Belgium

Plans to create a common mobile payments platform for Belgium's banks and mobile network operators have been abandoned over an inability to agree on whose technology to use or a business case that could work for all parties. More

News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Austrian bus stops offer NFC updates • Caen gets NFC transit stops too • NFC tag store opens in Korea • Belgian museum offers NFC info • Gentag picks up patch patent • plus Clear2Pay, ITSO, TfL, FirstGroup, Google and more... More

Belgian NFC specialist Getyoo has completed a €600,000 funding round, led by Eric Bigeard, the former CEO of international office supplies business Lyreco. Getyoo specialises in providing NFC-based interactive solutions for the event industry. In... More

Up to 10,000 fans attending the PIAS Nites festival in Brussels this weekend will be some of the first to find out how NFC technology could be used to enhance music gigs. "It's a revolutionary concept that opens up a wide range of possibilities in the world of music events," says PIAS' CEO. More

Belgium's mobile network operators have joined forces with the country's financial sector with the aim of introducing SMS and NFC based mobile payments by the end of 2011. "The goal is to make a mobile... More

Orange will begin introducing NFC services "in the majority of countries in which it has a presence" in 2011, the mobile network operator has told mobile phone manufacturers at a meeting in Paris on 15... More

The results of a two year project investigating the potential of near field communication to replace meal vouchers, discounts coupons and gift vouchers have been released. More

Belgacom's PingPing and Alcatel-Lucent's Touchatag are creating an open system that will allow consumers to use contactless cards, stickers or NFC phones to access services developed by a range of technology suppliers, operators and application developers. More

The Belgian telecoms operator has launched a series of mobile payment initiatives under the new PingPing banner and has partnered with Accor Services, Coca-Cola and supermarket chain Delhaize to test three different applications for NFC tag payments. More