Products
December 3rd, 2009
Fonelabs to produce two million low-cost NFC phones in 2010
The Malaysian manufacturer's NFC phones come with a built-in NFC antenna and controller as standard and are expected to cost under US$100 each in volume. More
December 3rd, 2009
New platform lets mobile operators offer payments, ticketing, loyalty services via stickers or NFC phones
Touchatag has partnered with Clear2Pay to launch a new platform that enables mobile operators to offer contactless payment, ticketing and marketing services using contactless stickers or NFC phones. More
December 2nd, 2009
Twinlinx NFC sticker set for commercial launch in March 2010
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
November 30th, 2009
Orange launches open source NFC application developer toolkit
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
November 30th, 2009
Mobile Distillery makes it easier to write NFC apps for multiple devices
The company's new Celsius NFC platform enables application developers to write code once and then port it reliably to a range of NFC handsets and add-on devices. More
November 30th, 2009
Vivotech launches contactless stickers and mobile loyalty platform
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
November 20th, 2009
ABnote and Sicap partner to cut the cost of NFC services
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
November 16th, 2009
Casio launches NFC handheld aimed at industrial applications
The Japanese electronics manufacturer's new rugged PDA is equipped with both 3G mobile data and a range of functions for retrieving and gathering data in the field — including NFC. More
November 12th, 2009
Trusted Logic to demonstrate peer-to-peer NFC for Android
Trusted Logic is to demonstrate peer-to-peer connection of mobile handsets through its Trusted NFC software platform for Google Android operating system at Cartes 2009 next week. "NFC peer-to-peer connection is the latest feature added to... More
November 12th, 2009
Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
Hot on the heels of the news that Apple has an RFID-enabled iPhone prototype, a new patent application provides details of how the company sees NFC being used to make it easy for customers to transfer files between devices such as the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV. More
November 12th, 2009
Ericsson Labs launches NFC and RFID tag developer tools
Ericsson Labs has launched Tag Tools, a set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags. Tag Tools consists of a simple web interface for creating tags and a mobile client for writing... More
November 12th, 2009
STMicroelectronics to add Mifare functionality to new range of NFC SIMs
STMicroelectronics and NXP have signed a licensing deal that will see STMicroelectronics integrating the entire Mifare family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications. The deal "will facilitate the convergence of the... More
November 12th, 2009
Arcontia launches contactless reader for transport and payments applications
Swedish card reader specialist Arcontia has launched a smart card reader compatible with NFC, ISO14443 A/B, ISO 18092 and EMV contactless standards and aimed at the e-ticketing and e-payment markets. The Optivo 1300 RS232/USB supports... More
November 12th, 2009
Toro’s user management system in running for a Sesame award
NFC specialist Toro's Akami software suite has been selected as a finalist in the Mobile category of the prestigious Sesames Awards. The start-up's product, a system for distributing NFC services to end users, will be... More
November 11th, 2009
DeviceFidelity launches low cost microSD-based NFC solution
In2Pay is designed to be distributed to customers using a card issuer's existing personalisation and distribution infrastructure and can include multiple applications such as payments and transit or payments and access control. More
November 11th, 2009
Getyoo launches NFC-based social networking system
Belgian start-up Getyoo has launched in beta a web-based platform designed to enable people to gather all their contacts and social activity in one place. Getyoo is designed to be used with 'Clickeys', NFC-enabled devices... More
November 11th, 2009
Sagem Orga adds Java Card functionality to MyMax NFC stickers
Sagem Orga and Twinlinx are introducing a mobile contactless sticker based on Twinlinx's MyMax NFC sticker and Sagem Orga's Java Card technology. Twinlinx's My-Max sticker combines an NFC transmitter with a security chip and Bluetooth... More
November 10th, 2009
G&D launches MasterCard mobile payments sticker
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has launched Convego Air Mobile, a contactless payment sticker conforming to the MasterCard PayPass contactless card standard. On receiving a sticker from their bank, consumers simply affix their Convego sticker to... More
November 10th, 2009
MasterCard certifies Venyon’s TSM service
Venyon's data center in Munich, Germany has become the first in Europe to receive certification under the MasterCard Mobile Provisioning Security Requirements, enabling the company to provide approved Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services to MasterCard... More
November 10th, 2009
Sagem Orga unveils Internet of Things solution
Sagem Orga is to present a software solution that enables communication between objects in the Internet of Things at Cartes 2009 next week. The new system uses a new communication protocol called HIP-TAG and has... More
