NFC World » China Telecom 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 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 One million Chinese consumers adopt Watchdata’s NFC technology in just four months http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/04/36851/one-million-chinese-consumers-adopt-watchdatas-nfc-technology-in-just-four-months/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/04/36851/one-million-chinese-consumers-adopt-watchdatas-nfc-technology-in-just-four-months/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:24:02 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6851 Growth in the Chinese mobile payments market has helped Watchdata sell another million of its NFC Simpass devices in just four months.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/04/36851/one-million-chinese-consumers-adopt-watchdatas-nfc-technology-in-just-four-months/feed/ 0 Watchdata produces two millionth NFC add-on http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:13:33 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5515 Smart card and data security specialist Watchdata has produced its two millionth Simpass SIM+antenna NFC device, the company has announced. "This marks an exciting and a very fruitful beginning for Watchdata as we continue to...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/feed/ 0 China Unicom and Bank of Communications announce commercial NFC payments launch http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/25/34033/china-unicom-and-bank-of-communications-announce-commercial-nfc-payments-launch/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/25/34033/china-unicom-and-bank-of-communications-announce-commercial-nfc-payments-launch/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:30:25 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4033 The Chinese bank and mobile network operator are to launch a commercial NFC service that lets consumers make payments with NFC phones supporting the Single Wire Protocol — using a prepaid account that can be topped up over-the-air from the customer's bank account.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/25/34033/china-unicom-and-bank-of-communications-announce-commercial-nfc-payments-launch/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 Turkey, France and China move towards NFC adoption http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/18/33669/turkey-france-and-china-move-towards-nfc-adoption/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/18/33669/turkey-france-and-china-move-towards-nfc-adoption/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3669 OPINION: News from Turkey, France and China this week indicates that the NFC market is now beginning to gather pace around the world, as both mobile network operators and banks in more and more countries commit to working together to make near field communication based services a reality.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/18/33669/turkey-france-and-china-move-towards-nfc-adoption/feed/ 0 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 VeriFone buys stake in RF SIM supplier http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32724/verifone-buys-stake-in-rf-sim-supplier/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32724/verifone-buys-stake-in-rf-sim-supplier/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:35:53 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2724 VeriFone Holdings has announced that it is co-lead investor in a reverse merger financing for Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd, a Chinese mobile payments and value-added service applications company specialising in 2.4GHz (RF SIM) NFC solutions....

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32724/verifone-buys-stake-in-rf-sim-supplier/feed/ 0 China Telecom begins RF SIM trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32685/china-telecom-begins-rf-sim-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32685/china-telecom-begins-rf-sim-trial/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:14:08 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2685 The country's third largest mobile network operator is testing non-NFC standard RF SIM technology in Shanghai, where China Unicom is already running an NFC trial.

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