Phone maker The Toughphone has launched an NFC-enabled rugged smartphone with a ‘push to talk’ application that allows voice communications to be made instantly over the network’s data connection, like a walkie talkie... More
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NXP and EnOcean demo NFC smart lighting
Chip maker NXP has teamed up with smart home specialist EnOcean at CES 2014 to show a solution that uses NFC to make it easy for homeowners to set up and add wireless lighting elements to their smart home network... More
CES visitors get NFC badges
Attendees at this week’s 2014 International CES show in Las Vegas are being provided with NFC badges that can be used to exchange business credentials and retrieve product information from other NFC devices as well as from posters displayed by exhibitors... More
RapidNFC adds NTAG213 stickers
Online retailer RapidNFC has begun offering NFC tags containing NXP’s NTAG213, an NFC chip with added security features, 144 bytes of user memory and a counter that stores how many times it has been read... More
NXP develops NFC chip for Intel
NXP Semiconductors has developed a new version of its PN544 NFC controller chip for Intel and MasterCard... More
NXP adds ESD protection for NFC phone antennas
NXP Semiconductors has announced a new series of diodes designed to protect NFC antennas and controllers in mobile devices against damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD)... More
Smartrac launches BullsEye nTag210 for high volume NFC applications
NFC and RFID tag manufacturer Smartrac has launched a new tag that is designed to provide a high performance and cost-effective option for high volume NFC applications that require simple URL addresses and unique identifiers but little additional memory... More
RapidNFC offers NFC Christmas cards
Tag supplier RapidNFC has teamed up with London-based Freestyle Print to offer a range of Christmas cards that include an NFC tag programmed with a link to the sender’s choice of digital content... More
RapidNFC adds postcards with built in tags
Tag supplier RapidNFC has launched a range of customisable postcards with NFC... More
NXP begins shipping NFC tags that can wake up a host device
A new tag IC that can wake up a host device when it senses another NFC device in close proximity is now available from chip maker NXP... More
Birdie brings NFC to golf ball markers
A US-based startup has added NFC to golf ball markers, allowing tournament organisers to pre-load lunch and drinks credits or golf buggy access rights before a game tees off... More
NXP picks Micropross for testing
NXP is using Micropross’s Contactless Test Station for its EMVCo level one testing... More
NXP predicts flat NFC sales despite loss of key customer
NXP Semiconductors has reported a decline in sales for its ID business in Q2 2013, citing a fall in mobile transaction revenue following the loss of a key customer. Overall, sales for the chip maker’s mobile transaction business “will be roughly flat year-on-year”, said CEO Rick Clemmer in an earnings call. More
ABI reports NFC chip market shares
A total of 168m NFC controller ICs and 144m NFC secure element chips were shipped in 2012, according to ABI Research, and NXP topped the chip supplier list for both... More
French retail chain to roll out NFC shelf edge labels to six hypermarkets
French supermarket chain E Leclerc is set to roll out NFC electronic shelf labels to six hypermarkets this year, following a successful introduction of the technology at a store in the Paris suburbs in late 2012... More
RapidNFC adds NXP NTAG210 to its range
NFC tag supplier RapidNFC has added tags based on NXP’s next-generation NTAG210 IC to its product range... More
Samsung to issue new TecTiles that meet NFC Forum standards
Samsung is to introduce a new range of NFC tags because its existing TecTiles tags don’t meet NFC Forum standards and won’t work with the new Galaxy S4 smartphone... More
NXP beats NFC forecast
NXP Semiconductors shipped 125m NFC chips for smartphones and tablets in 2012, beating previous projections... More
AIS to pilot NFC payments and transit in Bangkok
Thailand’s largest mobile network operator will be the first in Asia to test DragonFly, a next-generation SIM card from Oberthur that promises to provide mass transit operators with faster NFC transaction processing times. More
NXP adds PUFs to NFC
Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID‘s Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips... More