NFC World » Vodafone 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 New Zealand gets first commercial NFC service http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315588/new-zealand-gets-first-commercial-nfc-service/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315588/new-zealand-gets-first-commercial-nfc-service/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 10:56:58 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15588 Mobile network operator 2degrees and prepaid card issuer Snapper have teamed up to enable commuters in the city of Wellington to pay for public transportation and purchases in local merchants with an LG Optimus Net NFC phone.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315588/new-zealand-gets-first-commercial-nfc-service/feed/ 5 Telecom New Zealand and Westpac test NFC with Auckland Transport http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315380/telecom-new-zealand-and-westpac-test-nfc-with-auckland-transport/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315380/telecom-new-zealand-and-westpac-test-nfc-with-auckland-transport/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:47:31 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15380 The pilot follows the announcement that New Zealand's mobile network operators are to partner with the operator of the country's debit card and ATM networks to introduce a central TSM platform.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315380/telecom-new-zealand-and-westpac-test-nfc-with-auckland-transport/feed/ 0 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 European regulators put brakes on UK NFC joint venture http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:15:44 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15089 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the planned NFC joint venture between Everything Everywhere, Telefónica and Vodafone UK which will delay launch until after the London Olympics and casts doubts over the timetable for the introduction of similar projects in a number of other European countries.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/16/315089/european-commission-puts-brakes-on-uk-nfc-joint-venture/feed/ 1 New Zealand carriers to form NFC venture with payments provider http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/02/314897/new-zealand-carriers-to-form-nfc-venture-with-payments-provider/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/02/314897/new-zealand-carriers-to-form-nfc-venture-with-payments-provider/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:34:45 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14897 Vodafone, 2degrees and Telecom New Zealand have partnered with the operator of the country's debit card and ATM networks to introduce a central TSM platform that will allow the carriers to "continue to compete vigorously for customers by developing their own innovative services on top of the open platform infrastructure provided by the TSM".

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/02/314897/new-zealand-carriers-to-form-nfc-venture-with-payments-provider/feed/ 0 UK NFC JV files with Brussels http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:01:15 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14285 The NFC joint venture between three UK mobile network operators has now filed for approval with the EU to go ahead with the scheme, code named 'Project Oscar', the Guardian reports, despite on-going objections from...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/09/314285/uk-nfc-jv-files-with-brussels/feed/ 0 UK NFC JV heads to Brussels http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:47:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14064 Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2 will be submitting their plans for a UK-based NFC joint venture to regulators in Brussels next week, the Financial Times reports. Mobile network operator Three, which was not invited to join the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/29/314064/uk-nfc-jv-heads-to-brussels/feed/ 0 Visa announces ‘one stop’ card provisioning service for NFC mobile phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313937/visa-announces-one-stop-card-provisioning-service-for-nfc-mobile-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313937/visa-announces-one-stop-card-provisioning-service-for-nfc-mobile-phones/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:43:29 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13937 “Financial institutions, mobile network operators, and even transit operators now have a simple, secure process to activate payment applications at scale and make mobile payments part of everyday life for consumers around the world,” says Visa's head of mobile products.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313937/visa-announces-one-stop-card-provisioning-service-for-nfc-mobile-phones/feed/ 0 Vodafone to roll out mobile payments with Visa http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:14:29 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13899 The telecoms giant, which has 400m customers in more than thirty countries, is working with Visa to introduce a global Vodafone Mobile Wallet. Subscribers in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and the UK will be the first to get the new service, beginning this financial year.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/feed/ 0 UK NFC joint venture prepares to seek EU approval http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313446/uk-nfc-joint-venture-prepares-to-seek-eu-approval/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:57:38 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13446 The UK NFC joint venture announced last year by mobile network operators Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere is expected to seek the official go ahead for the scheme, dubbed Project Oscar, in the next two...

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