The Market
May 14th, 2012
Canadian banks issue landmark NFC payments guidelines that focus on open mobile wallets and consumer data protection
The Canadian banking and credit union industry's Mobile Payments Reference Model provides a detailed blueprint for how NFC mobile payments can be offered in Canada, how open mobile wallets will be and how consumer privacy will be assured. More
May 14th, 2012
DoD approves BlackBerry NFC phones
The US Department of Defense has added a number of BlackBerry 7 smartphones to the US Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)'s approved product list. The move allows all DoD customers to use the... More
May 8th, 2012
Martineau leaves Inside Secure
Philippe Martineau has left NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure, which recently floated on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange, to join NFC microSD specialist DeviceFidelity as VP of business development. Martineau had been... More
May 8th, 2012
GSMA NFC lead joins Vivotech
Nav Bains, the GSMA's high profile business lead for NFC, has left the carrier trade association to join NFC supplier Vivotech as VP of business development for telecommunications and channel management. "This is a defining... More
May 4th, 2012
MasterCard: Contactless cards can deliver 30% spending lift
New research conducted by MasterCard has found that US consumers that make use of a contactless card increased their spending on that card by nearly a third. More
May 4th, 2012
16m NFC SIMs shipped in 2011
A total of 16m NFC SIMs were shipped globally in 2011, according to the SIMalliance's annual review of the global SIM market. NFC SIMs include an NFC secure element as well as standard SIM card... More
April 27th, 2012
Forum tests test tools with TUV
The NFC Forum has appointed TÜV SÜD to provide its worldwide RF analogue test tool validation service. TÜV will test all RF analogue test tools used for testing the radio layer of the communications stack... More
April 23rd, 2012
Inside Secure reports Q1 2012 results
NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure, which floated on the NYSE Euronext Paris exchange in February, has announced revenues of US$34m for the first quarter of 2012, down 12% on sales during the same... More
April 23rd, 2012
Fudan joins GlobalPlatform
Chinese chip manufacturer Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics has joined secure chip standards body GlobalPlatform as an observer member. "We provide many kinds of secure chips to card suppliers, chip operating system developers and application providers around... More
April 23rd, 2012
Azeris fancy paying by mobile
As Azerbaijan moves towards non-cash payment from its current predominantly cash-based economy, some 86% of residents of capital city Baku say they would like to carry out contactless payments with their phones. Abc.az reports that... More
April 20th, 2012
EC consults on IoT
The European Commission (EC) has started a public consultation to find out what framework is needed to unleash the potential benefits of the coming 'internet of things'. "An internet of things with intelligence embedded into... More
April 16th, 2012
European regulators put brakes on UK NFC joint venture
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the planned NFC joint venture between Everything Everywhere, Telefónica and Vodafone UK which will delay launch until after the London Olympics and casts doubts over the timetable for the introduction of similar projects in a number of other European countries. More
April 16th, 2012
New report provides an in-depth guide to NFC technologies and systems
A new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World, allows business executives to get up to speed quickly and easily with the current status and future developments in NFC tags, phones, secure elements, mobile wallets, OTA platforms, contactless terminals, TSMs and more. More
April 4th, 2012
Inside revenues grow 94%
Inside Secure's consolidated revenues grew 94% to US$151m in 2011, due mostly to strong sales of NFC chips. The French company, which went public in February, supplies BlackBerry-maker RIM with NFC chips and estimates it... More
April 3rd, 2012
NFC Forum partners with GlobalPlatform on NFC standards
The partnership will see the organisation responsible for setting core NFC functionality standards working with the association which handles secure element specifications to support the development of internationally interoperable, multi-application NFC solutions. More
April 2nd, 2012
Smartrac acquires UPM RFID
RFID giant Smartrac has completed its acquisition of UPM's RFID business, a leading supplier of NFC tags. "We are pleased that our pioneering RFID team and their excellence have a new home at Smartrac, making... More
March 27th, 2012
Berg forecasts 700m NFC phones
The number of NFC phones shipped will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.8% between now and 2016, according to a new forecast from Berg Insight, taking the number of phones shipped... More
March 12th, 2012
Juniper: NFC to reach US$74bn
Juniper Research forecasts that NFC will facilitate transactions valued at US$74bn by 2015, as the technology is increasingly used for the payment of goods instore and for transport tickets. Whilst mobile couponing still represents the... More
March 12th, 2012
Orange hits 500k NFC phones
500,000 Orange customers in France and the UK are now equipped with NFC phones, the mobile network operator has told NFC World. More
March 7th, 2012
Turkcell signs up 50k wallet users
Turkcell now has 50,000 active users of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet service, the Turkish carrier's Ergi Şener has told NFC World, and plans to expand the service to include mobile coupon and loyalty... More
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