“With our unique kit, vendors and card issuers will now be able to see for themselves how NFC contactless payments will impact on their customers,” says Proxama CEO Neil Garner. More
Proxama launches NFC payment testing kit
Developer Kit
SCM launches NFC dev kit
SCM Microsystems has announced an NFC solutions development kit that includes reader modules, drivers, source code examples for handling device-to-tag and peer-to-peer NFC applications, software development tools, and documentation... More
Texas Instruments enters NFC market
TI has announced its first NFC product, an NFC transceiver that supports peer-to-peer communications and card emulation as well as read/write functionality and is designed to be built into a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer products. More
Identive opens online NFC store
Identive Group, which is supplying NFC stickers to the Google Places NFC trial in Austin, Texas, has opened an online store for NFC products... More
NFC news in brief • 3 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: New online NFC store • eBay buys hyperlocal ads firm • Connecthings launches reader/writer app • Google’s Groupon rival hits Portland • Chase offers chip and pin in US • Visa and Gap working on real-time mobile discounts • Nokia to transfer Symbian jobs • and a brace of research reports… More
Nokia and partners to introduce ‘major new initiative in US mobile network services capabilities including contactless payment’
UPDATE: “There’s not going to be any launch by Nokia at this event,” the company’s Damien Balsan has told NFC World... More