NFC World » SK Telecom (SKT) 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 LG reveals Optimus 3D Cube with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313617/lg-reveals-optimus-3d-cube-with-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313617/lg-reveals-optimus-3d-cube-with-nfc/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:02:43 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13617 LG has unveiled another NFC smartphone, its second this week, in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress. The LG Optimus 3D Cube is an Android smartphone set to be released in Korea by SK...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313617/lg-reveals-optimus-3d-cube-with-nfc/feed/ 0 World Expo 2012 to showcase NFC applications http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313411/world-expo-2012-to-showcase-nfc-applications/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313411/world-expo-2012-to-showcase-nfc-applications/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:51:42 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13411 This year's World Expo in Yeosu, Korea is to include NFC-based payments, food ordering, entrance tickets and parking as well as an NFC shopping wall and access to multilingual information on exhibits and transportation.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313411/world-expo-2012-to-showcase-nfc-applications/feed/ 0 Tizen preview unveiled http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312676/tizen-preview-unveiled/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312676/tizen-preview-unveiled/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:42:36 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12676 The Linux Foundation has published a Tizen SDK preview to give application developers a pre-release look at the new mobile operating system. Tizen, a free open source OS based on Linux, is the successor to...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312676/tizen-preview-unveiled/feed/ 0 Japanese carriers form NFC consortium http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/22/312121/japanese-carriers-form-nfc-consortium/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/22/312121/japanese-carriers-form-nfc-consortium/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:50:16 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12121 NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank Mobile have set up the Japan Mobile NFC Consortium with the aim of working together to coordinate the switch from Japan's existing Osaifu-Keitai non-NFC standard mobile payments system to NFC.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/22/312121/japanese-carriers-form-nfc-consortium/feed/ 0 NFC shopping zone opens in Seoul http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/18/311953/nfc-shopping-zone-opens-in-seoul/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/18/311953/nfc-shopping-zone-opens-in-seoul/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:52:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11953 Korea's leading mobile network operators, card networks, phone manufacturers and government agencies have joined forces to provide shoppers in Seoul's busiest shopping district with a wide range of NFC services including payments, couponing, smart posters and digital receipts.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/18/311953/nfc-shopping-zone-opens-in-seoul/feed/ 0 Korea to eliminate paper receipts with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311755/korea-to-eliminate-paper-receipts-with-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311755/korea-to-eliminate-paper-receipts-with-nfc/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:36:44 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11755 Telecoms research institute ETRI has established a standard way for Korean merchants to deliver receipts to NFC mobile phones, allowing stores to cut out the need to print paper sales slips.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311755/korea-to-eliminate-paper-receipts-with-nfc/feed/ 0 45 mobile operators commit to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:03:13 +0000 Paula Berger http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11363 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".

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/11/310582/korea-gets-lte-nfc-phone/feed/ 0 SK Telecom launches SIM cards that add NFC to existing phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/15/39941/sk-telecom-launches-sim-cards-that-add-nfc-to-existing-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/15/39941/sk-telecom-launches-sim-cards-that-add-nfc-to-existing-phones/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:48:53 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9941 The 'NFC on USIM' cards support card emulation and tag read/write functions and are expected to cost in the region of US$30-40 each. Peer-to-peer support will be added towards the end of 2011.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/15/39941/sk-telecom-launches-sim-cards-that-add-nfc-to-existing-phones/feed/ 0 SK Telecom: All new smartphones must come with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/01/38901/sk-telecom-all-new-smartphones-must-come-with-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/01/38901/sk-telecom-all-new-smartphones-must-come-with-nfc/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:25:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8901 The Korean mobile network operator has committed to an aggressive plan to quickly move large numbers of its customers towards NFC services by deciding that, from now on, it will only offer smartphones equipped with NFC functionality.

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