By Nick Heath, 29 May 2009 16:53
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A Visa spokeswoman told silicon.com: "Visa payWave contactless functionality has numerous applications but a decision is yet to be taken on the technological implications for the Olympics."
While the cost of tickets for the Games will include travel on public transport in London - suggesting the likelihood of a combined Olympics ticket and Oyster card - the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games said it is still deciding on its ticketing strategy.
While companies and the public sector are still debating future technology for the Olympics, Pitcom's Miller said organisers of large public events in the UK should seek to build on systems that have been used successfully in the past.
"The opportunities to improve will continue over successive events and the lessons can be learnt not just for sporting events but for any mass participation events such as music festivals," he said.
"I urge the 2012 Games organisers to learn the lessons from previous events. It is an opportunity to fly the flag about what we are good at," he added.
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1. Dave Birch
The Olympic CIO has already said that this is unlikely.