ManageEngine has added a range of mobile device management (MDM) services to its Desktop Central service, designed to make it easier for IT departments to manage the move towards ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) and ‘bring your own application’ (BYOA)... More
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Nokia launches ‘affordable’ Lumia 720 with NFC
Nokia has unveiled the Nokia Lumia 720 at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Identive powers NFC at MWC Connected City
Identive’s Tagtrail NFC platform is being used in deliver information to visitors to the GSMA’s Connected City exhibit at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Gemalto adds LinqUs NFC wallet
Gemalto is demonstrating a new NFC mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Vodafone picks Wirecard for mobile payments launch
Vodafone Group has formed a partnership with Munich-based Wirecard for the introduction of its mobile payment service, due to be rolled out internationally from this year... More
Microsoft promotes Office 365 with NFC
Microsoft is promoting its Office 365 service via a smart poster campaign, using Tapit’s NFC platform... More
SecureKey signs with Enstream to provide mobile credentials
Customers of Canadian mobile operators Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus will be able to use NFC for secure authentication and identification after the EnStream mobile commerce joint venture signed a deal with credential issuer SecureKey... More
Oni sets the mood with NFC
A Windows Phone 8 app that can control household lighting has added support for NFC tags. Oni: Light Control works with Philips Hue Connected Bulbs and allows the user to set lighting moods that can be recalled later by tapping their NFC phone to a tag. A video shows the app in action... More
Kuwait buses test stickers
Boloro Kuwait has completed a contactless payments pilot on public transit in Kuwait City... More
Surface Labs adds NFC to interactive bar
Multi-touch display specialist Surface Labs International (SLI) is demonstrating an NFC-enabled interactive bar at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Jabra Motion headset pairs with NFC
Wireless audio specialist Jabra’s new Jabra Motion headset features easy NFC pairing... More
Huawei unveils Ascend P2 NFC phone
Huawei has unveiled a 4G LTE smartphone with NFC that it describes as the “world’s fastest”... More
Stollmann and Comprion automate NFC device testing
Testing equipment provider Comprion and software stack specialist Stollmann have announced a joint solution that allows the NFC Forum device test application testing process to be completely automated... More
Scanther offers merchant tags
US startup Scanther is raising funds on Indiegogo for a combined mobile website plus NFC tag package for independent retailers... More
Orange pushes NFC in Israel
Orange Israel is offering customers packs of three NFC stickers that work with an NFC app that is pre-installed on all the carrier’s Android NFC phones... More
Airtag adds white label wallet
Mobile shopping specialist Airtag is launching a white label version of its NFC-enabled Airpass mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
NXP adds PUFs to NFC
Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID‘s Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips... More
Oberthur gets NFC SE certification
Oberthur Technologies has announced that its Pearl Secure Element 800k Classic embedded secure element has been certified by MasterCard for Mobile PayPass applications and by Google for Google Wallet... More
Fiat investigates NFC car keys
Fiat is working with Telecom Italia on the development of NFC car keys, enabling drivers to unlock their vehicles with their mobile phones and distribute keys to shared vehicles over-the air... More
Pulse launches ultra-thin NFC antenna
The electronic components maker has introduced a ferrite sheet NFC antenna for mobile phones which, it says, is 40% thinner than comparable products available today. More