NFC World » Softbank Mobile 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 FeliCa Networks signs deal with Samsung for Japan’s move to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/24/313708/felica-networks-signs-deal-with-samsung-for-japans-move-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/24/313708/felica-networks-signs-deal-with-samsung-for-japans-move-to-nfc/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:29:02 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13708 The joint venture between Sony and carrier NTT Docomo, which runs Japan's Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has signed a deal with Samsung for the development of a new chip solution that will provide consumers with phones which work with both NFC services and Japan's existing mobile payments infrastructure.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/16/312442/kddi-launches-nfc-in-japan/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 Japan gets NFC Expresspay test http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311410/japan-gets-nfc-expresspay-test/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311410/japan-gets-nfc-expresspay-test/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11410 Japanese mobile network operator Softbank, card issuer Credit Saison and American Express have teamed up with NFC technology providers Dai Nippon Printing and Gemalto to test SIM-based NFC payments on Android phones. The three month...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311410/japan-gets-nfc-expresspay-test/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/2011/11/16/311363/45-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc/feed/ 1 10% of Japanese consumers made a purchase with their mobile wallet in December http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/26/36163/10-of-japanese-consumers-made-a-purchase-with-their-mobile-wallet-in-december/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/26/36163/10-of-japanese-consumers-made-a-purchase-with-their-mobile-wallet-in-december/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:23:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6163 Analysis by Comscore for its 2010 Mobile Year in Review has found that just under 10% of Japanese mobile subscribers made a purchase with their mobile wallet during December 2010. In all, 9.8 million mobile users made...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/26/36163/10-of-japanese-consumers-made-a-purchase-with-their-mobile-wallet-in-december/feed/ 0 World’s leading mobile operators commit to NFC — with the SIM as the secure element and the operators in control http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/21/36098/worlds-leading-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc-%e2%80%94-with-the-sim-as-the-secure-element-and-the-operators-in-control/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/21/36098/worlds-leading-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc-%e2%80%94-with-the-sim-as-the-secure-element-and-the-operators-in-control/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:39:49 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6098 The GSMA has issued a statement outlining a commitment by leading global mobile network operators — many of whom have not previously been involved in NFC — to launch commercial services in 2012. "The operator community is focused on driving the standardised deployment of mobile NFC, using the SIM as the secure element to provide authentication, security and portability," says the announcement.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/21/36098/worlds-leading-mobile-operators-commit-to-nfc-%e2%80%94-with-the-sim-as-the-secure-element-and-the-operators-in-control/feed/ 1 Toshiba begins NFC SIM mass production http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35849/toshiba-begins-nfc-sim-mass-production/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35849/toshiba-begins-nfc-sim-mass-production/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:55:49 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5849 Toshiba has announced it has now completed testing of an NFC UIM, a user identity module that can be used in both CDMA2000 NFC phones and as a SIM card for GSM NFC phones, and...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35849/toshiba-begins-nfc-sim-mass-production/feed/ 0 KDDI, Softbank, SK Telecom begin testing joint NFC services for Japanese and Korean consumers http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35839/kddi-softbank-sk-telecom-testing-joint-nfc-services-for-japan-korea-consumers/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35839/kddi-softbank-sk-telecom-testing-joint-nfc-services-for-japan-korea-consumers/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:42:04 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5839 The three mobile network operators, who signed an NFC cooperation agreement in July 2010, are to begin testing a number of cross-border NFC services this month with the aim of launching commercial services by the end of 2011.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35839/kddi-softbank-sk-telecom-testing-joint-nfc-services-for-japan-korea-consumers/feed/ 0 NTT Docomo partners with Korea’s KT to switch to NFC at end of 2012 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35835/ntt-docomo-partners-with-koreas-kt-to-switch-to-nfc-at-end-of-2012/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35835/ntt-docomo-partners-with-koreas-kt-to-switch-to-nfc-at-end-of-2012/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:55:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5835 Mobile network operator NTT Docomo, the driving force behind Japan's Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has confirmed that it will make the move to NFC standard technology from "around the end of 2012", in partnership with Korea's KT.

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