NFC Newswire
The latest news from NFC and related industries, as it happens:
EMT begins NFC bus ticketing trial in Malaga
February 22nd, 2012
Public transportation operator EMT has begun an NFC ticketing pilot in the city of Malaga, the fifth largest in Spain, in conjunction with mobile network operator Orange. The first one hundred users went live earlier this month... More
LG reveals Optimus 3D Cube with NFC
February 22nd, 2012
LG has unveiled another NFC smartphone, its second this week, in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress. The LG Optimus 3D Cube is an Android smartphone set to be released in Korea by SK... More
DMD Mobile reveals low cost NFC smartphone
February 21st, 2012
Malaysian company DMD Mobile has announced a low cost NFC smartphone for the Malaysian market. The M3 Android NFC Communicator will have keypad and touchscreen versions and both handsets will run Android 2.3 and include... More
Samsung reveals two more NFC handsets
February 21st, 2012
Samsung has announced two new smartphones in the run up to next week's Mobile World Congress, and both have optional NFC functionality. The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 are described... More
LG touts Tag+ to change phone settings
February 21st, 2012
Smartphone maker LG has unveiled the Optimus LTE Tag, a new smartphone destined for the Korean market. The handset has a 4.3-inch touch screen, a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, and runs Android 2.3. It also has... More
Moneto adds Android NFC payments
February 21st, 2012
Support for a range of Android phones based on Samsung's Galaxy S has been added to NFC supplier DeviceFidelity's Moneto service. Launched last month with support for Apple iPhones, Moneto allows anyone in the US... More
Firms find NFC B2B app pays for itself in months
February 21st, 2012
Companies of all sizes and in a range of markets are finding that they are getting a return on their investment in Think&Go NFC's business-to-business Audit&Control solution within five to twelve months, the company reports.... More
EMVCo picks GlobalPlatform secure element compliance programme
February 21st, 2012
EMVCo, the standards body collectively owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, has officially recognised the GlobalPlatform Compliance Program for validating secure elements as an integral part of its mobile payment certification process. The move... More
Fujitsu to launch phones and tablets featuring NFC and biometric security
February 20th, 2012
Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu is to introduce a wide range of smartphones and tablets with both NFC and biometric security capabilities, according to a Financial Times report. The company is an established phone manufacturer in Japan, where... More
UK NFC joint venture prepares to seek EU approval
February 20th, 2012
The UK NFC joint venture announced last year by mobile network operators Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere is expected to seek the official go ahead for the scheme, dubbed Project Oscar, in the next two... More
Apps4Android launches NFC talking label app
February 17th, 2012
Accessibility app specialist Apps4Android has released Ideal Talking Tags, a free talking label maker and reader application for NFC phones running Android 4. Ideal Talking Tags allows the user to record messages on their phone and then... More
MillerCoors prepares for NFC
February 17th, 2012
When it comes to near field communication we want one of our consumers' first great experiences to be with one of our brands, the director of digital marketing for brewing giant MillerCoors has explained in... More
PayPal to woo retailers with mobile payment incentives
February 14th, 2012
PayPal is planning to offer merchants who adopt its in-store mobile payments service both lower costs and access to more detailed customer data, according to a Reuters news report. Reuters interviewed Don Kingsborough, PayPal's head of retail... More
Juniper forecasts NFC ticketing market
February 13th, 2012
One in eight (13%) of North American and western European mobile users will use their NFC-enabled mobile phones as a metro rail or bus ticket by 2016, compared with less than 1% today, according to... More
HP releases Envy Spectre ultrabook with NFC
February 13th, 2012
HP has begun shipping the HP Envy 14 Spectre, an upmarket ultrabook PC that features extensive use of glass and includes NFC read/write capabilities. The Spectre allows users to "tap-to-share" website URLs from their NFC-enabled... More
Arm to add NFC mobile wallet support
February 10th, 2012
Mobile phone chip leader Arm is working with Proxama to create secure future payment mechanisms for mobile handsets, the UK-based NFC specialist has announced. The two companies are working together to integrate Arm's TrustZone technology, which creates... More
Foursquare adds P2P NFC
February 10th, 2012
Social check-in service Foursquare has upgraded its Android app to include support for version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, adding features that work with the Android Beam NFC P2P service. The upgrade means that users with... More
Researcher hacks Google Wallet PIN on rooted Android phone
February 9th, 2012
Zvelo engineer Joshua Rubin has released details of a security vulnerability in rooted Android phones running Google Wallet. Rubin was able to crack and expose the four digit PIN used to protect access to Google... More
Isis discusses Salt Lake City NFC pilot plans
February 9th, 2012
The Isis NFC pilots due to take place in Salt Lake City and Austin from this summer will run for six to twelve months before a nationwide rollout begins, the carrier-led joint venture's Jim Stapleton... More
LG Optimus Vu to come with NFC?
February 9th, 2012
LG has released a video teasing its new Optimus Vu smartphone, which looks set to come with NFC. The 30-second video focuses on the phone's 4:3 screen, but Japanese blog Datacider reports that the Android... More
