NFC World » PingPing 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 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 Getyoo raises €600k for interactive NFC events solution http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/18/38585/getyoo-raises-e600k-for-interactive-nfc-events-solution/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/18/38585/getyoo-raises-e600k-for-interactive-nfc-events-solution/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:34:35 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8585 Belgian NFC specialist Getyoo has completed a €600,000 funding round, led by Eric Bigeard, the former CEO of international office supplies business Lyreco. Getyoo specialises in providing NFC-based interactive solutions for the event industry. In...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/18/38585/getyoo-raises-e600k-for-interactive-nfc-events-solution/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 31 Jan 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:50:19 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5825 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Getyoo pings Belgacom • Mobey Forum expands • Clear2Pay goes to South Africa • Facebook takes the credit • Vancouver to go contactless • ...and Philadelphia to follow • Airtel Money launch • CreditCall's EMV ticketing kernel.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 29 Nov 2010 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35298/nfc-news-in-brief-29-nov-2010/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35298/nfc-news-in-brief-29-nov-2010/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:49:32 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5298 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: PingPing adds Coca-Cola • Indian banks offer mobile payments • GSMA investigates embedded SIMs • VeriFone buys Hypercom • Brands test Google Goggles • 500m to use mobile medical apps by 2015 • CPI hits 100M contactless cards • and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35298/nfc-news-in-brief-29-nov-2010/feed/ 0 Belgacom and Alcatel-Lucent to develop open payments system http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/08/31307/belgacom-and-alcatel-lucent-to-develop-open-payments-system/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/08/31307/belgacom-and-alcatel-lucent-to-develop-open-payments-system/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:34:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1307 Belgacom's PingPing and Alcatel-Lucent's Touchatag are creating an open system that will allow consumers to use contactless cards, stickers or NFC phones to access services developed by a range of technology suppliers, operators and application developers.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/08/31307/belgacom-and-alcatel-lucent-to-develop-open-payments-system/feed/ 0 NFC stickers continue to gain acceptance http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3948/nfc-stickers-continue-to-gain-acceptance/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3948/nfc-stickers-continue-to-gain-acceptance/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:12:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=948 OPINION: Despite a raft of recent announcements by those involved in the development of NFC handsets, it's clear that contactless stickers still have an important role to play in the widespread adoption of NFC.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3948/nfc-stickers-continue-to-gain-acceptance/feed/ 1 Belgacom launches PingPing, tests NFC stickers http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3931/belgacom-launches-pingping-tests-nfc-tags/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/03/3931/belgacom-launches-pingping-tests-nfc-tags/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:34:06 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=931 The Belgian telecoms operator has launched a series of mobile payment initiatives under the new PingPing banner and has partnered with Accor Services, Coca-Cola and supermarket chain Delhaize to test three different applications for NFC tag payments.

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