The handset maker has signed a deal with the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to test cloud-based NFC ticketing with Nokia phones by the end of 2011, the company has told NFC World. NFC payments will then arrive on Nokia phones for the first time at the beginning of 2012. More
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Clear Channel enters NFC advertising market
The out-of-home advertising giant has picked Singapore as the location for its first NFC-enabled smart poster network and plans to use it as a test bed and case study for the rest of Clear Channel International. More
Australian supermarket Coles tests outdoor NFC with Adshel
Fifty outdoor advertising sites in Melbourne have been equipped to allow consumers to download exclusive cookery recipes and video cookbooks via either WiFi or NFC. More
New Broadcom chips signal next stage of the mobile wallet wars
The company’s new NFC controller chips allow multiple secure elements to be active on a single phone at the same time, making it possible for consumers to use both a mobile wallet supplied by a mobile network operator and a mobile wallet supplied by a bank, handset maker or operating system supplier. More
UPM announces improved NFC tags
Finnish tag manufacturer UPM RFID has introduced a portfolio of NFC tags featuring NXP’s NTAG203 chip, which was announced earlier today... More
Acer launches entry-level NFC smartphone
Acer is set to enter the NFC handset market in France with an entry-level device called the E320 Liquid Express — and could be about to NFC-equip all its future Android smartphones. More
NFC marketers form global alliance
NFC specialists Blue Bite, Proxama and Tapit have formed an alliance that will see them working together to deliver global NFC-based marketing solutions. More
Samsung announces two Bada NFC smartphones
The Wave M and Wave Y smartphones include Samsung’s new ChatOn messaging service and come with NFC as an option. More
RIM unveils three BlackBerry Curve NFC smartphones
The BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370 smartphones all feature built-in NFC capabilities as well as upgraded processors, displays and memory. More
TazPad Android NFC tablet to include fingerprint biometric security
French NFC and Zigbee specialist TazTag has integrated AuthenTec‘s TCS2 TouchChip sensor into its TazPad Android tablet... 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
TNT promotes TV series with NFC-enabled New York storefront
The ambitious campaign saw out-of-home agency Pearl Media convert a shop window into a crime scene that let passers by interact with the display to solve a murder mystery and sign up for alerts from the show via NFC, QR codes and Bluetooth. More
Sprint to begin enabling Google Wallet today?
A software update notification sent by US mobile network operator Sprint to dealers suggests that mobile payments capabilities will begin to be enabled on the Nexus S 4G, at least, from today... 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
Hotels.com and New York Times back NFC advertising venture
San Francisco will be the testbed for Reach Media Group and Blue Bite’s new mTag NFC service, which will deliver location-specific information and offers to consumers. More
Samsung ready to unveil two new NFC-enabled Bada smartphones
Samsung is planning to release two more NFC-enabled Bada-based smartphones later this year, Badaworld reports... More
NFC Task Launcher expands potential uses of Android tag reading applications
The Android app enables a list of instructions to be stored in an NFC tag so that users can simply touch their NFC phone to the tag to initiate a series of events such as putting the handset into ‘car mode’ or connecting to a wireless network — all without needing to make an online connection. More
World’s top auto makers to work on putting NFC in cars
Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen have joined Nokia, Samsung and others as founder members of the Car Connectivity Consortium with the aim of developing common standards for connectivity between handsets and vehicles. More
TazTag aims TazPad NFC Android tablet at retail
Taztag’s new TazPad is the first Android tablet to feature NFC connectivity, along with the company’s trademark array of other wireless connection technologies and a biometric authentication option. More
Qualcomm adds NFC to Snapdragon chipsets
Mobile chipset giant Qualcomm has announced that the next generation of its Snapdragon mobile chipset family will include support for near field communication... More