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June 16th, 2010
Innovision launches 512 byte NFC tag
Innovision Research & Technology has launched a new NFC tag with more than five times the memory of its existing NFC tag. Both are NFC Forum Type 1 tags and are, therefore, compatible with any... More
June 7th, 2010
No NFC in iPhone 4G
Apple's fourth generation iPhone sports a slew of new features but will not have built-in NFC capability. The company's chief executive, Steve Jobs, revealed the latest version of the best-selling mobile handset during a keynote... More
June 4th, 2010
Innovision signs $6m IP licensing deal
NFC chipset technology specialist Innovision has signed a licensing agreement with a "major global semiconductor corporation". The unnamed semiconductor manufacturer will use Innovision's Gem NFC intellectual property to build NFC functionality into high volume chipsets... More
June 4th, 2010
Innovision unveils next-generation NFC phone technology
Adding NFC functionality to a mobile phone will soon cost less than a dollar, says Innovision's Stephen Graham, with 15% to 20% of all the handsets shipped in 2012 set to include the company's low-cost NFC technology. More
June 2nd, 2010
Discover, MasterCard certify new mobile contactless stickers from Inside and CPI
A new range of contactless stickers, designed to be attached to the back of a mobile phone, have been certified by MasterCard and Discover Financial Services. The stickers, developed by Inside Contactless and manufactured in... More
May 4th, 2010
Inside Contactless to acquire Atmel’s secure microcontroller business
Inside Contactless has agreed to acquire Atmel's Secure Microcontroller Solutions (SMS) business, based in Rousset, France and East Kilbride, UK. The financing for the purchase is being provided by Inside's existing investors, led by Gimv... More
April 28th, 2010
TazTag’s stand-alone NFC device to hit the market by the end of 2010
TazCard, a stand-alone NFC device which communicates via USB and Zigbee instead of a mobile network connection, is set to launch by the end of 2010 with a target price of €150 — and a very different approach to building NFC ecosystems. More
April 23rd, 2010
NXP and Trusted Logic release open source Android NFC API
NXP and Trusted Logic have released an open source NFC Android API designed to work with a second generation NFC Android stack developed by the two companies which, they say, "provides a complete integration into... More
April 23rd, 2010
Inside Contactless to make Open NFC source code and API available on Sourceforge.net
Developers looking to create NFC solutions and devices will now be able to download the company's NFC protocol stack for Android, MeeGo, Linux and Windows Mobile phones from the Sourceforge free open source software website. More
April 21st, 2010
Innovision opens online store for NFC tags
Innovision Research & Technology has launched BuyNFC.com, an online store for NFC application developers and consumers looking to purchase NFC tags. BuyNFC.com offers Innovision's Topaz NFC tags in a wide range of form factors including... More
April 21st, 2010
Gizmodo takes apart ‘the next iPhone’ — could it have NFC?
Gadget blog Gizmodo has got its hands on what appears to be an early version of the next iPhone, expected to be released later this year. Gizmodo got hold of the device after it was... More
April 15th, 2010
Netribe is a platform, not a phone, says Sagem Wireless
The new Sagem Netribe which we reported on earlier this week is not a specific phone, Sagem Wireless has now told NFC World. Rather, says the company, it is "an Android platform on which we... More
April 13th, 2010
Cassis opens up for business in the Americas, sees NFC market opportunities in Canada and US
Singapore-based trusted service management (TSM) specialist Cassis International has opened an office in New York, giving it a foothold in the American market for the first time. The newly formed Cassis Americas is headed by... More
April 13th, 2010
Sagem Wireless unveils NFC-enabled Android phone
UPDATED The Netribe is a touchscreen Android tablet phone that includes near field communication, biometrics and 'brand-specific industrial design', suggesting that, as with the company's Puma phone, brands will be able to customise it to their needs. More
March 24th, 2010
Finalists announced for 2010 NFC Forum Global Competition
The NFC Forum has announced the twenty finalists for its 2010 Global Competition. This year's entries covered a broad span of consumer and business application areas, says the NFC Forum, and came from Asia, Europe... More
March 23rd, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent introduces turnkey pay-as-you-go mobile wallet platform for operators
The new Mobile Wallet Service is a software-as-a-service platform for mobile network operators that combines proximity payments, mobile marketing, ticketing, international remittances, P2P funds transfer and mcommerce services. More
March 22nd, 2010
NBS adds NFC to its UbiQ card personalisation system
Card personalization and secure ID specialist NBS Technologies has added NFC capability to its UbiQPersoMaster personalisation software suite. The new NFC application enables financial institutions to automate the process of uploading their customers' card details... More
March 19th, 2010
Eastcompeace to offer RF SIM cards
Chinese SIM and smart card supplier Eastcompeace has announced that its RF SIM card has now been certified by the Ministry of Information Industry's IC Card Quality Supervision Center. "The success enables Eastcompeace to provide... More
March 18th, 2010
Could PayPal bump NFC’s P2P ambitions into touch?
A new technology from US start-up Bump, which lets consumers use phones equipped with accelerometers to make peer-to-peer payments and share images or contact details, has been adopted by PayPal for its new Send Money service. More
March 12th, 2010
Ericsson Labs adds QR code support to NFC and RFID tag developer tool
Ericsson Labs has upgraded Tag Tool, the set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags first launched in November 2009. "The idea behind Tag Tool is very simple," Ericsson Labs explains. "You... More
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