NFC World » Swisscom 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 Poken moves to Silicon Valley with $2m investment http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314551/poken-moves-to-silicon-valley-with-2m-dollar-investment/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314551/poken-moves-to-silicon-valley-with-2m-dollar-investment/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:21:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14551 NFC gadget and marketing platform provider Poken has announced a US$2M investment round led by Swisscom Ventures and Credit Suisse. The company provides a platform that organisations can use to enable customers to connect online with...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314551/poken-moves-to-silicon-valley-with-2m-dollar-investment/feed/ 0 Swisscom prepaid customers top up at in-store NFC kiosks http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/08/36941/swisscom-prepaid-customers-top-up-at-in-store-nfc-kiosks/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/08/36941/swisscom-prepaid-customers-top-up-at-in-store-nfc-kiosks/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:50:32 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6941 Mobile software provider Sicap and Switzerland's leading telecoms provider Swisscom have launched a contactless in-store kiosk that allows prepaid subscribers to top up their phones. The NFC feature of the kiosk allows customers to top up NFC...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/08/36941/swisscom-prepaid-customers-top-up-at-in-store-nfc-kiosks/feed/ 0 NFC proves popular in Swiss trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/05/07/31091/nfc-proves-popular-in-swiss-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/05/07/31091/nfc-proves-popular-in-swiss-trial/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 12:25:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1091 More than 90% of the participants in a small scale Swiss trial say they will use NFC when it becomes commercially available.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/05/07/31091/nfc-proves-popular-in-swiss-trial/feed/ 0 Swiss operators form working group to promote NFC payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/24/3967/swiss-operators-form-joint-working-group-to-promote-nfc-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/24/3967/swiss-operators-form-joint-working-group-to-promote-nfc-payments/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:27:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=967 Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom have formed a working group, open to all, with the aim of developing a standardised, national NFC platform from early 2010.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/04/24/3967/swiss-operators-form-joint-working-group-to-promote-nfc-payments/feed/ 0 GSMA calls for mass market NFC handsets by mid-2009 http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/19/3235/gsma-calls-for-mass-market-nfc-handsets-by-mid-2009/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/19/3235/gsma-calls-for-mass-market-nfc-handsets-by-mid-2009/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:22 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=235 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.

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