The successor to Samsung’s hugely successful Galaxy S smartphone is set to launch at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, according to a report in Korean publication Etnews — and near field communication functionality looks set to come as standard... More
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Google job ad confirms plans to enter payments market?
Google has begun recruiting a ‘Technical Account Manager, Mobile Commerce’ who will be involved in building partnerships with merchants, card issuers and POS solution providers — indicating clearly that the internet giant plans to make a move into the mobile payments market... More
NFC news in brief • 10 Jan 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: ATM top-ups for travel cards • Visa adds mobile app • New boss for Mobey Forum • Washington Metro to go contactless • Square worth $200M? • Madrid picks Mifare Desfire EV1 • Think&Go NFC gets funding • Enstream adds Western Union to Zoompass • All Google staff to get NFC phones? More
Softbank stickers bring mobile payments to iPhone 4 in Japan
The Japanese mobile network operator is to provide a range of stickers compatible with the Edy, Waon and Nanaco payments services from February, enabling iPhone 4 users to make use of Japan’s well established mobile payments services for the first time. More
Sitges trial results: Consumers pay more often and spend more with NFC phones than with cards
Telefónica, la Caixa and Visa’s NFC payments trial in the Spanish resort of Sitges has seen significant increases in both transaction frequencies and purchase values but, the partners say, a mass deployment of NFC services is still three to five years away. More
Inside and Kovio add NFC support to ultra-low-cost printed RFID tags
“Consumers, while they shop, will be able to interact with smart labels on products and smart posters to receive product details, promotional offers, coupons, loyalty points, nutritional information, and other useful information to enhance their retail experience,” says Inside Secure. More
China Unicom launches commercial NFC service in Beijing
Customers can now use their mobile phones to make payments on public transport services and at more than 2,000 other businesses by swapping their standard SIM for an NFC SIM+antenna device supplied by Watchdata. More
OTI introduces Copni NFC SIM+antenna device
Contactless specialist On Track Innovations (OTI) has announced a new NFC add-on... More
Samsung to build NFC support into Bada operating system
Samsung is to include support for near field communication in version 2.0 of its Bada operating system, the handset manufacturer has told delegates attending a developer day in Seoul... More
Google to enter NFC payments market?
Google is working on a mobile payments and advertising service based on NFC technology, according to Bloomberg Businessweek:... More
Watchdata produces two millionth NFC add-on
Smart card and data security specialist Watchdata has produced its two millionth Simpass SIM+antenna NFC device, the company has announced... More
Monitise and Vivotech offer joint NFC solution to US banks
Monitise and Vivotech have partnered to offer banks in the United States an NFC payments solution that combines Vivotech’s over-the-air (OTA) software and Monitise’s Mobile Money technology... More
Orange to roll out NFC services across Europe in 2011
Orange will begin introducing NFC services “in the majority of countries in which it has a presence” in 2011, the mobile network operator has told mobile phone manufacturers at a meeting in Paris on 15 December... More
HTC smartphones to support NFC
HTC chief executive Peter Chou has revealed that the world’s fourth largest handset manufacturer has plans to add support for NFC functionality in its mobile phones... More
Transport ticketing alliance debuts ‘Cipurse’ open alternative to Mifare
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance is proposing a new open ticketing standard to be called Cipurse that will “enable technology suppliers to develop and deliver interoperable transit fare collection solutions for cards, stickers, fobs, NFC mobile phones and other consumer devices.” Singapore’s Land Transport Authority is the first to agree to adopt the new standard. More
Oberthur launches SIM+antenna and Mifare DESFire NFC solutions
Oberthur Technologies has launched a new NFC add-on and an NFC SIM designed to support Mifare DESFire applications... More
Tyfone granted additional NFC patent
MicroSD and NFC solutions provider Tyfone has been granted a further US patent... More
Google buys NFC patent applicant Zetawire
Google has acquired a small Canadian firm named Zetawire that has applied for a patent covering a wide range of NFC applications, The 451 Group reports... More
Mastercard and AEPM publish interoperable NFC specifications
The aim is to ensure that users of the French Cityzi NFC service can use their mobile phone to make payments anywhere in the world that MasterCard PayPass is accepted, ahead of a planned national expansion of the Cityzi service. More
Blaze Mobile announces two way NFC sticker that works with any mobile phone
Mobile payments provider Blaze Mobile has announced a new patent pending sticker that supports two way communication between the sticker and the mobile phone it is attached to... More