Nokia has produced an NFC microsite to promote the benefits of near field communication to consumers... More
Archive for October 2011
Clear Channel brings NFC to London’s Oxford Street
One hundred locations in central London’s busiest streets are to be equipped with digital advertising displays that include 72-inch HD screens and NFC. More
Google Wallet with offers goes live in Times Square
Shoppers at the flagship Times Square branch of American Eagle Outfitters can now use an NFC phone to make payments, earn reward points and collect or redeem special offers. More
NFC Forum adds 29 new members
Companies joining the NFC standards association include advertising agency Dentsu, handset makers HTC and ZTE, MNO payments joint venture Isis and, at board level, UK-based Barclaycard. More
Philly to go ticketless
Commuters in Philadelphia, USA, could be paying for ticketless travel with contactless bank cards and NFC mobile phones within three years... More
MasterCard to host Twitter Q&A
MasterCard’s head of mobile, Mung Ki Woo, will appear on Twitter next week for an open question and answer session on mobile payments... More
Peet’s goes contactless
US regional coffee chain Peet’s is to accept contactless card and Google Wallet NFC payments at all its company-owned locations by the end of this month... More
GlobalPlatform marks compliance
GlobalPlatform has introduced a compliance trademark to identify solutions that have met the requirements of the smart card, SIM and NFC secure element standards association’s compliance program... More
RIM to switch on BlackBerry NFC mobile payments in Dubai
Subscribers of UAE-based network Etisalat are set to be among the first in the world to make mobile payments on their BlackBerry NFC phones. More
Canadians cool on Google Wallet
In a poll on consumer attitudes to Google Wallet, 31% of Canadians said they would “never use it” and 33% said “I may or may not use it.” One in ten surveyed by Delvinia’s AskingCanadians online research panel for ITBusiness.ca said they will use the search giant’s mobile wallet as soon as it’s available and 25% said they could see themselves using it eventually... More
PatientID+ uses NFC to speed up medical administration
“The goal is to get rid of those forms we all dislike to fill out when we get to the doctor’s office, thereby speeding up the process, making it more convenient for the patient and increasing data accuracy,” says Steve McRae, CEO of PatientID+ partner Merchant360. More
Newad lets shoppers buy direct from ad posters
The indoor advertising network is adding NFC to poster sites in university and college campuses across Canada that will allow students to purchase advertised products from their NFC phones, as well as to download promotional coupons and product information. More
MTS and Lukoil use NFC to streamline paying at the pump
Russian mobile network operator MTS and oil company Lukoil have developed an NFC system that lets drivers enter on their phone how much fuel they wish to buy and then tap it to the pump to get and pay for the exact amount requested. More
Renfe tests NFC train tickets
Spanish rail operator Renfe has begun an NFC ticketing trial on Madrid’s suburban commuter network, in conjunction with Vodafone... More
Visa Europe plans NFC wallet
An NFC-based mobile wallet that “will work with not just Visa cards from multiple banks, but other cards like American Express,” is set to be introduced in August or September next year, Visa Europe commercial director Steve Perry told delegates at the payments network’s security summit in Frankfurt last week, reports Pocket-Lint... More
NFC plugin for PhoneGap
Developers Kevin Griffin and Don Coleman have written an NFC plugin for the PhoneGap open-source mobile development framework... More
Korea gets LTE NFC phone
A new premium NFC smartphone from Pantech will be available in South Korea through SK Telecom from later this month... More
Clear Channel enters NFC advertising market
The out-of-home advertising giant has picked Singapore as the location for its first NFC-enabled smart poster network and plans to use it as a test bed and case study for the rest of Clear Channel International. More
Nokia launches NFC in Thailand
Nokia has launched its 700, 701, 600 and N9 NFC handsets in Thailand... More
Nokia 603 with NFC on its way?
An additional Nokia NFC phone may be about to launch, according to images obtained by Symbian Tweet... More