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November 28th, 2012
China Mobile to unveil its NFC payments service on 5 December
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile network operator with close to 700m subscribers, is to demonstrate its NFC payments platform for the first time on 5 December at its Worldwide Developers Conference. China Mobile describes... More
November 28th, 2012
Assa adds NFC locks
Assa Abloy's Aperio door locks are now compatible with Seos mobile credentials, enabling them to be used with NFC phones. More
November 27th, 2012
Intellitix opens in Australia
Event ticketing and payments specialist Intellitix has opened an office in Sydney, Australia. The company's RFID and NFC based systems will offer Australian music fans easy access, cashless payment and social media features at large... More
November 27th, 2012
NFC to certify halal eateries
Consumers in Malaysia will be able to use NFC phones to check hotels and restaurants are halal certified from next month. A mobile app from developer Malaysia Microelectronic Solutions works in conjunction with NFC tags... More
November 19th, 2012
Danish telco payments venture maps out path to NFC
Denmark's four mobile network operators have formed a joint venture company to introduce mobile payments and a three phase rollout programme that will "eventually" evolve to include support for NFC. More
November 19th, 2012
Authentec sells Embedded Security Solutions division to Inside Secure
The sale suggests that Apple's interest in acquiring Authentec lies with the company's innovative combined fingerprint and NFC solution, which is not part of the division being acquired by Inside Secure, and will lead to renewed speculation that Apple will include NFC in future iPhones and other devices. More
November 16th, 2012
NFC app tracks staff and assets with Android phones
A new Android app from German telematics company Enaikoon can help managers track tasks, mobile employees and assets using NFC tags. When a tag is scanned with an NFC phone running the inViu NFC-Tracker app,... More
November 14th, 2012
Mobile Wallet Outlook: Merchants and new financial services players flex their mobile payments muscles
In the November edition of Mobile Wallet Outlook, the monthly trends bulletin for subscribers to The Mobile Wallet Report, the NFC World team examines the role US merchants plan to play in mobile payments and how the move to mobile is creating new opportunities for alternative players to define the bank account of the future. More
November 13th, 2012
MasterCard certifies Inside Secure payments applet
Inside Secure's Mobile MasterCard PayPass M/Chip 4 payment applet has received MasterCard's Cast and Functional certification when credentials are stored on the chip specialist's SecuRead embedded NFC module or VaultSecure secure element. Functional certification confirms... More
November 13th, 2012
Fingerprint Cards adds biometric verification to Infineon secure element
Biometric authentication specialist Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has announced it has integrated its fingerprint verification algorithm and swipe sensor technology into Infineon's embedded secure element chip. "FPC's solution is uniquely positioned to work in a secure... More
November 12th, 2012
French carers to use NFC
A public authority consortium led by Docapost BPO, a division of France's postal service La Poste, is to equip caregivers with NFC phones for use when making home care visits. The Confiance e-health project aims... More
November 7th, 2012
Inside Secure’s SIM card chipset adds NFC to standard mobile phones
NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has announced the availability of a new chipset that enables NFC payment capabilities to be added to standard mobile phones. New PicoPulse NFC RF front-end booster chips work... More
November 7th, 2012
Legic demos NFC for ID
Contactless card specialist Legic is demonstrating at Cartes a new NFC trusted service management solution aimed at the employee ID market. "Major companies presently spend large sums on temporary company ID cards," says Legic's Oliver... More
November 7th, 2012
Identive adds PC NFC readers
Identive has announced a range of desktop readers that support credentials stored on contact and contactless smart cards as well as NFC phones. "Identive's new Cloud readers provide organizations with a simple, yet powerful way... More
November 7th, 2012
Yubico shows NFC token
Online identity protection specialist Yubico is demonstrating a production version of its YubiKey NFC USB authentication device at Cartes this week. First announced in February, the US$50 YubiKey Neo is designed to fit neatly onto... More
November 6th, 2012
HID Global adds iClass SE reader module
HID Global has added a reader module and a developer tool kit (DTK) for its iClass SE secure credentials platform. "Our new reader module enables third-party developers to build a broad range of products that... More
October 31st, 2012
HID debuts NFC asset management platform
HID Global has launched HID Trusted Tag Services, a cloud-based platform that works with NFC tags to authenticate a wide range of assets. "HID Trusted Tag transponders can be applied to physical objects and documents... More
October 31st, 2012
DeviceFidelity launches new range of NFC microSD devices
The new CredenSE products can be used as an external secure element in NFC phones as well as to add NFC functionality to both smartphones and feature phones, without the need for a separate signal booster. More
October 29th, 2012
G&D debuts white label mobile wallet
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has introduced SmartTrust Portigo, a three part white label mobile wallet solution "for NFC services and beyond" that includes: A wallet client that runs on the user's mobile phone and is... More
October 29th, 2012
Inside Secure launches multi-owner secure element
"With the availability of the VaultSecure IC, smartphone manufacturers, mobile network operators and other trusted third parties can co-own the SE and install, personalize and administer their own open- or closed-loop payment, access control, transit, loyalty or other secure applets," says Inside's Pierre Garnier. More
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