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News stories featuring Oberthur and NFC:

Société Générale picks NFC payments TSM

February 22nd, 2012

The French bank has chosen Oberthur to act as its trusted service manager for a rollout of NFC payments services this year. More

Sunrise to test NFC in Switzerland

January 31st, 2012

Swiss mobile network operator Sunrise is to begin an NFC payments pilot in March 2012, in collaboration with Oberthur Technologies. The SIM-based NFC trial will allow participants to charge payments made with an NFC phone... More

Private equity firm buys key NFC supplier

December 6th, 2011

"Advent International hopes to help grow Oberthur Technologies through potential external acquisitions which may further enhance the technological development and complement existing know-how," says the investment firm. More

Visa tests NFC in Iceland

October 25th, 2011

Icelandic payments processor Valitor has teamed up with Visa and Oberthur Technologies to run the country's first mobile payments pilot from January 2012. More

Eight NFC products reach finals of Sesames awards

October 3rd, 2011

Finalists for the annual Cartes trade show awards include Taiwan-based Go-Trust, developer of a single wire protocol compliant NFC microSD card. More

OSPT Alliance publishes open standard for contactless transit payments

September 9th, 2011

The organisation, which aims to establish an open standard for transport ticketing to rival Mifare, has made available the first version of its Cipurse specification. More

Oberthur gets EAL4+ certification for FlyBuy NFC SIM

July 18th, 2011

Oberthur Technologies has become the first supplier to gain Common Criteria EAL4+ certification for an NFC SIM. The certification means that the company's NFC FlyBuy card, an open Java USIM, now comes with the same... More

Etisalat Zantel launches NFC payments in Tanzania

July 12th, 2011

"Operators in African countries such as Tanzania benefit from being able to leapfrog legacy systems and can directly adopt NFC for their customers," says the mobile network operator. More

NFC news in brief • 23 May 2011

May 23rd, 2011

News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Twitter and Docomo add 'touch and follow' • Doubletwist shares songs with NFC • Airtag offers P2P loyalty • Lifera and Taztag tie up • Lockitron opens doors with NFC • DPT unveils NFC-enabled car park pay machine • SK C&C USA rebrands as CorFire • Bayer puts antennas into decorative films • Mobey Forum expands • and much more...  More

NFC news in brief • 17 May 2011

May 17th, 2011

News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: US files lawsuit against Verifone/Hypercom deal • iPhone 5 unlikely to support NFC payments, says analyst • 'Paper' phone unveiled • Vivotech adds NFC to mag stripe terminals • Hashable adds NFC to contacts app • Sequent raises funds • Connecthings invests in Lifera • and more... More

Mifare4Mobile sets out future of Mifare on NFC devices

May 17th, 2011

The Mifare4Mobile Industry Group has announced a new roadmap for Mifare4Mobile which sets out the way ahead for the deployment of Mifare-based transportation tickets on NFC devices. Version 2.0 of the specification is now set to... More

Telefonica staff to test NFC payments and access control

April 1st, 2011

Up to 12,500 staff at Telefónica España will be given the chance to make mobile payments in shops and use NFC to access buildings and parking, the mobile network operator has announced. In the first... More

Oberthur signs Mifare NFC licensing deal

February 15th, 2011

NXP Semiconductors and Oberthur Technologies have announced a licensing agreement for NXP's Mifare contactless card technology, enabling Oberthur to integrate Mifare transport ticketing and other applications into its NFC SIM cards. Under the agreement, Oberthur... More

Airtel Africa to launch NFC services in fifteen African countries

February 14th, 2011

Mobile network operator Airtel Africa is to launch NFC services in Kenya, Tanzania, Gabon and a further nine African countries in early 2011, its NFC technology partner Oberthur Technologies has announced at the Mobile World... More

Transport ticketing alliance debuts ‘Cipurse’ open alternative to Mifare

December 16th, 2010

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance is proposing a new open ticketing standard to be called Cipurse that will "enable technology suppliers to develop and deliver interoperable transit fare collection solutions for cards, stickers, fobs, NFC mobile phones and other consumer devices." Singapore's Land Transport Authority is the first to agree to adopt the new standard. More

Oberthur launches SIM+antenna and Mifare DESFire NFC solutions

Oberthur launches SIM+antenna and Mifare DESFire NFC solutions

December 15th, 2010

Oberthur Technologies has launched a new NFC add-on and an NFC SIM designed to support Mifare DESFire applications. The new NFC SIM Adaptor is aimed at payments, transport, retail and loyalty applications, says Oberthur. "Made... More

Mifare4Mobile Group to develop next generation NFC transport ticketing services

June 30th, 2010

NXP has joined forces with Ericsson, Gemalto, Oberthur Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Venyon and Vivotech to form an industry group that aims to develop a new generation of NFC-based transport ticketing services. More

China Unicom to launch world’s first commercial single wire protocol based NFC service

China Unicom to launch world’s first commercial single wire protocol based NFC service

February 19th, 2010

The mobile operator has signed up five Chinese banks and five transport operators for the commercial launch of its NFC service, scheduled to take place during the second quarter of 2010. More

Card and chip suppliers to offer open transport ticketing standard

Card and chip suppliers to offer open transport ticketing standard

February 8th, 2010

Infineon, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Technologies and Inside Contactless have teamed up to support the creation of an open security standard for mobile and chip-based transport tickets. More

Transport and mobile operators begin NFC pilot in Lisbon

Transport and mobile operators begin NFC pilot in Lisbon

October 8th, 2009

The Portuguese capital's transport operators have begun a small scale NFC test in conjunction with three mobile operators, beginning on the Lisbon subway and with plans to expand to rail and bus services soon. More

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