Chile’s Minister of Transport and Telecommunications is attending the Mobile World Congress this week to investigate the potential for introducing mobile transportation ticketing within the next few months, Chilean publication Emol reports... More
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RIM demos NFC check-ins at MWC
Visitors to the BlackBerry stand at this week’s Mobile World Congress can use their NFC phone, or an RFID card provided by RIM, to share information collected at ‘Like Stations’ on Twitter and Facebook... More
NXP unveils next-generation PN547 NFC controller
The new PN547 offers twice the read/write range of its existing PN544 controller chip, is half the size, uses half the power and communicates at five times the speed. More
Catch to add NFC for creatives
Mobile productivity app maker Catch.com will unveil an NFC-enabled version of its Android app, allowing users to collaborate on sketches and concepts by simply touching two NFC smartphones together, at the Mobile World Congress... More
Sony announces Xperia P with NFC
Sony has unveiled two new Xperia NXT series handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... More
HTC to unveil at least one NFC phone at MWC
The internet rumour mill has been running overtime with a series of leaked details of new HTC phones to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress... More
TazTag unveils first Android phone with NFC and ZigBee
French Zigbee and NFC specialist Taztag is to unveil the first Android phone to include support for both NFC and Zigbee wireless communications at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week... More
Acer floats Cloud Mobile smartphone
Acer is expected to demonstrate another NFC smartphone at this week’s Mobile World Congress... More
Acer shines a light on Liquid Glow NFC smartphone
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Acer has revealed its second NFC smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012... More
LG shows off quad core Optimus 4X HD with NFC
LG has taken the wraps off another NFC smartphone, its third this week, in the run up to Mobile World Congress 2012... More
NXP to showcase NFC at MWC
NXP is to showcase NFC applications from six partners at its booth at the Mobile World Congress next week:... More
Inside Secure to demo NFC on a SIM solution at MWC
Inside Secure is to show a new version of its NFC-on-a-SIM solution, first unveiled at the Cartes show in Paris in November 2011, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week... More
Visa and Samsung to unveil Olympics NFC payments app at Mobile World Congress
Visa and Samsung are to demonstrate an NFC mobile payment service for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week... More
Morpho checks in for MWC
ID systems specialist Morpho is to show off NFC solutions in a virtual airport terminal at the Mobile World Congress... More
Android NFC app grabs contact details from MWC visitor badges
A new Android app can scan Mobile World Congress visitor badges and store the contact details in the user’s address book... More
LG reveals Optimus 3D Cube with NFC
LG has unveiled another NFC smartphone, its second this week, in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress... More
DMD Mobile reveals low cost NFC smartphone
Malaysian company DMD Mobile has announced a low cost NFC smartphone for the Malaysian market... More
Samsung reveals two more NFC handsets
Samsung has announced two new smartphones in the run up to next week’s Mobile World Congress, and both have optional NFC functionality... More
ZTE announces NFC smartphone
Chinese manufacturer ZTE has announced an NFC smartphone which it will show at MWC 2012... More
BCNTouch to run NFC treasure hunt at Mobile World Congress
A bottle of Bodegas Torres wine is on offer to the first two hundred MWC attendees who visit the stands taking part in the treasure hunt and use their NFC phone, or a QR code app, to scan wine bottles. More