NFC World » Everything Everywhere 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 O2 Wallet launches in the UK: NFC to be added “in time” http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:13:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15328 Amid on-going delays for the UK mobile network operators' Project Oscar NFC joint venture, O2 has moved ahead with the launch of a mobile wallet that offers a suite of payments and marketing services to any mobile phone user, regardless of the carrier they get their mobile service from — with NFC to arrive later.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/feed/ 0 European regulators put brakes on UK NFC joint venture http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:15:44 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15089 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the planned NFC joint venture between Everything Everywhere, Telefónica and Vodafone UK which will delay launch until after the London Olympics and casts doubts over the timetable for the introduction of similar projects in a number of other European countries.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/feed/ 1 UK NFC JV files with Brussels http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:01:15 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14285 The NFC joint venture between three UK mobile network operators has now filed for approval with the EU to go ahead with the scheme, code named 'Project Oscar', the Guardian reports, despite on-going objections from...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/feed/ 0 UK NFC JV heads to Brussels http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:47:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14064 Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2 will be submitting their plans for a UK-based NFC joint venture to regulators in Brussels next week, the Financial Times reports. Mobile network operator Three, which was not invited to join the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/feed/ 0 UK NFC joint venture prepares to seek EU approval http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:57:38 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13446 The UK NFC joint venture announced last year by mobile network operators Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere is expected to seek the official go ahead for the scheme, dubbed Project Oscar, in the next two...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/feed/ 0 Three takes fight against UK NFC joint venture to Europe http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:50:02 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11414 The planned joint venture between the UK's three leading mobile network operators is "anti-competitive and akin to a joint selling arrangement," says Three UK, which was not invited to take part in establishing the new NFC service provider.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/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 Three: UK mobile operators’ NFC joint venture “raises serious competition concerns” http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/08/39757/three-uk-nfc-joint-venture-raises-serious-competition-concerns/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/08/39757/three-uk-nfc-joint-venture-raises-serious-competition-concerns/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:01:46 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9757 "Competition authorities in Brussels should not allow this type [of] collaboration to go forward under any circumstances," says Three, which was not invited to be part of the UK project. "We’re asking the Commission to take a clear view of what is at stake for consumers and the dangerous precedent this move could set across Europe."

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/08/39757/three-uk-nfc-joint-venture-raises-serious-competition-concerns/feed/ 0 Nokia: No mobile wallet support in current NFC phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/21/38715/nokia-no-mobile-wallet-support-in-current-nfc-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/21/38715/nokia-no-mobile-wallet-support-in-current-nfc-phones/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:26:59 +0000 Heather McLean http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8715 Nokia's C7 and N9 NFC phones are not equipped to support either an embedded secure element or an NFC SIM, the handset maker has told NFC World, so it won't be possible to use them for mobile payments or other secure NFC services.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/21/38715/nokia-no-mobile-wallet-support-in-current-nfc-phones/feed/ 4 UK mobile operators form NFC joint venture http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/16/38062/uk-mobile-operators-form-nfc-joint-venture/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/16/38062/uk-mobile-operators-form-nfc-joint-venture/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:47:12 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8062 Everything Everywhere, which runs the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK, Vodafone and Telefónica O2 have agreed to establish a joint venture company that "will deliver the technology required for the speedy adoption of mobile wallet and payments."

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