Multi-touch display specialist Surface Labs International (SLI) is demonstrating an NFC-enabled interactive bar at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Archive for February 2013
Jabra Motion headset pairs with NFC
Wireless audio specialist Jabra’s new Jabra Motion headset features easy NFC pairing... More
Huawei unveils Ascend P2 NFC phone
Huawei has unveiled a 4G LTE smartphone with NFC that it describes as the “world’s fastest”... More
Stollmann and Comprion automate NFC device testing
Testing equipment provider Comprion and software stack specialist Stollmann have announced a joint solution that allows the NFC Forum device test application testing process to be completely automated... More
Scanther offers merchant tags
US startup Scanther is raising funds on Indiegogo for a combined mobile website plus NFC tag package for independent retailers... More
Orange releases Malaga NFC ticketing trial results
82% of participants felt that the NFC bus ticketing system was better than the current subscription-based system and 88% felt that it was a good way to be able to pay for their journeys. More
Orange pushes NFC in Israel
Orange Israel is offering customers packs of three NFC stickers that work with an NFC app that is pre-installed on all the carrier’s Android NFC phones... More
China Mobile and China UnionPay complete NFC TSM integration
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network operator, and Chinese bank card association China UnionPay have announced they have completed integration of their NFC trusted service manager (TSM) platforms... More
Airtag adds white label wallet
Mobile shopping specialist Airtag is launching a white label version of its NFC-enabled Airpass mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
NXP adds PUFs to NFC
Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID‘s Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips... More
Visa bids to speed up payments innovation with Visa Ready Partner Program
“The pace of innovation in the payments industry requires a new approach that ensures innovative payment methods can be tested, approved and commercialized quickly,” says Visa’s Jim McCarthy. More
Oberthur gets NFC SE certification
Oberthur Technologies has announced that its Pearl Secure Element 800k Classic embedded secure element has been certified by MasterCard for Mobile PayPass applications and by Google for Google Wallet... More
Fiat investigates NFC car keys
Fiat is working with Telecom Italia on the development of NFC car keys, enabling drivers to unlock their vehicles with their mobile phones and distribute keys to shared vehicles over-the air... More
Connecthings to power MWC NFC Experience
The GSM Association and the city of Barcelona have chosen France-based NFC specialist Connecthings to implement a series of NFC “smart access points” around Barcelona during the 2013 Mobile World Congress... More
Think&Go unveils NFC video screen
The display technology enables NFC phone users to interact with video promotions, to collect coupons, download content, navigate through advertising media and add products to a mobile shopping basket. More
Dutch banks to run NFC payments pilot
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank have teamed up with mobile network operator KPN to run an NFC pilot in the city of Leiden this summer “with a large group of consumers.” More
Pulse launches ultra-thin NFC antenna
The electronic components maker has introduced a ferrite sheet NFC antenna for mobile phones which, it says, is 40% thinner than comparable products available today. More
HTC One to come with NFC
HTC has unveiled a new flagship smartphone, the HTC One, which features a full aluminium body, a 4.7-inch full HD screen, LTE and NFC and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean... More
Orange offers NFC prizes
France-based mobile network operator Orange has launched the Orange NFC Awards, a competition for NFC application developers with a total of €40,000 (US$53,448) in prize money, plus a further €5,000 bonus for developers who make use of SIM-based NFC security in their app... More
Tizen 2.0 ships with NFC
Version 2.0 of the Tizen open source mobile operating system is now available and developers can download the source code and SDK from the Tizen website... More