Nokia has announced a partnership deal with Harman that will see the two companies jointly producing a range of wireless consumer audio products... More
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Nokia releases Monster Purity Pro NFC headphones
Nokia and audio design specialist Monster have unveiled a new NFC stereo headset, the Nokia Purity Pro... More
Isis NFC phones appear on MasterCard list
A number of NFC phones marked as approved for use by the three mobile network operator partners in NFC venture Isis have appeared on MasterCard’s list of approved mobile devices, adding to speculation that Isis is close to launching its pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas... More
iPhone 5: No room for NFC? Well, maybe there is…
The ‘will they or won’t they’ speculation over whether the iPhone 5, expected to be unveiled on 12 September, will come with NFC continues to rage and the latest analysis suggests that it won’t — although two early Apple patents may mean that the conclusions drawn may not turn out to be completely accurate... More
DeviceFidelity upgrades Moneto NFC service
A number of improvements have been announced for Moneto, the DeviceFidelity microSD-based payments service that lets any US consumers add NFC functionality to their iPhone or Android device:... More
Isis to go live in September?
US NFC venture Isis is on course to go live in September, narrowly managing to meet its planned launch date of “this summer”, according to Bloomberg, which says that Verifone CEO Doug Bergeron revealed the timing in an interview... More
New images add to iPhone NFC speculation
Images that purport to show the front assembly of the iPhone 5 have led to renewed speculation that the new Apple device, expected to be announced on 12 September, will include NFC... More
Bangkok restaurant offers pizza ordering via NFC
An NFC-based ordering system developed by Thai NFC specialist SAI Biz Solutions has been installed by Big Mama Pizzeria in Bangkok... More
Australian ski resort picks NFC for tourist info
Fifty businesses in the Australian alpine resort of Falls Creek, the largest in the state of Victoria, have been equipped to provide information to visitors via NFC... More
Telenor Hungary picks State Printing House for NFC
Hungary’s State Printing House, Állami Nyomda, has announced it has been selected as Telenor Hungary‘s technical partner for NFC... More
Cellcom and ICC-Cal to offer NFC payments in Israel
Israel Credit Cards-Cal (ICC-Cal) and mobile network operator Cellcom Israel have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop an NFC mobile payments product, Globes reports... More
SEC filing triggers speculation on iPhone 5 with NFC
Examination of a proxy statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission by Authentec, linked to Apple’s recent bid to acquire the firm for US$356m, has led to renewed speculation that the next iPhone will include an NFC-enabled version of the Apple Passbook mobile wallet app announced in June... More
Juniper: M-payments to hit US$1.3tn
Global mobile payment transaction volumes will increase nearly fourfold over the next five years to more than US$1.3 trillion, according to a new forecast by Juniper Research... More
Sprint adds Motorola LTE phone with NFC and Qwerty keyboard
US mobile network operator Sprint has begun taking orders for a new Motorola phone that features NFC, LTE and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard... More
Deutsche Telekom picks Wirecard for m-payments move
T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom has picked German payments processing specialist Wirecard to support its move into the mobile payments market... More
Westpac tests Android NFC payments
Australian bank Westpac has begun an NFC payments pilot, using Android handsets equipped with a secure element embedded in the SIM that stores a virtual MasterCard debit card... More
Apple gets ‘on-the-go shopping list’ patent
Apple has been granted US patent number 8,239,276, entitled ‘On-the-go shopping list’... More
ACS to launch contactless POS terminal
Hong Kong-based NFC and smart card reader specialist Advanced Card Systems (ACS) is moving into the contactless point-of-sale terminal market... More
Turkcell adds MaxiPro5 NFC smartphone
Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell has added the MaxiPro5 to its line up of NFC phones... More
One2touch signs US$2m NFC keyboard deal
One2touch has begun shipping NFC-enabled smartphone keyboards to Japanese firm Elecom in a deal worth US$2m... More