Mobile network operator Swisscom is to use technology developed by Sequent Software and delivered by Trüb to enable bank card issuers and other service providers to provision cards over-the-air to subscribers’ NFC phones... More
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No NFC for iPhone 5S
Two new iPhones have been unveiled by Apple, a flagship iPhone 5S and a lower cost iPhone 5C... More
Monet+ adds Windows logins via NFC
Czech smart card specialist Monet+ and mobile network operator Telefónica have teamed up to create ProID+ Mobile, a solution that enables Android phone users to log in to a computer running Windows using credentials stored on the SIM in their NFC phone... More
UK college uses NFC to help teach English
A British college has used NFC touch points placed around its campus to help foreign language students improve their English — and found that the NFC tags offer a number of important advantages over an earlier version that used QR codes. More
Maplin and RapidNFC bring NFC tags to the high street
UK electronics retailer Maplin has teamed with RapidNFC to bring NFC tags to the British high street through its 200 stores... More
Leica introduces compact camera with NFC
Camera maker Leica has unveiled the Leica C, a compact camera capable of shooting full HD video, and the company’s first that includes NFC and WiFi for easy sharing... More
Sumitomo Mitsui to launch NFC payments in Japan
Banking group Sumitomo Mitsui is to introduce an NFC payments service this month that will be available through all three Japanese mobile network operators — NTT Docomo, Softbank and KDDI — and will work with a total of 31 NFC phones available from the three carriers... More
Apple patent reignites iPhone NFC hopes
A newly published patent application shows that Apple has been working on ways to combine the fingerprint verification technology it acquired in July 2012 with NFC — and may also be eyeing a variation of NFC that uses “body coupled communications”... More
Xiaomi unveils Mi3 smartphone with NFC
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has announced the Mi3, a 5-inch NFC smartphone that is the first to use Nvidia’s 1.8GHz Tegra 4 quad core processor... More
Vodafone, BNZ and Visa to trial NFC payments in New Zealand
Mobile network operator Vodafone is launching a pre-commercial prepaid payments trial in New Zealand, in partnership with Visa and Bank of New Zealand (BNZ)... More
Meizu announces MX3 smartphone with NFC
Chinese phone maker Meizu has announced its first smartphone with NFC... More
Five more POS providers to integrate Isis SmartTap
Five more payment terminal manufacturers and software providers have agreed to integrate Isis SmartTap NFC functionality into their range of point of sale systems... More
Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 3 with NFC
Samsung has unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Note 3, an NFC-enabled handset with a 5.7-inch full HD Amoled display and 13 megapixel camera which can capture 1080p video at 60 frames per second... More
Sony announces Xperia Z1 smartphone
Sony has unveiled the Xperia Z1, a 4G LTE handset that features NFC, a 2.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 20.7 megapixel camera and a 5-inch full HD Triluminous display... More
Sony launches NFC lens-style cameras for smartphones
Sony has unveiled a family of photographic zoom lenses with integrated image sensors that can be connected to Android or iOS smartphones, via NFC and WiFi, to provide a high quality, DSLR-like camera experience... More
Metro delivers news to bus stops with NFC
For the next three months out-of-home media owner Clear Channel is to make content from free daily newspaper Metro available via NFC at its 10,000 touchpoint ad panels around the UK... More
Vodafone and Orange to launch NFC payments in Spain
Both Vodafone and Orange are to launch NFC payments services using prepaid cash accounts in Spain this year... More
HTC unveils Mini+ companion handset
Phone maker HTC has unveiled the Mini+, a tiny lightweight companion handset that allows calls to be made using a smartphone’s connection once paired through NFC or Bluetooth... More
Acer unveils Liquid S2 NFC smartphone with 4K video
Acer has announced the Liquid S2, an Android smartphone with a 6-inch full HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz processor and a 13 megapixel camera able to record 4K Ultra HD video... More
G&D launches SkySIM multi application NFC SIM cards
Giesecke & Devrient’s SkySIM CX, an NFC SIM card that allows several NFC applications to be executed at the same time, has received EMVCo, American Express, MasterCard and Visa approval, confirming it meets their requirements for use in secure payments systems... More