NFC Newswire

A new developer kit from STMicroelectronics is designed to provide engineers with everything they need to start designing battery-free electronic applications that can exchange data with NFC smartphones. The M24LR Discovery Kit is based on... More

NFC technology is being tested on 211 covered tram stops in Helsinki, Finland. The pilot involves placing two tags at each tram stop. The first allows passengers to easily purchase tram tickets from their mobile... More

US phone resale valuation specialist Movaluate is offering to mail buyers and sellers of used mobile phones a free tag, containing an NFC chip and carrying a printed QR code, that can be used to... More

NFC tag platform provider Tagonic is running a competition offering UK-based developers a prize of up to 1,000 free NFC tags for the best idea submitted for an NFC tag application. "We are looking for... More

1,553 restaurants in 133 towns across France, voted by users of restaurant reviews site Cityvox as their favourites throughout the country, are being provided with interactive window stickers that let diners access Cityvox customer reviews... More

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

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

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

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

On Track Innovations (OTI) has announced a new device that adds NFC functionality to standard mobile phones, via the headphone jack. Users can still listen to music while the new Copni Wave is plugged in,... More

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

A series of screenshots published by Android Police indicate that Google is set to offer a physical companion card for its Google Wallet service. The card would work in the same way as the virtual... More

NXP has launched a new generation of NFC tag chips that feature a range of built-in security features. The NTAG21x family of NFC Forum Type 2 tags features improved RF performance, a range of memory... More

Tag manufacturer Smartrac has announced the introduction of the first ultrathin NFC tags using chips shaved down to just 50 micrometres thick. "RFID chips are typically offered on wafers with a standard thickness of 120µm,"... More

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

Inside Secure generated revenues of US$28.6m during the third quarter of 2012, the chip maker reports, up 1% on sales during the second quarter of 2012 but 22% down on the third quarter of 2011.... More

Software stack specialist Stollmann has expanded its NFC stack to include support for Texas Instruments' TI TRF79xx family of NFC chips. "The optimized use of TI NFC hardware in combination with the flexibility of Stollmann... More

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

Vodafone Group is set to sign a five year contract with Gemalto, The Wall Street Journal reports, for "technology for a mobile payment service planned for launch next year". The deal is expected to be... More

Digital agency Isobar has partnered with Proxama to offer NFC marketing campaigns to its UK clients. "NFC is a fantastic technology to build effective commercial relationships with customers," says Penny Herriman, CEO of Isobar UK.... More