for ticket payment, and in restaurants. Odd that they're not apparently in the US yet.
Alan Burkitt-Gray Editor, Global Telecoms Business
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