NFC World » France 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 Orange aims at 3m NFC phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/22/314715/orange-aims-at-3m-nfc-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/22/314715/orange-aims-at-3m-nfc-phones/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:21:59 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14715 Orange plans to provide three million SIM-based NFC devices to customers based in the European Union in 2012, according to Stéphane Richard, chairman and CEO of France Telecom-Orange. That number will increase to 10m devices...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/22/314715/orange-aims-at-3m-nfc-phones/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 Mobile payments arrive on BlackBerry phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/26/310902/mobile-payments-arrive-on-blackberry-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/26/310902/mobile-payments-arrive-on-blackberry-phones/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:03:00 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10902 Carriers and banks around the world can now use the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones to deliver MasterCard-approved NFC mobile payments services.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/26/310902/mobile-payments-arrive-on-blackberry-phones/feed/ 1 Europe’s mobile operators to create common NFC logo http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:31:54 +0000 Heather McLean http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8476 Europe’s big five mobile operators are working together to create a new logo for NFC, designed to be clearly recognisable and drive usage of the technology.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/feed/ 1 MasterCard hires NFC expert Mung-Ki Woo as head of mobile http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35731/mastercard-hires-nfc-expert-mung-ki-woo-as-head-of-mobile/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35731/mastercard-hires-nfc-expert-mung-ki-woo-as-head-of-mobile/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:15:44 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5731 MasterCard Worldwide has hired Mung-Ki Woo as its new 'group executive, mobile'. Woo is a well known figure in the NFC industry and joins MasterCard from France Telecom Orange Group, where he was vice president...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35731/mastercard-hires-nfc-expert-mung-ki-woo-as-head-of-mobile/feed/ 0 Orange to roll out NFC services across Europe in 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35498/orange-to-roll-out-nfc-services-across-europe-in-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35498/orange-to-roll-out-nfc-services-across-europe-in-2011/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:27:58 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5498 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...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35498/orange-to-roll-out-nfc-services-across-europe-in-2011/feed/ 0 French government funds twelve more NFC and RFID projects http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34127/french-government-funds-twelve-more-nfc-and-rfid-projects/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34127/french-government-funds-twelve-more-nfc-and-rfid-projects/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:05:42 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4127 Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry and the Mayor of Nice, has announced details of twelve NFC and RFID projects which are to share in €4.5 million of funding from the French government. The...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34127/french-government-funds-twelve-more-nfc-and-rfid-projects/feed/ 0 Orange launches open source NFC application developer toolkit http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/30/32385/orange-launches-open-source-nfc-application-developer-toolkit/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/30/32385/orange-launches-open-source-nfc-application-developer-toolkit/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:22:35 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2385 Mobile network operator Orange has developed an NFC Application Developer Toolkit and made it available as open source software.  IzyNFC is designed to enable the development of mobile NFC applications based on a SIM-centric architecture...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/30/32385/orange-launches-open-source-nfc-application-developer-toolkit/feed/ 0 Motorola joins NFC patent pool http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/07/31359/motorola-joins-nfc-patent-pool/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/07/31359/motorola-joins-nfc-patent-pool/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:01:14 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1359 The mobile communications giant has added its NFC-related patents to a pool of IP and rights managed and made available for joint licensing by Via Licensing.

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