NFC World » Ergosum 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 NFC city pilot to go live in Nice on 21 May under ‘Cityzi’ banner http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/14/33638/nfc-city-pilot-to-go-live-in-nice-on-21-may-under-cityzi-banner/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/14/33638/nfc-city-pilot-to-go-live-in-nice-on-21-may-under-cityzi-banner/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 08:38:16 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3638 France's mobile network operators and banks, along with Visa and MasterCard, the local transport operator, the city council and others will take part in Europe's first pre-commercial NFC pilot — which will be identified by the new Cityzi brand.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/14/33638/nfc-city-pilot-to-go-live-in-nice-on-21-may-under-cityzi-banner/feed/ 0 The NFC Report: Retailers begin to seize the initiative with NFC coupons and loyalty programmes http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/08/31968/the-nfc-report-retailers-begin-to-seize-the-initiative-with-nfc-coupons-and-loyalty-programmes/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/08/31968/the-nfc-report-retailers-begin-to-seize-the-initiative-with-nfc-coupons-and-loyalty-programmes/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:17:56 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1968 Issues remain to be resolved for retailers in terms of the costs and benefits of equipping themselves to accept contactless cards. However, the ability of NFC to enable consumers to store discount coupons and loyalty cards on their phones, as well as to make payments, could change the proposition altogether.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/08/31968/the-nfc-report-retailers-begin-to-seize-the-initiative-with-nfc-coupons-and-loyalty-programmes/feed/ 0 French retailers, operators publish NFC adoption plans http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/09/27/31797/french-retailers-operators-publish-nfc-adoption-plans/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/09/27/31797/french-retailers-operators-publish-nfc-adoption-plans/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:37:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1797 The Ergosum consortium of French retailers and operators has published its specifications and two use cases, for both traditional points of sale and self-checkout scenarios, ahead of planned large-scale testing of NFC in the French...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/09/27/31797/french-retailers-operators-publish-nfc-adoption-plans/feed/ 0 Carrefour announces major move toward contactless — and NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/27/3637/carrefour-announces-major-move-toward-contactless-%e2%80%94-and-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/27/3637/carrefour-announces-major-move-toward-contactless-%e2%80%94-and-nfc/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:29:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=637 The world's second largest retailer, part of the French Ergosum consortium aiming to launch a large scale NFC project by the end of this year, will begin converting its own brand credit/loyalty cards to contactless next month...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/27/3637/carrefour-announces-major-move-toward-contactless-%e2%80%94-and-nfc/feed/ 0 French retailers commit to large scale NFC trials in 2009 http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/12/05/3359/french-retailers-commit-to-large-scale-nfc-trials-in-2009/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/12/05/3359/french-retailers-commit-to-large-scale-nfc-trials-in-2009/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:34:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=359 France's largest retail chains have agreed to work together with the country's leading mobile operators to put in place a series of large scale near field communication trials that will see consumers using NFC phones to make payments and manage their loyalty cards.

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