NFC World » Innovision 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 New Broadcom chips signal next stage of the mobile wallet wars http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/27/310203/new-broadcom-chips-signal-next-stage-of-the-mobile-wallet-wars/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/27/310203/new-broadcom-chips-signal-next-stage-of-the-mobile-wallet-wars/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:56:20 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10203 The company's new NFC controller chips allow multiple secure elements to be active on a single phone at the same time, making it possible for consumers to use both a mobile wallet supplied by a mobile network operator and a mobile wallet supplied by a bank, handset maker or operating system supplier.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/27/310203/new-broadcom-chips-signal-next-stage-of-the-mobile-wallet-wars/feed/ 0 Broadcom: ‘We expect 10% to 15% of phones to have NFC within twelve months’ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37753/broadcom-10-to-15-percent-of-phones-to-have-nfc-within-twelve-months/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37753/broadcom-10-to-15-percent-of-phones-to-have-nfc-within-twelve-months/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 17:05:17 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7753 Chipmaker Broadcom says it expects to see NFC built into between 10% and 15% of all phones within the next year, with the rate higher for smartphones, PCWorld reports. At a press briefing in San Francisco last...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37753/broadcom-10-to-15-percent-of-phones-to-have-nfc-within-twelve-months/feed/ 0 Broadcom sets out its plans for NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/02/34384/broadcom-sets-out-its-plans-for-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/02/34384/broadcom-sets-out-its-plans-for-nfc/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:12:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4384 Three months after it announced plans to buy NFC specialist Innovision for US$47.5m, the deal has completed and Broadcom VP Craig Ochikubo has spoken to NFC World about the company's ambitions for Innovision and for the NFC market as a whole.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/02/34384/broadcom-sets-out-its-plans-for-nfc/feed/ 0 Qualcomm hunts NFC specialist to head up digital development http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/08/31/34380/qualcomm-hunts-nfc-specialist-to-head-up-digital-development/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/08/31/34380/qualcomm-hunts-nfc-specialist-to-head-up-digital-development/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:11:28 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4380 Wireless telecomms technology and chipset giant Qualcomm is set to become the latest mobile industry player to put an NFC expert at the heart of its digital development strategy. Qualcomm CDMA Technologies is looking for...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/08/31/34380/qualcomm-hunts-nfc-specialist-to-head-up-digital-development/feed/ 0 Broadcom to enter NFC market, buys Innovision for $47.5m http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/18/33993/broadcom-to-enter-nfc-market-buys-innovision-for-47-5m/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/18/33993/broadcom-to-enter-nfc-market-buys-innovision-for-47-5m/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:47:45 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3993 Semiconductor giant Broadcom Corporation has announced it has agreed to acquire UK-based NFC specialist Innovision Research & Technology in a deal valued at US$47.5m. Innovision has developed a suite of designs, patents and expertise, known...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/18/33993/broadcom-to-enter-nfc-market-buys-innovision-for-47-5m/feed/ 1 Innovision launches 512 byte NFC tag http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/16/33937/innovision-launches-512-byte-nfc-tag/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/16/33937/innovision-launches-512-byte-nfc-tag/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:08:35 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3937 Innovision Research & Technology has launched a new NFC tag with more than five times the memory of its existing NFC tag. Both are NFC Forum Type 1 tags and are, therefore, compatible with any...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/16/33937/innovision-launches-512-byte-nfc-tag/feed/ 1 One in five mobile phones to feature NFC by 2012 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:45:08 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3823 OPINION: Licensing deals signed by Innovision will see NFC functionality being built into 15% to 20% of the handsets shipped in 2012, says the company, as leading mobile phone chipset manufacturers look for low cost ways to add NFC into mass market mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/feed/ 0 Innovision signs $6m IP licensing deal http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33845/innovision-signs-6m-ip-licensing-deal/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33845/innovision-signs-6m-ip-licensing-deal/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:38:43 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3845 NFC chipset technology specialist Innovision has signed a licensing agreement with a "major global semiconductor corporation". The unnamed semiconductor manufacturer will use Innovision's Gem NFC intellectual property to build NFC functionality into high volume chipsets for...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33845/innovision-signs-6m-ip-licensing-deal/feed/ 0 Innovision unveils next-generation NFC phone technology http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33826/innovision-unveils-next-generation-nfc-phone-technology/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33826/innovision-unveils-next-generation-nfc-phone-technology/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:10:58 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3826 Adding NFC functionality to a mobile phone will soon cost less than a dollar, says Innovision's Stephen Graham, with 15% to 20% of all the handsets shipped in 2012 set to include the company's low-cost NFC technology.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33826/innovision-unveils-next-generation-nfc-phone-technology/feed/ 0 Innovision opens online store for NFC tags http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/04/21/33454/innovision-opens-online-store-for-nfc-tags/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/04/21/33454/innovision-opens-online-store-for-nfc-tags/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:05:13 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3454 Innovision Research & Technology has launched BuyNFC.com, an online store for NFC application developers and consumers looking to purchase NFC tags. BuyNFC.com offers Innovision's Topaz NFC tags in a wide range of form factors including...

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