NFC World » China Mobile http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Japanese and Korean carriers to launch cross-border NFC coupons http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/13/314432/japanese-and-korean-carriers-to-launch-cross-border-nfc-coupons/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/13/314432/japanese-and-korean-carriers-to-launch-cross-border-nfc-coupons/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:35:14 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14432 The first international NFC marketing service is to go live on 1 April, allowing customers of NTT Docomo and KT to collect and redeem special offers from NFC posters in both Japan and Korea — and payments and ticketing services as well as the participation of carriers in additional Asian countries are set to follow.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/13/314432/japanese-and-korean-carriers-to-launch-cross-border-nfc-coupons/feed/ 0 China gets Nokia 801T with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/03/312174/china-gets-nokia-801t-with-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/03/312174/china-gets-nokia-801t-with-nfc/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:39:29 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12174 Nokia has announced the 801T smartphone, a Symbian Anna NFC device designed for use on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network. The Nokia 801T is pitched as a high-end handset for business users and features a one-piece...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/03/312174/china-gets-nokia-801t-with-nfc/feed/ 0 45 mobile operators commit to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:03:13 +0000 Paula Berger http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11363 The mobile network operators have signed up to support and implement SIM-based NFC in a move the GSMA says will "promote the global interoperability of services and accelerate time-to-market".

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/feed/ 1 ABI: Chinese NFC payments could top $8bn by 2014 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:54:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8954 More than US$8bn in transactions could be conducted in China using NFC phones by 2014, according to Mobile Payments in China, a new report by ABI Research. In 2010, 45,000 NFC handsets were shipped in China,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 24 Jan 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35716/nfc-news-in-brief-24-jan-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35716/nfc-news-in-brief-24-jan-2011/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:04:10 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5716 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: MasterCard wins Oyster deal • PayPal nears 100m accounts • Proxama buys Hypertag • Palm tablets to include NFC? • Contactless grows in the UK • NTT Docomo, KT and China Mobile tie up.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35716/nfc-news-in-brief-24-jan-2011/feed/ 0 China Mobile will continue to ‘vigorously promote’ RF SIM http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/02/34051/china-mobile-will-continue-to-vigorously-promote-rf-sims/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/02/34051/china-mobile-will-continue-to-vigorously-promote-rf-sims/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:09:25 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4051 Despite pressure from regulators to drop its RF SIM technology, China's largest mobile network operator says it will continue to push ahead with its RF SIM deployment while, at the same time, also exploring options for delivering solutions compatible with the NFC technology being adopted by Chinese banks.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/02/34051/china-mobile-will-continue-to-vigorously-promote-rf-sims/feed/ 0 China Mobile to drop RF SIM in favour of NFC? http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/03/33813/china-mobile-to-drop-rf-sim-in-favour-of-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/03/33813/china-mobile-to-drop-rf-sim-in-favour-of-nfc/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:51:40 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3813 China's largest mobile network operator is coming under pressure from MIIT, the national technology regulator, to join the Chinese banks and its two rival operators China Unicom and China Telecom in adopting a single, national mobile payments standard based on NFC standard technology.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/03/33813/china-mobile-to-drop-rf-sim-in-favour-of-nfc/feed/ 1 Chinese banks and mobile operators to create single, open platform for NFC and mobile payments services http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/12/33623/chinese-banks-mobile-operators-to-create-single-open-platform-for-nfc-and-mobile-payments-services/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/12/33623/chinese-banks-mobile-operators-to-create-single-open-platform-for-nfc-and-mobile-payments-services/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 14:30:55 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3623 Eighteen Chinese banks, card association China UnionPay, China Telecom, China Unicom and a range of handset manufacturers and industry suppliers have formed an alliance in a bid to create standards and a business model for the introduction of a single, open platform that can be used by businesses throughout China to offer NFC and mobile payments services.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/12/33623/chinese-banks-mobile-operators-to-create-single-open-platform-for-nfc-and-mobile-payments-services/feed/ 2 China Mobile may offer combined NFC and RF SIM services http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/04/13/33362/china-mobile-may-offer-combined-nfc-and-rf-sim-services/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/04/13/33362/china-mobile-may-offer-combined-nfc-and-rf-sim-services/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:16:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3362 China Mobile is considering adding support for NFC, as well as for its own RF SIM technology, to its mobile payments service, the company has told reporters. Beijing-based Marbridge Consulting reports that: An industry source...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/04/13/33362/china-mobile-may-offer-combined-nfc-and-rf-sim-services/feed/ 1 China UnionPay begins major expansion of NFC project http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/17/33248/china-unionpay-begins-major-expansion-of-nfc-project/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/17/33248/china-unionpay-begins-major-expansion-of-nfc-project/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:16:19 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3248 The bank card association is conducting NFC pilots in Shanghai, Ningbo and Changsha and has extended its mobile payments services to a total of six provinces and regions.

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