Archive for December 2009

A Swiss farm shop has installed a self-service NFC system which local shoppers can use to gain access to the shop, to scan RFID price tags and then pay for their purchases. More

OPINION: 2010 is set to be a key year for NFC as mobile network operators, banks and potential service providers switch from small scale trials to pre-commercial pilots in readiness for the first commercial launches in 2011.  More

A new research report by Sarah Clark, Near Field Communications World's editor, examines the barriers to commercial adoption that still exist, explains how they will be overcome in the year ahead and forecasts where and when the first commercial deployments will take place. More

The Taiwanese government has agreed to fund a project to develop a suite of NFC applications for Android devices, PC World reports. Mobile network operator Chunghwa Telecom and contract electronics manufacturer Cheng Uei Precision Industry... More

Blaze Mobile and Tetherball are to provide US consumers with the ability to both redeem mobile rewards and coupons and make purchases using their mobile phone. Blaze Wallet users already have the option of using... More

A new market research report that sets out the road ahead for the NFC market in 2010 and beyond is now available from SJB Research, publishers of Near Field Communications World. NFC: The Road to... More

VimpelCom, MegaFon, MTS and Moskovskaya Sotovaya Svyaz are teaming up to develop an NFC Test Zone in Russia and will begin with an NFC ticketing pilot in the summer of 2010. More

The Department for Transport is providing £20m in funding over the next five years to enable nine of England's largest urban areas to make the switch to NFC-compatible transport ticketing systems. More

The three associations will design a model which will allow certification processes to be put in place to ensure that any NFC payments application will work on any platform. More

Korean consumers will be able to use their mobile phones to make contactless credit card payments and pay for transport tickets from the second half of 2010, following SK Telecom's purchase of a 49% stake in Hana Card.  More

Nokia is planning to launch a number of NFC handsets during the third or fourth quarter of 2010, according to a report in Mobile Magazine: Nokia Industry Collaborations VP Mark Selby told Mobile: "Nokia is... More

OPINION: The news that Malaysian manufacturer Fonelabs is to produce two million NFC phones in 2010 is the first sign that the issue of a lack of NFC handsets is beginning to be resolved. More

Our call to NFC suppliers to make sure their products and services are included in The NFC Report closes in the next few days. There's no charge to be included — we want this to be the most comprehensive guide to NFC suppliers possible... More

Vodafone Spain has announced it is conducting an NFC pilot in Madrid with Spanish rail operator Renfe, with the aim of speeding up access to train stations during peak travel times. The system was demonstrated... More

A slot on device that enables NFC functionality to be added to Apple iPhones has been announced by Canadian NFC and RFID specialist Wireless Dynamics. The iCarte 110 is designed to neatly slot onto the... More

The Malaysian manufacturer's NFC phones come with a built-in NFC antenna and controller as standard and are expected to cost under US$100 each in volume.  More

Touchatag has partnered with Clear2Pay to launch a new platform that enables mobile operators to offer contactless payment, ticketing and marketing services using contactless stickers or NFC phones.  More

Twinlinx's NFC sticker, which enables full NFC functionality to be added to any Bluetooth mobile phone, is set to go into commercial production in three months time. My-Max stickers incorporate three separate chips. The first... More

Merchants in Singapore are being encouraged to make the switch to contactless card accepting terminals through a series of subsidies made possible by a S$16 million (US$11.5m) grant from the Singapore government. The aim is... More

The new venture from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has been the source of much speculation ever since tech blog Mashable posted a photograph of a new iPhone payments system that he was working on. Even... More