NFC World » Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) 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 Singapore awards national NFC infrastructure contract http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/25/310863/singapore-awards-national-nfc-infrastructure-contract/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/25/310863/singapore-awards-national-nfc-infrastructure-contract/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:04:10 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10863 Singapore's IDA has awarded the contract for a national NFC infrastructure to a consortium including mobile network operator StarHub, DBS Bank, public transportation card issuer EZ-Link and NFC technology provider Gemalto. Commercial services are due to go live in mid-2012.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/25/310863/singapore-awards-national-nfc-infrastructure-contract/feed/ 0 IDA demos NFC ‘smart shopping’ service http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/22/38228/ida-demos-nfc-smart-shopping-service/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/22/38228/ida-demos-nfc-smart-shopping-service/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:13:46 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8228 Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the government agency tasked with implementing a national NFC infrastructure for Singapore, is demonstrating a number of "rich mobile NFC services" at the imbX tradeshow in Singapore. The demonstrations are...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/22/38228/ida-demos-nfc-smart-shopping-service/feed/ 0 DBS, StarHub and EZ-Link to begin Singapore NFC pilot in December http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35271/dbs-starhub-and-ez-link-to-begin-singapore-nfc-pilot-in-december/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35271/dbs-starhub-and-ez-link-to-begin-singapore-nfc-pilot-in-december/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:14:18 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5271 The bank, mobile network operator and transport card issuer will be using Gemalto's N-Flex NFC add-on and plan to launch commercial services towards the end of 2011.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35271/dbs-starhub-and-ez-link-to-begin-singapore-nfc-pilot-in-december/feed/ 0 Singapore issues request for proposals for national NFC TSM http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35137/singapore-issues-request-for-proposals-for-national-nfc-tsm/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35137/singapore-issues-request-for-proposals-for-national-nfc-tsm/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:48:12 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5137 IDA, the government agency tasked with implementing a national NFC infrastructure for Singapore, is requesting proposals from consortiums to create and manage a next-generation open trusted third party infrastructure that all the country's banks, transport operators and other service providers could use to deliver NFC services.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35137/singapore-issues-request-for-proposals-for-national-nfc-tsm/feed/ 0 Asia-Pacific mobile payments market to double in five years http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/08/34620/asia-pacific-mobile-payments-market-to-double-in-five-years/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/08/34620/asia-pacific-mobile-payments-market-to-double-in-five-years/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:24:47 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4620 The Asia-Pacific mobile payments market is set to double to US$3.6bn by 2015, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. SMS payments, which accounted for nearly 82% of total transactions in 2009, are...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/08/34620/asia-pacific-mobile-payments-market-to-double-in-five-years/feed/ 0 Singapore government invests in kick starting contactless and NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/02/32416/singapore-government-invests-in-kick-starting-contactless-and-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/02/32416/singapore-government-invests-in-kick-starting-contactless-and-nfc/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:01:30 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2416 Merchants in Singapore are being encouraged to make the switch to contactless card accepting terminals through a series of subsidies made possible by a S$16 million (US$11.5m) grant from the Singapore government. The aim is...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/02/32416/singapore-government-invests-in-kick-starting-contactless-and-nfc/feed/ 0 Citibank, Visa announce NFC trial in Singapore with operator M1 http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3938/citibank-visa-announce-nfc-trial-in-singapore-with-operator-m1/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3938/citibank-visa-announce-nfc-trial-in-singapore-with-operator-m1/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:41:08 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=938 Citi M1 Platinum Visa cardholders will be able to use their mobile phones to make contactless payments linked to their credit card account at any merchant equipped to handle Visa payWave contactless transactions.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3938/citibank-visa-announce-nfc-trial-in-singapore-with-operator-m1/feed/ 0 Singapore to get national trusted third party for NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/02/25/3819/singapore-to-get-national-trusted-third-party-for-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/02/25/3819/singapore-to-get-national-trusted-third-party-for-nfc/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:07:04 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=819 Singapore's banks, telecoms networks and transit operators have given the go ahead for the creation of a national trusted third party designed to ensure full interoperability between the NFC services of all mobile operators and all service providers.

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