NFC World » Inside Contactless 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 Transport ticketing alliance debuts ‘Cipurse’ open alternative to Mifare http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:55:52 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5479 The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance is proposing a new open ticketing standard to be called Cipurse that will "enable technology suppliers to develop and deliver interoperable transit fare collection solutions for cards, stickers, fobs, NFC mobile phones and other consumer devices." Singapore's Land Transport Authority is the first to agree to adopt the new standard.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 6 Dec 2010 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/06/35374/nfc-news-in-brief-6-dec-2010/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/06/35374/nfc-news-in-brief-6-dec-2010/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:44:20 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5374 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Inside Contactless ships 250m cards, changes name • Visa matches phone and card locations • UK debit cards overtake cash • PayPal rewards best customers • Retailers test mobile POS • Mobile barcode usage up 30% • Which mobile OS where? • and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/06/35374/nfc-news-in-brief-6-dec-2010/feed/ 0 Inside Contactless announces combined NFC controller and embedded secure element package http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:57:45 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5311 The NFC and contactless specialist has teamed up with Infineon and Giesecke & Devrient to provide handset manufacturers with a single package that includes both an NFC controller and an embedded secure element.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/feed/ 1 Centre Pompidou’s Teen Gallery lets young people test NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35152/centre-pomidou-teen-gallery-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35152/centre-pomidou-teen-gallery-nfc/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:19:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5152 The new Teen Gallery at the Centre Pompidou modern and contemporary art museum in Paris allows young visitors to easily access and share location and multimedia information by touching an NFC mobile phone to tags located around the gallery.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35152/centre-pomidou-teen-gallery-nfc/feed/ 0 Consortium wins funding to develop specialist NFC TSM for home healthcare services http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/15/34701/consortium-funding-nfc-tsm-tpp-healthcare/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/15/34701/consortium-funding-nfc-tsm-tpp-healthcare/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:24:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4701 A new consortium formed by IT services provider Extelia, NFC specialist Inside Contactless and French regional social services provider Abrapa has won funding from the French government to develop a trusted third party platform designed...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/15/34701/consortium-funding-nfc-tsm-tpp-healthcare/feed/ 0 Inside Contactless raises 50m euros in additional funding http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/01/34512/inside-contactless-raises-50m-euros-in-additional-funding/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/01/34512/inside-contactless-raises-50m-euros-in-additional-funding/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:48:31 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4512 Contactless and NFC specialist Inside Contactless has raised a further €50m (US$65m approx) in financing. Existing investors Gimv, Sofinnova Partners, Vertex Israel, Euro US Ventures, GGV Capital, Qualcomm Inc, Nokia Growth Partners, Samsung Ventures and...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/01/34512/inside-contactless-raises-50m-euros-in-additional-funding/feed/ 0 Hands on: Sagem Wireless’ new NFC-enabled Cosyphone http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/10/34448/hands-on-sagem-wireless-new-nfc-enabled-cosyphone/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/10/34448/hands-on-sagem-wireless-new-nfc-enabled-cosyphone/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:18:13 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4448 The first mass production units of Sagem Wireless' new NFC Cosyphone will begin shipping later this month and a few pre-production models are now in the hands of developers, partners — and NFC World.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/10/34448/hands-on-sagem-wireless-new-nfc-enabled-cosyphone/feed/ 0 HID Global and Inside Contactless to add employee ID cards to NFC phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34121/hid-global-and-inside-contactless-to-add-employee-id-cards-to-nfc-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34121/hid-global-and-inside-contactless-to-add-employee-id-cards-to-nfc-phones/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:28:58 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4121 Employee ID card leader HID Global and Inside Contactless have partnered to offer support for HID's iClass vicinity card technology to NFC phones. iClass is HID's top of the range ID card technology and includes...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34121/hid-global-and-inside-contactless-to-add-employee-id-cards-to-nfc-phones/feed/ 0 Discover, MasterCard certify new mobile contactless stickers from Inside and CPI http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33806/discover-mastercard-certify-new-mobile-contactless-stickers-from-inside-contactless-and-cpi/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33806/discover-mastercard-certify-new-mobile-contactless-stickers-from-inside-contactless-and-cpi/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:18:32 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3806 A new range of contactless stickers, designed to be attached to the back of a mobile phone, have been certified by MasterCard and Discover Financial Services. The stickers, developed by Inside Contactless and manufactured in the US by CPI...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33806/discover-mastercard-certify-new-mobile-contactless-stickers-from-inside-contactless-and-cpi/feed/ 0 STMicro, NXP, Trusted Logic and Stollmann join forces to add NFC to Android devices http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33794/stmicroelectronics-nxp-trusted-logic-and-stollmann-join-forces-to-add-nfc-to-android-devices/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33794/stmicroelectronics-nxp-trusted-logic-and-stollmann-join-forces-to-add-nfc-to-android-devices/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:58:04 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3794 NFC chipset manufacturer STMicroelectronics and Stollmann, which launched a chipset independent NFC API for Android last month, have joined NXP and Trusted Logic, who launched a joint NFC API for Android in April, to promote a common hardware-independent API for...

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