NFC World » Telefonica 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 O2 Wallet launches in the UK: NFC to be added “in time” http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:13:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15328 Amid on-going delays for the UK mobile network operators' Project Oscar NFC joint venture, O2 has moved ahead with the launch of a mobile wallet that offers a suite of payments and marketing services to any mobile phone user, regardless of the carrier they get their mobile service from — with NFC to arrive later.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/feed/ 0 London NFC hackathon winners get funding http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/27/314853/london-nfc-hackathon-winners-get-funding/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/27/314853/london-nfc-hackathon-winners-get-funding/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:42:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14853 Two of the twenty teams which took part in last weekend's Isobar Create London NFC app development event have received kick-starter funding they will be able to use to turn their apps into commercial products.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/27/314853/london-nfc-hackathon-winners-get-funding/feed/ 0 Telefónica makes strategic investment in Boku http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314546/telefonica-makes-strategic-investment-in-boku/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314546/telefonica-makes-strategic-investment-in-boku/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:57:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14546 The carrier's digital division has announced that the mobile payments platform provider, which last month unveiled an NFC service for mobile network operators, is to become its preferred mobile payments partner.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/16/314546/telefonica-makes-strategic-investment-in-boku/feed/ 0 Telefonica picks Sybase 365 for mobile wallet rollout http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:32:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13268 The telecoms giant has chosen the SAP subsidiary to provide a mobile wallet solution that it will begin introducing in Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2012.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/14/313268/telefonica-picks-sybase-365-for-mobile-wallet-rollout/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 Czech firms report on NFC trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/20/312059/czech-firms-report-on-nfc-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/20/312059/czech-firms-report-on-nfc-trial/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:16:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12059 Supermarket chain Globus is to equip all its new stores with contactless POS terminals following a successful six month NFC payments trial conducted in conjunction with Telefónica O2, Komerční Banka, Citibank and Visa Europe.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/20/312059/czech-firms-report-on-nfc-trial/feed/ 0 Telefonica to launch NFC in Europe in ‘the next few months’ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311711/telefonica-to-launch-nfc-in-europe-in-the-next-few-months/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311711/telefonica-to-launch-nfc-in-europe-in-the-next-few-months/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:36:33 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11711 The telecoms giant, which runs the Movistar network in Spain and Latin America as well as O2 in Europe and Vivo in Brazil, has announced it will use a central trusted service management solution provided by Giesecke & Devrient to roll out NFC services in Europe next year.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311711/telefonica-to-launch-nfc-in-europe-in-the-next-few-months/feed/ 0 Telefonica begins BlackBerry NFC trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/25/311566/telefonica-begins-blackberry-nfc-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/25/311566/telefonica-begins-blackberry-nfc-trial/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:44:06 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11566 "We look forward to seeing the launch of commercial wallet services in several markets next year," says the CEO of Telefónica Digital.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/25/311566/telefonica-begins-blackberry-nfc-trial/feed/ 0 Three takes fight against UK NFC joint venture to Europe http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:50:02 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11414 The planned joint venture between the UK's three leading mobile network operators is "anti-competitive and akin to a joint selling arrangement," says Three UK, which was not invited to take part in establishing the new NFC service provider.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/21/311414/three-takes-fight-against-uk-nfc-joint-venture-to-europe/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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