Panasonic has announced a new mid-range 16 megapixel camera with NFC and Wi-Fi functionality... More
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Sony to add NFC soundbars
Sony is set to launch a new range of soundbars complete with NFC for easy pairing, reports Pocket-Lint... More
Eurosmart ups NFC SE forecast
250m NFC secure elements will be shipped in 2013, Eurosmart forecasts, up some 67% from the 150m units shipped in 2012 and an increase on the smart card trade body’s last estimation in November 2012... More
Identive ships 1m stickers to Africa
One million NFC TOM (Tag on Metal) phone stickers have been ordered from Identive for “a banking and payment program in Africa”, the company has announced... More
MasterCard certifies NBS TSM
MasterCard has added NBS Technologies’ Xpressi Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform to its list of approved products... More
DeviFi adds China NFC patent
NFC-on-microSD specialist DeviceFidelity has been granted patent number ZL200880107195.2 in China, bringing the company’s portfolio up to a total of 40 patents relating to NFC and security technologies... More
French retailer orders 3m tags
Identive has announced it has won an order for three million NFC tags from an unnamed retailer... More
Madrid gets NFC bus stops
Five hundred bus stops in the centre of Madrid have been equipped with NFC tags, allowing passengers to access arrival times and tourist information with their NFC phones... More
USAT adds contactless devices
Unattended payments specialist USA Technologies (USAT) has added two new POS devices to its range... More
Strasbourg begins ticketing pilot
Public transportation users in the French city of Strasbourg are being invited by local transit operator CTS to take part in an NFC ticketing pilot... More
NFC phones up 138% in 2013
“NFC handsets have reached a tipping point this year and global volumes will surge an impressive 138% in 2013”, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics... More
NFC store launches in HK
RFID manufacturer Hong Kong RFID has launched an online NFC tag shop, nfc-shop.net... More
CUP demos Intel NFC payments
China UnionPay executive vice president Hongfeng Chai has demonstrated the payments network’s Quick Pass contactless payments service in use on an Intel-powered NFC smartphone at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing... More
PetHub adds NFC to ID tags
PetHub has added NFC to its pet ID tags which are also equipped with a QR code, web address and 24-hour phone number... More
PFS picks Carta for NFC
Prepaid Financial Services has partnered with Carta Worldwide to develop and deliver NFC and mobile payment solutions to corporate clients... More
JusTap adds NFC coupons
Mumbai-based JusTap! has announced JusPocket, an NFC couponing platform that allows brands to run multiple coupon and deal campaigns in real time... More
TapMeTags and xpWallet team up
New Delhi-based mobile wallet solutions provider xpWallet has announced a partnership with Toronto-based NFC specialist TapMeTags... More
UL to test mPos for Visa Ready
UL is to become the first laboratory to test mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) devices for certification under the Visa Ready Partner Program... More
SkyeTek adds NFC module
RFID reader manufacturer SkyeTek has launched its first NFC product... More
Aconite scores mobile EMV win
Aconite’s Mobile Application Manager has been selected by “a major European processor” to provide “a low-cost, fast-track enhancement of their existing authorization systems to support the broad range of EMV scripts needed to manage EMV applications on a mobile NFC handset”... More