Japan Airlines (JAL)

Nearly 80% of the world's top 50 airlines say they plan to be providing NFC services in three years' time, according to a survey conducted by airline IT provider Sita, but there are technical challenges that still need to be resolved before NFC mobile boarding passes can become the norm. More

The mobile network operator will begin commercial NFC services from the end of January with partners including Japan Airlines, credit card issuers, loyalty programme providers and retailers. More

The three mobile network operators, who signed an NFC cooperation agreement in July 2010, are to begin testing a number of cross-border NFC services this month with the aim of launching commercial services by the end of 2011. More

Mobile network operator NTT Docomo, the driving force behind Japan's Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has confirmed that it will make the move to NFC standard technology from "around the end of 2012", in partnership with Korea's KT. More

NTT Docomo is set to make the switch to NFC standard technology in 2013, according to a report in Japanese business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The mobile network operator currently runs the Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet... More

The three mobile network operators are to move away from the non-NFC mobile contactless technologies they currently support in favour of an NFC standard solution. More

Gemalto has provided further details of the role it is playing in Japanese mobile network operator KDDI's extensive NFC field test, which went live last month. As we reported in April, KDDI has partnered with... More

The mobile network operator has partnered with card issuers, airlines, a cinema chain, a car manufacturer and others to run a series of tests of NFC standard technology and aims to introduce NFC services "in the near future". More