A new Android NFC app that makes sharing files between devices quicker and easier has been added to Google Play. SuperBeam enables users to set up a connection between two devices via NFC and then transfer data between them at high speed via WiFi... More
Archive: News in brief
T-Mobile picks Tagstand
T-Mobile is to use a custom version of Tagstand’s NFC Task Launcher app to power its forthcoming Tap Tag NFC service... More
Tag-a-bag NFC labels go live
Tag-a-bag, an award winning lost and found baggage solution that uses luggage labels equipped with an NFC tag and a QR code, is now live and available to purchase worldwide... More
NFC Forum certifies Clear2Pay
Clear2Pay has received NFC Forum certification for the latest release of its NFC Forum conformance test suite... More
Citi releases Singapore stickers
Citibank has introduced contactless payment stickers in Singapore with its Quick Pay Tag service... More
Google talks NFC at MWC
Mobile payments services will only start to take off once consumers are using them two to five times a day, Peter Hazlehurst, director of product management at Google, has told delegates at Mobile World congress 2013... More
Think&Go wins NFC Challenge
Think&Go NFC has picked up first prize in the GSMA’s NFC Challenge at Mobile World Congress 2013 for its Dynamic NFC-Screen, a display technology that enables NFC phone users to interact with video promotions, collect coupons, download content, navigate through advertising media and add products to a mobile shopping basket... More
Watchdata ships NFC-on-a-SIM
Watchdata Technologies has announced the commercial availability of SIMpass SC, an all-in-one NFC SIM solution that incorporates an NFC antenna within a SIM card form factor... More
Sony shows PCS with NFC
Sony is demonstrating a media centre that includes NFC functionality at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Accumulate upgrades ME platform
Accumulate has launched the Mobile Payment Fast Track Pack, an update of its its Mobile Everywhere (ME) platform that supports NFC, QR codes, P2P, online and in-store payments... More
Etisalat wins GSMA NFC award
UAE-based carrier Etisalat has picked up the gong for ‘Best NFC/Mobile Money Product or Service’ at the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards... More
Nokia adds NFC Writer for WP8
Nokia NFC Writer for Windows Phone 8 devices is now available from the Windows Phone app store, allowing users to read and write to any standard NFC tag with their mobile phone... More
Russian carriers plan NFC JV
Russia’s “Big Three” mobile network operators — MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon — are in discussions to create a joint venture company for the rollout of NFC services, Alexander Popovskiof, vice president of operations at MTS, has told Vedomosti... More
Gemalto demos NFC eID
Gemalto is demonstrating a proof-of-concept NFC enterprise ID service at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
China Unicom picks Gemalto NFC
China Unicom is to to use Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIM to secure the Unicom Merchants’ Bank mobile wallet it is rolling out in conjuction with China Merchants Bank (CMB)... More
EMVCo certifies Fime
Testing specialist Fime has been awarded additional secure element accreditation by EMVCo... More
Orange Spain picks MC
Orange has signed a strategic agreement with MasterCard “to enhance and accelerate” the delivery of innovative mobile payment services in Spain... More
Indian film fans pay with NFC
Fifteen PVR cinemas in India have implemented an NFC payments service that works with BlackBerry 10 phones... More
ManageEngine adds NFC support
ManageEngine has added a range of mobile device management (MDM) services to its Desktop Central service, designed to make it easier for IT departments to manage the move towards ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) and ‘bring your own application’ (BYOA)... More
Gemalto adds LinqUs NFC wallet
Gemalto is demonstrating a new NFC mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013... More