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May 22nd, 2013

Milan airport installs 50,000 NFC tags

Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, has installed a new maintenance system that uses NFC phones and a network of 50,000 NFC and RFID tags attached to equipment and systems around the airport — including fire... More

May 21st, 2013

NFC phone for care workers goes worldwide

Mobile healthcare specialist Gentag and IT systems supplier Advanced Health & Care have announced the worldwide availability of an NFC phone designed to be used for monitoring home visits made by care workers. The Gentag... More

May 7th, 2013

Doorbell app answers the door with NFC

A Norwegian developer has created Doorbl, an app that uses NFC tags and QR codes to offer householders a way to communicate with visitors when they aren't at home or instantly able to come to... More

April 17th, 2013

Startupbootcamp launches accelerator program for NFC startups

Ten startups with great NFC and contactless ideas will be able to access a three month program of assistance and guidance, €15,000 in seed funding, free office space, a sponsor package and the chance to pitch their final product to investors. More

February 25th, 2013

Think&Go demos Android NFC device for field workers

Think&Go NFC is demonstrating a new NFC device from technology provider Famoco at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Famoco FX 100 Series is an Android-based device which can operate in all three NFC modes —... More

February 25th, 2013

Security guards get NFC tracking

Security guards working for Incentive Lynx Security to protect a 180-acre business park in the South East of England are to use Skillweb's NFC-based SmartTask Attend for Security and Mobile Guarding. The guards will use... More

February 25th, 2013

Identive powers NFC at MWC Connected City

Identive's Tagtrail NFC platform is being used in deliver information to visitors to the GSMA's Connected City exhibit at Mobile World Congress 2013. "The Connected City will be filled with brand-new products and experiences that... More

January 22nd, 2013

Bluebird cuts care costs with NFC

Sixty care workers in the UK's Bath and North East Somerset area have begun using NFC phones to log their visits to clients' homes. Bluebird Care is using Advanced Health & Care's iConnect service to... More

January 11th, 2013

NFC World’s Joe Davies to chair NFC Symposium

Joe Davies, associate editor of NFC World and The Mobile Wallet Report, is to chair NFC Symposium 2013 in Stockholm later this month. "NFC Symposium 2013 is the number one meeting place in Scandinavia for... More

January 11th, 2013

AMC cleans up with NFC

AMC cleans up with NFC

UK-based Advanced Mobile Communications has launched a remote worker management solution that uses NFC to allow cleaning companies to track remote staff, confirm their location and assign and monitor tasks in real time. Advanced's iConnect... More

January 8th, 2013

NFC security monitoring solution launches in Tonga

Tonga-based alarm monitoring specialist Praesidia Alliance has developed a range of mobile device applications that link NFC tag reads to alarm monitoring operators. The new 24/7 Point Zero service for security officers combines duty logging,... More

December 12th, 2012

CIA fund backs Tyfone for NFC transactions and cloud security

"Tyfone has an impressive patent portfolio and history of innovation in mobile financial, secure ID management, and NFC solutions," says Jay Emmanuel, technology VP at IQT. "We believe that Tyfone's technology has the potential to address a wide range of complex government and commercial secure identity challenges." More

December 7th, 2012

iCaisse finds email security role

iCaisse finds email security role

Good Technology's Good Vault enterprise email security solution for iPhones can now use a sleeve from DeviceFidelity to hold a microSD card as part of its two factor authentication scheme. A secure element on the... More

November 29th, 2012

Sistel launches NFC pen for smartphones and tablets

The vWand is designed to act as a data bridge, enabling users to read data stored on contactless ID cards and other media and forward it on to standard PCs and mobile phones via Bluetooth.  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 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

Legic demos NFC for ID

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

October 26th, 2012

NFC in Access Control webinar: See it now on NFC World

383 people registered to attend NFC World's latest webinar — and participants gave it an overall rating of 4.2 out of five. More

October 22nd, 2012

RIM to manage Canadian NFC secure elements

The BlackBerry maker has been selected by Canadian carrier joint venture EnStream to handle secure credential management for SIMs used in both Android and Windows smartphones as well as its own BlackBerry NFC devices. More

October 16th, 2012

Winery automates grape picking wages with NFC

A new system that uses NFC phones and RFID tags to track how many grapes each worker has harvested means Bodega Norton winery in Argentina now saves a day every week collating how much each worker has picked and what they should be paid. More

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