Archive for June 2009

OPINION: The question of how to begin offering mass market NFC services when inexpensive NFC phones are still some time away is finally beginning to resolve itself.  More

Zoompass, a joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators, is taking a new approach to the lack of NFC handsets by linking its new mobile wallet to a standard prepaid bank card. More

RFID and NFC tag specialist UPM Raflatac and Scandinavia's largest printing services provider have teamed up to provide a new service offering customised NFC tags and labels.  More

From the end of next year passengers on the Paris Metro, local trains and the region's buses will begin to be able to buy their tickets and get them validated using an NFC phone. More

The French mobile network operator is providing financial backing and resources to Twinlinx, the start-up developing a sticker that can add full NFC functionality to any Bluetooth-enabled phone.  More

"Tetherball's sticker-based mobile marketing service lets us provide great offers to our customers in a fun and easy way," says the desserts and fast food restaurant chain.  More

Belgacom's PingPing and Alcatel-Lucent's Touchatag are creating an open system that will allow consumers to use contactless cards, stickers or NFC phones to access services developed by a range of technology suppliers, operators and application developers. More

The UK's National Health Service is conducting several pilots of O2's new Homecare solution, designed to help both homecare workers and patients access and share information. More

The stylized 'N' symbol is designed to make it easy for consumers to spot embedded NFC tags in everything from posters to bus stop signs and medicines to food packaging and magazine pages. More

OPINION: Samples of a new NFC chip, compliant with all the latest industry standards, are now in the hands of 'a number of major handset manufacturers', says NXP, ahead of mass market availability towards the end of this year. More

The PN544 NFC controller is the first fully industry standard NFC handset chip, offering compliance with the Single Wire Protocol and with Mifare. More

Three new licensing deals should see NFC being built into mass market handsets for under $1 — but not until 2013, says Innovision CEO David Wollen. More

The city council has won funding from the French government for a 'pre-commercial' NFC test in partnership with three mobile operators plus transport operator Veolia and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. More

The European Payments Council and the smart card infrastructure specifications body have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their NFC development work.  More