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December 10th, 2010
Avea and Garanti Bank launch commercial NFC service in Turkey
Turkish consumers can now buy an NFC add-on that comes with a built-in prepaid card account which they can use to make payments in stores and on public transport and to receive digital coupons. More
December 10th, 2010
Google’s Nexus S CAN do mobile payments — SDK on its way soon
"All the functionality you need is in the Nexus S," NXP has told NFC World, and Google will be rolling out SDKs to support mobile payments and other NFC services on a step-by-step basis. More
December 10th, 2010
Google launches first NFC marketing service
Just a few days after the announcement of the Google Nexus S with in-built NFC and support for near field communication in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, Google has launched its first NFC-based marketing... More
December 7th, 2010
Nexus S set to bring NFC to Google Places?
A short video on Google's Nexus S microsite showcases the phone's NFC capabilities and may hint at the direction of the search and advertising giant's first moves with the technology. In the film Android engineer... More
December 6th, 2010
NFC news in brief • 6 Dec 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Inside Contactless ships 250m cards, changes name • Visa matches phone and card locations • UK debit cards overtake cash • PayPal rewards best customers • Retailers test mobile POS • Mobile barcode usage up 30% • Which mobile OS where? • and more... More
December 3rd, 2010
NBS Technologies adds support for Tyfone’s SideTap NFC device
NBS Technologies has announced the development of personalization scripts for Tyfone's SideTap NFC microSD device, enabling new and existing NBS customers using the company's UbiQPersoMaster personalization software to support Tyfone's NFC solution. "Our partnership with... More
December 3rd, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent to offer turnkey NFC mobile wallet solution
Alcatel-Lucent has signed an agreement to integrate Cassis International's Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution with its Mobile Wallet Service, enabling the company to offer mobile network operators the ability to provide a full range of... More
November 29th, 2010
Discover begins national roll out of contactless stickers
Discover Financial Services has begun issuing Discover Zip contactless credit cards and stickers to select cardholders. Further cards and stickers will be issued from January 2011 and cardholders interested in receiving one can now apply... More
November 29th, 2010
NFC news in brief • 29 Nov 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: PingPing adds Coca-Cola • Indian banks offer mobile payments • GSMA investigates embedded SIMs • VeriFone buys Hypercom • Brands test Google Goggles • 500m to use mobile medical apps by 2015 • CPI hits 100M contactless cards • and more... More
November 29th, 2010
MegaFon subscribers to use NFC stickers on St Petersburg subway
Russian mobile network operator MegaFon has announced it is to issue NFC-compatible contactless stickers that subscribers will be able to use to pay for St Petersburg Metro tickets, the St Petersburg Times reports: The project... More
November 29th, 2010
Ericsson IPX introduces next-generation NFC TSM service
The company aims to kickstart commercial NFC services by acting as a broker between mobile network operators and service providers — Ericsson IPX plans to pay operators to rent space on their SIM cards and then sub-let it to a range of service providers. More
November 29th, 2010
DBS, StarHub and EZ-Link to begin Singapore NFC pilot in December
The bank, mobile network operator and transport card issuer will be using Gemalto's N-Flex NFC add-on and plan to launch commercial services towards the end of 2011. More
November 29th, 2010
RIM seeks NFC test engineer
A job vacancy posted on Research In Motion's recruitment website suggests that the BlackBerry maker is now actively involved in the development of NFC-enabled mobile phones. The job posting follows comments made by RIM co-CEO... More
November 26th, 2010
Think&Go NFC offers innovators 300 free devices for use in pilots
Think&Go NFC has launched a call for NFC innovators to apply for up to 300 NFC devices to use in near field communication pilot tests. The devices will include Morpho's NFC Mobile Wallet, TwinLinx's MyMax... More
November 26th, 2010
Sprint investigating multiple mobile payment options
Mobile network operator Sprint, the only major US operator not involved in the new Isis NFC payments project, says it is now looking at a number of different ways to offer mobile payments — in... More
November 25th, 2010
NXP and Gemalto sign Mifare NFC licensing deal
NXP Semiconductors and Gemalto have signed a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP's Mifare technology which will enable Gemalto to integrate both Mifare DESFire and Mifare Plus into its SIM cards. "Mifare is already at... More
November 24th, 2010
Bank of America to issue contactless stickers next year
Bank of America plans to issue contactless stickers to its credit and debit card customers next year, PaymentsSource reports: "Offering contactless debit cards and payment stickers is another step in" BofA's push to add "more... More
November 24th, 2010
Wima 2011 call for papers: Closing date for submissions is 3 December
The deadline for submitting papers for consideration for presentations at next year's Wima conference, to be held in Monaco in April, is 3 December. Anyone who wishes to make a presentation at the Wima 2011... More
November 24th, 2010
DeviceFidelity adds NFC support for Android and Mifare
DeviceFidelity has announced that its In2Pay microSD format NFC devices can now be used in Android phones. In2Pay already works with BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows and Symbian devices and is being tested extensively by Visa member... More
November 22nd, 2010
Tyfone picks up another patent, shows off NFC on Androids
NFC-on-microSD specialist Tyfone has been granted another patent that covers its use of memory cards as an NFC-enabler in mobile phones. US patent 7,828,214, "Mobile phone with electronic transaction card", was issued on 9 November... More
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