Archive for April 2009

OPINION: The world's first commercial NFC system has now gone live in Malaysia, marking a major turning point for near field communication. More

Interactive Research & Development's medical system and VTT Technical Research Centre's social networking concept picked up first place prizes in the NFC Forum's Global Competition. More

The new Maxis FastTap service lets customers use Nokia NFC phones to make Visa PayWave contactless transactions and pay for tolls, transit, parking and theme park charges. More

The Nokia 6216 Classic is Nokia's first SIM-based NFC device and is expected to start shipping during the third quarter of 2009. More

Frequent flyers can use NFC phones or stickers to get an electronic boarding pass and collect loyalty points. More

Trials will take place during the second half of 2009 with a commercial launch due in early 2010. More

Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom have formed a working group, open to all, with the aim of developing a standardised, national NFC platform from early 2010. More

Participants recorded an average transaction amount of $20 during the small scale four month trial. More

OPINION: Despite a raft of recent announcements by those involved in the development of NFC handsets, it's clear that contactless stickers still have an important role to play in the widespread adoption of NFC. More

There are three new opportunities on the NFCW Jobs Board this week, including a vacancy for a product manager for Visa Europe's NFC and contactless initiatives... More

Citi M1 Platinum Visa cardholders will be able to use their mobile phones to make contactless payments linked to their credit card account at any merchant equipped to handle Visa payWave contactless transactions. More

The Belgian telecoms operator has launched a series of mobile payment initiatives under the new PingPing banner and has partnered with Accor Services, Coca-Cola and supermarket chain Delhaize to test three different applications for NFC tag payments. More

The two companies are combining their mobile couponing solutions to enable retailers to offer promotional, gift or loyalty vouchers to customers via either standard SMS text messages or directly to their NFC-enabled mobile phones. More

The twenty companies on the shortlist for the titles of "The Best NFC Service of the Year" and "The Most Innovative NFC Research Project of the Year" have been revealed... More

The new Blaze Mobile Mastercard PayPass sticker can be attached to any phone and is seen as a bridge to offering full NFC capabilities. More

The company says it is the first to offer a single solution for provisioning NFC applications over-the-air, regardless of how the customer's NFC functionality has been implemented.  More