NFC Newswire

Vivotech has introduced a new range of contactless POS terminals that come with a built in ability to delivery mobile marketing and promotional programmes as well as prepaid and gift card acceptance and support for... More

The NFC Forum is hosting a webcast at 8am EST on 20 January to provide potential entrants in its annual global competition with tips on what the judges are looking for. Previous competition prize winner... More

Banks and mobile network operators are set to go head to head in a bid to control the market for NFC mobile payments services, according to a new research report published today. "NFC mobile phones... More

The Taiwanese government has agreed to fund a project to develop a suite of NFC applications for Android devices, PC World reports. Mobile network operator Chunghwa Telecom and contract electronics manufacturer Cheng Uei Precision Industry... More

Blaze Mobile and Tetherball are to provide US consumers with the ability to both redeem mobile rewards and coupons and make purchases using their mobile phone. Blaze Wallet users already have the option of using... More

A new market research report that sets out the road ahead for the NFC market in 2010 and beyond is now available from SJB Research, publishers of Near Field Communications World. NFC: The Road to... More

Nokia is planning to launch a number of NFC handsets during the third or fourth quarter of 2010, according to a report in Mobile Magazine: Nokia Industry Collaborations VP Mark Selby told Mobile: "Nokia is... More

Vodafone Spain has announced it is conducting an NFC pilot in Madrid with Spanish rail operator Renfe, with the aim of speeding up access to train stations during peak travel times. The system was demonstrated... More

A slot on device that enables NFC functionality to be added to Apple iPhones has been announced by Canadian NFC and RFID specialist Wireless Dynamics. The iCarte 110 is designed to neatly slot onto the... More

Twinlinx's NFC sticker, which enables full NFC functionality to be added to any Bluetooth mobile phone, is set to go into commercial production in three months time. My-Max stickers incorporate three separate chips. The first... More

Merchants in Singapore are being encouraged to make the switch to contactless card accepting terminals through a series of subsidies made possible by a S$16 million (US$11.5m) grant from the Singapore government. The aim is... More

The new venture from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has been the source of much speculation ever since tech blog Mashable posted a photograph of a new iPhone payments system that he was working on. Even... More

Giesecke & Devrient has acquired Nokia's shares in Venyon, the Trusted Service Management specialist the two companies set up as a joint venture in 2006. "This move to acquire full ownership of Venyon is another... More

The majority (59%) of consumers are interested in using their phone like they would a credit or debit card at the cash register to make a purchase, according to a new survey conducted by StrategyOne... More

Mobile network operator Orange has developed an NFC Application Developer Toolkit and made it available as open source software.  IzyNFC is designed to enable the development of mobile NFC applications based on a SIM-centric architecture... More

Mobile operator Du and card issuer Dubai First have begun distributing handsets to trial participants ahead of the launch in the next two weeks of the Middle East's first NFC mobile payments pilot. First announced... More

Vivotech has launched a new contactless sticker product and a backend loyalty system aimed at retailers and other companies looking to launch mobile contactless loyalty and couponing programmes. The new Vivotag contactless sticker is available... More

A deal between Chinese bank card association China UnionPay (CUP) and mobile operator China Unicom is set to see the introduction of a series of co-branded mobile payments services. Described as "a comprehensive strategic cooperation... More

ABnote Europe and Sicap have signed a collaboration agreement designed to cut the cost of operating NFC services. The 'traditional' NFC business model calls for the establishment of a Trusted Service Manager or TSM which... More

The mobile money market in Western Europe is set to grow to between 4 and 5 billion Euros by 2013, according to a new forecast by Frost & Sullivan. 'Money in Mobile -- European Transactions'... More