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Japanese mobile operator KDDI will offer the world's first phone with both NFC and Felica support from this summer. The Sharp Aquos Phone Serie will support Japan's widely-used Felica contactless payment system as well as the... More

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. More

The Japanese mobile network operator is to provide a range of stickers compatible with the Edy, Waon and Nanaco payments services from February, enabling iPhone 4 users to make use of Japan's well established mobile payments services for the first time. More

NTT Docomo has begun the world's first mass market deployment of mobile phones with NFC tag reading capabilities. Sixteen of the operator's new range of mobile phones and a number of existing handsets will be able to perform both Osaifu-Keitai mobile contactless payments functions and NFC tag reading from next week. More