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Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to test NFC check-ins

May 22nd, 2012

"With NFC technology, the mobile phone simplifies the passage of the flyer through the airport," says the CEO of the first airport in the world to pilot the use of NFC phones to improve the airline passenger experience. More

GSMA NFC lead joins Vivotech

May 8th, 2012

Nav Bains, the GSMA's high profile business lead for NFC, has left the carrier trade association to join NFC supplier Vivotech as VP of business development for telecommunications and channel management. "This is a defining time for... More

GSMA showcases mobile keys

March 16th, 2012

The GSM Association has produced a video introduction to NFC mobile keys that shows how the technology can bring benefits beyond those offered by traditional keys. The four-minute film demonstrates how an NFC phone can... More

Brazil moves towards NFC

January 23rd, 2012

The first commercial NFC service could go live in Brazil by the end of this year, Mustafa Almansur, the GSMA's NFC programme leader for Brazil, told RCR Wireless at an NFC event organised by the carriers' association... More

Marketing to fix security worries

January 10th, 2012

A survey conducted by the GSM Association's Mobile Money Live website has found that spending money on marketing is seen by most readers as the way to address user fears about NFC security. 35% of readers... More

GSM Association issues new NFC handset requirements

December 19th, 2011

The mobile network operators' association has published new specifications which could give carriers a major advantage over competing mobile wallet providers but, the GSMA says, the changes are due to technical rather than commercial reasons.  More

45 mobile operators commit to NFC

November 16th, 2011

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". More

Samsung ships 4m NFC handsets

November 15th, 2011

Samsung shipped four million NFC phones in the first eight months of this year, the GSM Association's Nav Bains has revealed. The company had previously shipped just 100,000 NFC handsets in total. Bains, the trade... More

Visa hires GSMA director

October 6th, 2011

Gavin Krugel has become the latest GSM Association staff member to join Visa. Krugel, formerly a senior director at the GSMA, will be responsible for accelerating the activation of mobile money programs in developing economies. More

Card schemes should lead NFC terminal drive

September 19th, 2011

An online straw poll conducted by mobile industry association the GSMA has found that card schemes should lead the investment on merchant NFC terminals. One half of the respondents to a GSMA Mobile Money Live... More

Citi proposes ‘hybrid model’ for mobile payments

June 30th, 2011

Banks and mobile network operators should work together on a mobile payments business model that plays to both their strengths, says Citi's Dickson Chu. More

SK Telecom to open NFC Zone in Seoul

June 30th, 2011

Korean mobile network operator SK Telecom is to open an 'NFC Zone' in Seoul, the company's head of global partnerships has told delegates attending the GSMA's Mobile Money Summit in Singapore. The NFC Zone will... More

NFC could reduce banks and mobile operators to low value ‘bit pipes’, warns KPN

June 28th, 2011

"We need to own the market space and prevent market differentiation before any other party enters the market with enough money," says Peter Van Leeuwen of KPN, a partner in the Dutch NFC joint venture that includes both banks and mobile operators. More

Orange to introduce first international NFC payments service

June 28th, 2011

From this summer, subscribers to the UK's Quick Tap NFC service will be able to use their phones to make payments in Nice, home of the French Cityzi NFC service. More

France set for commercial NFC services to begin in spring 2012

June 6th, 2011

Technical specifications have been finalised, the French government is providing €20m to promote the adoption of NFC services and four mobile network operators and four banks have announced they will deploy NFC services nationally in the spring of 2012. More

NFC news in brief • 6 June 2011

June 6th, 2011

News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: M-Pesa revenues soar • Google Offers trial gets underway • Tyfone expands team • NXP's partner programme • SVB picks EMV • British consumers 'not comfortable' with location-based services • SCM launches plug-in NFC reader • Elephant Talk to unveil NFC mobile wallet platform • and more... More

Spanish city to lend NFC phones to tourists

April 17th, 2011

Tourist information centres in the Spanish city of Caceres are to distribute Google Nexus S NFC phones to visitors, to allow them to access museums, receive promotional coupons and obtain information about the city's sights. More

Report shows challenge of bringing mobile money to the masses

March 17th, 2011

Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU), a programme supported by the GSM Association and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a document outlining why the number of users of mobile money services in the developing... More

IATA and GSMA identify how NFC could take off at airports

March 9th, 2011

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has teamed up with the GSM Association (GSMA) to identify six core areas of air travel in which passengers, airports and airlines can benefit from the introduction of near field communication... More

Survey finds lack of industry coordination delaying NFC uptake

March 2nd, 2011

Adoption of mobile payments using near field communication technology is still at least two years away thanks to poor coordination between industry players, according to a survey from Sybase 365. The results of a poll... More

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