Smart posters are to be distributed around central London to promote the latest X-Men film, enabling NFC phone users to download an exclusive trailer and connect with the movie’s Facebook page. More
Archive for May 2011
NFC news in brief • 23 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Twitter and Docomo add ‘touch and follow’ • Doubletwist shares songs with NFC • Airtag offers P2P loyalty • Lifera and Taztag tie up • Lockitron opens doors with NFC • DPT unveils NFC-enabled car park pay machine • SK C&C USA rebrands as CorFire • Bayer puts antennas into decorative films • Mobey Forum expands • and much more… More
Poland set to roll out commercial NFC payments ‘within four months’
Poland is set to roll out NFC-based payment services as early as the third quarter of 2011, according to Polish business publication Puls Biseznu... More
First HTC NFC phone to arrive ‘in next 12 months’
The first HTC phone to include NFC functionality could be a year away, HTC Europe head Florian Seiche told delegates attending the Reuters Global Technology Summit this week... More
NXP: Microsoft is working with us on NFC phones
NXP CEO Rick Clemmer has revealed that Microsoft is among the list of companies it is working with to bring NFC to market... More
UK gets first commercial NFC service with Quick Tap from Orange and Barclaycard
Consumers can use the new service to make payments of up to £15 via a prepaid cash replacement application stored on their Quick Tap NFC phone. Tag read and write functions are also available and both loyalty and transport ticketing applications will be introduced later. More
NFC indoor navigation system proposed by Turkish scientists
The concept combines NFC tags placed at strategic points around a building, GPS and a downloadable layout app to guide visitors all the way from their home or office to a particular room, aisle or store. More
Verifone and Micros bring NFC payments to restaurants
POS terminal maker Verifone and hospitality systems provider Micros have announced a new solution that integrates restaurant management systems with smart mobile devices, allowing consumers to pay at the table with their NFC phone... More
Two-thirds of Americans ‘open to using their mobile phone to make purchases’
A survey of US consumers conducted for MasterCard has found strong interest in using mobile phones to make payments... More
NFC kit lets patients leave hospital earlier and monitor their return to health from home
A new NFC solution from Gentag and The Core Institute is designed to reduce healthcare costs by providing patients with a way to self-monitor their recovery after an operation so they can be discharged earlier from hospital. More
O2 UK picks suppliers for NFC mobile wallet launch
Mobile network operator O2 UK, part of the Telefonica group, has announced Wave Crest, FIS, Intelligent Environments and Visa Europe as the suppliers for the mobile wallet service it plans to launch during the second half of 2011... More
One in five UK consumers ‘eagerly awaiting’ the arrival of NFC
A poll of 17,000 UK consumers has revealed high levels of readiness for NFC services among certain demographics and details of the kind of services they are most keen to use the technology for. More
Westpac to run internal NFC trial
Westpac has become the latest of Australia’s big four banks to trial contactless mobile phone payment technology... More
NFC news in brief • 17 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: US files lawsuit against Verifone/Hypercom deal • iPhone 5 unlikely to support NFC payments, says analyst • ‘Paper’ phone unveiled • Vivotech adds NFC to mag stripe terminals • Hashable adds NFC to contacts app • Sequent raises funds • Connecthings invests in Lifera • and more… More
Lloyds TSB named partner bank for Olympic Games mobile payments
The UK bank joins Samsung and Visa to provide NFC-enabled phone payments at next year’s London Olympic Games, as it prepares to roll out a broader mobile contactless payments programme for consumers. More
iSuppli increases NFC phone forecast on back of Isis plans to work with payments industry
The decision by the consortium behind the Isis mobile payment system to open up the service to the likes of Visa and Mastercard will provide a significant boost to the market for mobile phones with NFC functionality, according to research by IHS iSuppli... More
IMS: 920m NFC chips to ship in 2015
The market for NFC chips is set to reach 920m units in 2015, according to a new forecast from IMS Research... More
Mifare4Mobile sets out future of Mifare on NFC devices
The Mifare4Mobile Industry Group has announced a new roadmap for Mifare4Mobile which sets out the way ahead for the deployment of Mifare-based transportation tickets on NFC devices... More
NFC chip maker Inside Secure begins IPO process
NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has taken the first official step on the road to an initial public offering (IPO) on the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Paris by filing registration papers with French financial regulator the AMF... More
PayPal tops list of most trusted mobile payments brands
Consumer research conducted in nine countries has found that the online giant is the most trusted by consumers to handle personal financial data when making mobile payments. More