Gulf News reports further details of Etisalat’s NFC payments system, due to launch in the UAE before the end of 2011... More
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Estate agents get NFC boards
UK estate agency software specialist Inteeka‘s new Move St division has launched Smartboards, compact weather-proof smart posters designed to attach to the agents’ boards displayed outside houses for sale... More
Motorola launches NFC headsets
Motorola Mobility has announced two Bluetooth headsets, both offering NFC-initiated pairing when used with NFC-equipped phones... More
Zenius wins Disruptathon
NFC software specialist Zenius Solutions beat six other entrants to win the CTIA’s Disruptathon Mobile Enterprise innovation contest in San Diego on October 12... More
17% of Brits ready for NFC
New UK consumer research from Intersperience has found that 17% want to use a mobile wallet in the future but 44% are worried about a lack of security software on mobile phones... More
Panasonic shows off NFC tablets
Panasonic has announced a pair of ruggedised Android 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’ tablets designed for business use that will come with NFC as standard... More
M-payments up 400% in China
Mobile payments are set for rapid growth in China, according to new research... More
Coke mulls NFC for Olympics
Coca-Cola is in talks with Visa to put contactless payment equipped vending machines into the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games, reports Marketing... More
New launch date for Android 4.0
The much-anticipated unveiling of Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ and a new flagship Google phone from Samsung will now take place on Wednesday October 19 in Hong Kong, reports AllThingsD... More
iDtronic offers phone stickers
German RFID specialist iDtronic has launched a range of NFC stickers designed to be attached to the back of non-NFC phones... More
Nokia opens NFC microsite
Nokia has produced an NFC microsite to promote the benefits of near field communication to consumers... 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
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
Nokia launches NFC in Thailand
Nokia has launched its 700, 701, 600 and N9 NFC handsets in Thailand... More