HTC chief executive Peter Chou has revealed that the world’s fourth largest handset manufacturer has plans to add support for NFC functionality in its mobile phones... More
HTC smartphones to support NFC
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Oberthur launches SIM+antenna and Mifare DESFire NFC solutions
Oberthur Technologies has launched a new NFC add-on and an NFC SIM designed to support Mifare DESFire applications... More
Tyfone granted additional NFC patent
MicroSD and NFC solutions provider Tyfone has been granted a further US patent... More
Google buys NFC patent applicant Zetawire
Google has acquired a small Canadian firm named Zetawire that has applied for a patent covering a wide range of NFC applications, The 451 Group reports... More
Blaze Mobile announces two way NFC sticker that works with any mobile phone
Mobile payments provider Blaze Mobile has announced a new patent pending sticker that supports two way communication between the sticker and the mobile phone it is attached to... More
Broadcom launches embedded NFC tags for consumer electronics devices
Broadcom has launched a new NFC type 1 tag solution, the BCM20203, that is designed to be embedded within a wide range of consumer electronics devices... More
Google launches first NFC marketing service
Just a few days after the announcement of the Google Nexus S with in-built NFC and support for near field communication in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, Google has launched its first NFC-based marketing service... More
Nexus S set to bring NFC to Google Places?
A short video on Google’s Nexus S microsite showcases the phone’s NFC capabilities and may hint at the direction of the search and advertising giant’s first moves with the technology... More
NBS Technologies adds support for Tyfone’s SideTap NFC device
NBS Technologies has announced the development of personalization scripts for Tyfone‘s SideTap NFC microSD device, enabling new and existing NBS customers using the company’s UbiQPersoMaster personalization software to support Tyfone’s NFC solution... More
Alcatel-Lucent to offer turnkey NFC mobile wallet solution
Alcatel-Lucent has signed an agreement to integrate Cassis International‘s Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution with its Mobile Wallet Service, enabling the company to offer mobile network operators the ability to provide a full range of secure NFC applications to service providers and their customers... More
HID Global launches range of mobile contactless stickers
HID Global has announced that its family of contactless payment and identification cards are now available in a mobile sticker format... More
Bell ID, PPC and Vivotech launch turnkey European TSM service
Bell ID, PPC Card Systems and Vivotech have teamed up to provide European mobile network operators, banks and service providers with a turnkey solution they can use to offer mobile application provisioning and Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services to their client base... More
Discover begins national roll out of contactless stickers
Discover Financial Services has begun issuing Discover Zip contactless credit cards and stickers to select cardholders... More
MegaFon subscribers to use NFC stickers on St Petersburg subway
Russian mobile network operator MegaFon has announced it is to issue NFC-compatible contactless stickers that subscribers will be able to use to pay for St Petersburg Metro tickets, the St Petersburg Times reports:... More
RIM seeks NFC test engineer
A job vacancy posted on Research In Motion’s recruitment website suggests that the BlackBerry maker is now actively involved in the development of NFC-enabled mobile phones... More
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Think&Go NFC offers innovators 300 free devices for use in pilots
Think&Go NFC has launched a call for NFC innovators to apply for up to 300 NFC devices to use in near field communication pilot tests... More
Sprint investigating multiple mobile payment options
Mobile network operator Sprint, the only major US operator not involved in the new Isis NFC payments project, says it is now looking at a number of different ways to offer mobile payments — in collaboration with banks and other card issuers rather than in competition with them... More
NXP and Gemalto sign Mifare NFC licensing deal
NXP Semiconductors and Gemalto have signed a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s Mifare technology which will enable Gemalto to integrate both Mifare DESFire and Mifare Plus into its SIM cards... More
Bank of America to issue contactless stickers next year
Bank of America plans to issue contactless stickers to its credit and debit card customers next year, PaymentsSource reports:... More