Trade association SIMalliance has unveiled a specification for a standardised API which will improve the security of mobile phones and tablet computers, reducing the threat of identity theft... More
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Report shows challenge of bringing mobile money to the masses
Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU), a programme supported by the GSM Association and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a document outlining why the number of users of mobile money services in the developing world has yet to match the rise in the range of services available... More
NFC Business Models white paper sets out the key issues involved in introducing mobile wallet services
The new white paper introduces a number of concepts that are fundamental to understanding the NFC market opportunity and includes details of ten of the most important findings from our NFC Business Models research report. More
15 billion mobile tickets to be delivered in 2014
A new study by Juniper Research has forecast that nearly 15 billion tickets will be delivered to subscribers’ mobile devices worldwide by 2014, compared to just over two billion this year... More
NFC Forum reveals N-Mark symbol
The stylized ‘N’ symbol is designed to make it easy for consumers to spot embedded NFC tags in everything from posters to bus stop signs and medicines to food packaging and magazine pages. More
NFC Forum publishes candidate specs for device interoperability and peer-to-peer communication
The NFC Digital Protocol and the Logical Link Control Protocol candidate specifications are now available to download from the NFC Forum website. More
GlobalPlatform sets out stall on multi-application NFC systems
A new, detailed white paper explains the work the international smart card specifications body has completed so far and outlines its future plans. More