According to the company the product became the highlight of Cartes 2012 held earlier this month in France, as it attracted massive attention from the visitors at the show. With embedded Linux OS, the Utouch Access is a fully open strong platform with flexible use for a wide range of applications such as access control, time attendance, club membership, E-payment and kiosks, for example.

For access control and time attendance purposes, in addition to the powerful RFID contactless smart card and reliable biometric fingerprint technology for double identity, Utouch Access utilises the latest NFC technology and provides the user with convenient access via a mobile phone instead of a card. A TCP/IP & PoE integrated terminal connects directly to the network providing easy and low cost networking and it also supports WIFI, GPRS & 3G making it suitable for wireless communication whenever required. With the large 2Gb memory and expandable SD card, Civintec say that it can store thousands of user fingerprints and maintain millions of event records.

For club membership and E-payment management purposes there is a 7.0 inch capacitive touch screen and a 1.3 megapixel digital camera. The Utouch Access is operated by a simple touch on the large screen and it will take a picture for personal information records - then it can share data, schedule a task or track records through the network for effective communication and management. With advanced RF and NFC technology Utouch Access is designed to offer a reliable, fast and efficient payment solution.