NFC World » Nokia Growth Partners http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Vivotech completes new funding round http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:33:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14804 Vivotech has completed a Series D funding round, bringing the total the NFC and contactless specialist has raised to date to US$96m. New sales figures for the company's POS terminal business have also been released....

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/feed/ 0 Inside Secure ships 17.4m NFC chips, mostly to RIM http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:27 +0000 Sarah Clark The prospectus for Inside Secure's IPO this month shows that the company made US$47m from the sale of NFC chips in 2011, that these were mainly delivered to RIM for use in BlackBerry NFC smartphones and that Inside believes it now has a share of close to 50% of the overall market for NFC chips for mobile phones.

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