NFC World » O2 UK 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 UK NFC JV heads to Brussels http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:47:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14064 Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2 will be submitting their plans for a UK-based NFC joint venture to regulators in Brussels next week, the Financial Times reports. Mobile network operator Three, which was not invited to join the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/feed/ 0 UK NFC joint venture prepares to seek EU approval http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:57:38 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13446 The UK NFC joint venture announced last year by mobile network operators Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere is expected to seek the official go ahead for the scheme, dubbed Project Oscar, in the next two...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/feed/ 0 O2 backs London NFC hackathon http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/16/313292/o2-backs-london-nfc-hackathon/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/16/313292/o2-backs-london-nfc-hackathon/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:04:12 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13292 The third event in digital agency Isobar's NFC hackathon series is to take place in London over the weekend of 24-25 March. Create London is sponsored by mobile network operator O2, is free to attend...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/16/313292/o2-backs-london-nfc-hackathon/feed/ 0 Telefonica picks Sybase 365 for mobile wallet rollout http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:32:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13268 The telecoms giant has chosen the SAP subsidiary to provide a mobile wallet solution that it will begin introducing in Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2012.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/feed/ 0 Transport for London to accept NFC payments from 2012 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/12/38537/transport-for-london-to-accept-nfc-payments-from-2012/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/12/38537/transport-for-london-to-accept-nfc-payments-from-2012/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:17:37 +0000 Heather McLean http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8537 TfL has agreed to relax its transaction speed requirements to allow payments on London's bus and underground network to be made via NFC phones and contactless cards from next year — and expects faster NFC phones and contactless cards to arrive in the near future.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/12/38537/transport-for-london-to-accept-nfc-payments-from-2012/feed/ 2 Europe’s mobile operators to create common NFC logo http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:31:54 +0000 Heather McLean http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8476 Europe’s big five mobile operators are working together to create a new logo for NFC, designed to be clearly recognisable and drive usage of the technology.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38476/europe%e2%80%99s-mobile-operators-to-create-common-nfc-logo/feed/ 1 X-Men movie to get NFC smart poster campaign in London http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37591/x-men-nfc-smart-poster-london/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37591/x-men-nfc-smart-poster-london/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 15:37:46 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7591 Smart posters are to be distributed around central London to promote the latest X-Men film, enabling NFC phone users to download an exclusive trailer and connect with the movie's Facebook page.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37591/x-men-nfc-smart-poster-london/feed/ 0 O2 UK picks suppliers for NFC mobile wallet launch http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/19/37469/o2-uk-picks-suppliers-for-nfc-mobile-wallet-launch-2/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/19/37469/o2-uk-picks-suppliers-for-nfc-mobile-wallet-launch-2/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 09:38:43 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7469 Mobile network operator O2 UK, part of the Telefonica group, has announced Wave Crest, FIS, Intelligent Environments and Visa Europe as the suppliers for the mobile wallet service it plans to launch during the second half of...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/19/37469/o2-uk-picks-suppliers-for-nfc-mobile-wallet-launch-2/feed/ 0 Samsung Galaxy S II with NFC to begin shipping “later this year” http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/13/37367/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-with-nfc-to-begin-shipping-later-this-year/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/13/37367/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-with-nfc-to-begin-shipping-later-this-year/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 17:51:42 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7367 Samsung has begun shipping the first units of its Galaxy S II smartphone but, outside Korea, it looks as though only the non-NFC version will be available — for now.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/13/37367/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-with-nfc-to-begin-shipping-later-this-year/feed/ 5 Telefónica launches O2 Money in Ireland http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/02/36297/telefonica-launches-o2-money-in-ireland/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/02/36297/telefonica-launches-o2-money-in-ireland/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:51:54 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6297 Telefónica O2 Ireland has launched a new prepaid money card, 'O2 Money', marking an expansion by the mobile network operator into the Irish financial services market. O2 Money, already in operation in the UK, has...

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