Rogers Communications

The bank and telecoms operator are to introduce a joint NFC service that will let CIBC credit cardholders make mobile payments with a Rogers NFC phone from "later this year". More

Negotiations between Canada's telecoms companies and banks are in the final stages and mobile network operator Rogers Communications expects to launch a mobile wallet service within six months, Reuters reports. "In Canada, we are more ready... More

The mobile network operators have signed up to support and implement SIM-based NFC in a move the GSMA says will "promote the global interoperability of services and accelerate time-to-market". More

The mobile network operator says it doesn't plan to become a bank but it is "actively looking at the mobile payment category" and has applied for the license in order to "pursue a niche credit card opportunity". More

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Canadian mobile network operator Rogers Wireless has said it aims to become a 'middleman' for NFC mobile payments systems, Canoe reports. David Robinson, Rogers Wireless' vice president of new business planning, said the firm plans to operate... More

Nineteen additional companies from fourteen countries have signed up to become members of the NFC Forum. The list of new members is headed by fabless semiconductor supplier Marvell Technology and Canadian mobile network operator Rogers... More

EnStream, the joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators which operates the Zoompass mobile wallet service, has begun its first mobile contactless sticker trial. Launched by Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus in June 2009,... More

EnStream, the joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators which operates the Zoompass mobile wallet service, aims to offer NFC or contactless enabled handsets to customers within the year, the company has told NFC... More

Zoompass, a joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators, is taking a new approach to the lack of NFC handsets by linking its new mobile wallet to a standard prepaid bank card. More

The mobile industry association has finalised its device requirements for NFC handsets and called on manufacturers to put phones incorporating the Single Wire Protocol interface into consumers' hands by the middle of next year. More