NFC World » KPN http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 07:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Belgian NFC payments joint venture hits the rocks http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/26/313787/belgian-nfc-payments-joint-venture-hits-the-rocks/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/26/313787/belgian-nfc-payments-joint-venture-hits-the-rocks/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:16:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13787 Plans to create a common mobile payments platform for Belgium's banks and mobile network operators have been abandoned over an inability to agree on whose technology to use or a business case that could work for all parties.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/26/313787/belgian-nfc-payments-joint-venture-hits-the-rocks/feed/ 0 Dutch banks and carriers to launch NFC in 2013 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/30/311666/dutch-banks-and-carriers-to-launch-nfc-in-2013/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/30/311666/dutch-banks-and-carriers-to-launch-nfc-in-2013/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:41:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11666 Mobile network operators KPN and Vodafone have signed a cooperation agreement with bankers ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank — but T-Mobile has pulled out of the 'Sixpack' partnership and will follow its own route to market.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/30/311666/dutch-banks-and-carriers-to-launch-nfc-in-2013/feed/ 0 45 mobile operators commit to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:03:13 +0000 Paula Berger http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11363 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".

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/feed/ 1 NFC could reduce banks and mobile operators to low value ‘bit pipes’, warns KPN http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/28/38336/nfc-could-reduce-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-low-value-bit-pipes-warns-kpn/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/28/38336/nfc-could-reduce-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-low-value-bit-pipes-warns-kpn/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:34:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8336 "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.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/28/38336/nfc-could-reduce-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-low-value-bit-pipes-warns-kpn/feed/ 1 Rabobank adds NFC stickers to MiniTix mobile wallet http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36666/rabobank-adds-nfc-stickers-to-minitix-mobile-wallet/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36666/rabobank-adds-nfc-stickers-to-minitix-mobile-wallet/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:16:05 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6666 Secure identification specialist Multicard is to provide an NFC-based payment system to Rabobank, one of the Netherlands' largest financial services companies. Employees at Rabobank will be able to use the system to make contactless payments using their...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36666/rabobank-adds-nfc-stickers-to-minitix-mobile-wallet/feed/ 0 Belgian banks and mobile operators to launch SMS and NFC mobile payments service in 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/10/35874/belgian-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-sms-and-nfc-mobile-payments-service-in-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/10/35874/belgian-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-sms-and-nfc-mobile-payments-service-in-2011/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:19:00 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5874 Belgium's mobile network operators have joined forces with the country's financial sector with the aim of introducing SMS and NFC based mobile payments by the end of 2011. "The goal is to make a mobile...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/10/35874/belgian-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-sms-and-nfc-mobile-payments-service-in-2011/feed/ 1 Dutch banks and mobile operators to launch national NFC service http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/09/34439/dutch-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-national-nfc-service/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/09/34439/dutch-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-national-nfc-service/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:39:08 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4439 T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN, ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank have signed a letter of intent to jointly introduce NFC across the Netherlands from 2012.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/09/09/34439/dutch-banks-and-mobile-operators-to-launch-national-nfc-service/feed/ 0 GSMA calls for mass market NFC handsets by mid-2009 http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/19/3235/gsma-calls-for-mass-market-nfc-handsets-by-mid-2009/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/19/3235/gsma-calls-for-mass-market-nfc-handsets-by-mid-2009/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:22 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=235 The mobile industry association has finalised its device requirements for NFC handsets and called on manufacturers to put phones incorporating the Single Wire Protocol interface into consumers' hands by the middle of next year.

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