NXP Semiconductors shipped 125m NFC chips for smartphones and tablets in 2012, beating previous projections... More
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Galaxy S4 to come with Visa payments applet
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will come with Visa’s payWave contactless payments applet preloaded into an embedded secure element... More
Samsung Galaxy S4 launches with support for NFC and 1D barcodes
The smartphone maker’s new flagship device is the first to use Mobeam technology, allowing coupons, loyalty cards, gift cards, event tickets and more to be transmitted from the device to any of the 165m laser scanners installed in retail stores today. More
Samsung promotes Galaxy Note II with NFC campaign
Samsung Electronics Australia has launched an ad campaign for the Galaxy Note II that makes use of NFC... More
UniCredit pilots multi-application NFC wallet
UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, a division of Italy-based financial institution UniCredit Group, is testing a multi-application mobile wallet solution that works on both Android and BlackBerry NFC phones... More
Samsung enters the mobile wallet market
Samsung has unveiled its own mobile wallet app at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Telenor unveils Valyou NFC mobile wallet
The carrier has partnered with DNB bank for the launch of the NFC payments service in Norway and is demonstrating the new solution at Mobile World Congress 2013. More
Samsung and Visa announce NFC payments plan that cuts out the carriers
The handset maker and payments network have announced a plan to pre-load Visa’s payWave applet on embedded secure elements in “selected” next generation Samsung devices — potentially enabling banks to offer NFC payments without any involvement from the mobile network operators. More
Orange releases Malaga NFC ticketing trial results
82% of participants felt that the NFC bus ticketing system was better than the current subscription-based system and 88% felt that it was a good way to be able to pay for their journeys. More
Tizen 2.0 ships with NFC
Version 2.0 of the Tizen open source mobile operating system is now available and developers can download the source code and SDK from the Tizen website... More
Singapore coffee chain adds NFC
A chain of 51 coffee shops in Singapore has teamed up with Samsung to offer customers a free drink upsize when they tap their NFC phone to a TecTile NFC tag located in each store... More
UBI Banca begins NFC pilot
Italian bank UBI Banca has teamed up with mobile network operator Vodafone to pilot an NFC payments service in the city of Varese... More
Telefonica rolls out NFC payments in the Czech Republic
Customers with an NFC phone can now sign up at any GE Money Bank branch to begin making mobile payments. More
Samsung promotes NFC with Galaxy pop-up store in Hong Kong
Samsung is promoting the NFC S-Beam capabilities of its Galaxy smartphones with a smart poster-based store-within-a-store in Hong Kong... More
Samsung tests NFC window shopping in Amsterdam
The phone maker has teamed up with Dutch ecommerce merchant JeansOnline to make exclusive offers to Samsung phone owners who tap a TecTiles tag or scan a QR code at a pop-up store in the city centre. More
Samsung confirms Galaxy S III Mini with NFC
Samsung has announced that an NFC version of the Galaxy S III Mini is now available... More
Telefónica O2 to begin beta testing NFC payments in Germany
“Soon, children will only know from history books what a wallet and hard cash are,” says René Schuster, CEO of Telefónica Germany, as the carrier prepares to make NFC payments available to customers from next month. More
Samsung offers Galaxy S II Plus with NFC
Samsung has announced the Galaxy S II Plus, an updated version of its groundbreaking Galaxy S II Android smartphone that will, like its predecessor, be available in NFC and non-NFC versions... More
Samsung adds NFC speaker
Samsung has launched the DA-F60, a Bluetooth portable speaker with NFC pairing, at the CES show in Las Vegas... More
Tapit raises US$2.4m Series A to grow NFC platform
The Sydney-based NFC specialist is to use the funds to expand internationally, adding a local presence in South Africa, Israel, India, Mexico, the US, UK, Sweden, Japan, Vietnam, UAE, Singapore and, potentially, China. More