Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has begun a small NFC payments pilot in collaboration with MasterCard, Banco Itaú, Redecard and TSM provider Gemalto... More
TIM begins NFC pilot in Brazil
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T-Mobile Poland adds banks to NFC platform
Customers of Getin Bank and Noble Bank are now able to access T-Mobile Poland’s MyWallet NFC service, the carrier has announced... More
Toro sets up in Barcelona
Hong Kong-based NFC wallet specialist Toro has opened a European research and development centre in Barcelona, Spain... More
Identive upgrades Tagtrail NFC platform
Identive has extended the Dynamic Action Bundle rules engine used in its Tagtrail web-based NFC tag platform... More
Citi debuts Czech stickers
Citibank is to issue contactless payment stickers to all new customers in the Czech Republic of its Citi Life, Citi Life Metropole, Citi Broker Consulting, Citi Billa and Citi CSA credit cards from February 2013... 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
NFC Forum adds payments, retail, consumer electronics, healthcare and transport groups
“By helping us focus our efforts and expertise on the specific needs of key market sectors, the SIGs will enable the NFC Forum to facilitate and accelerate the delivery of exciting new NFC solutions to consumers,” says Forum chairman Koichi Tagawa. More
Sony launches NFC tablet
Sony Mobile Japan has announced a 10.1-inch Android tablet that features a 1.5GHz quad core processor and support for LTE as well as NFC... More
Bluebird cuts care costs with NFC
Sixty care workers in the UK’s Bath and North East Somerset area have begun using NFC phones to log their visits to clients’ homes... 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
Identive adds NFC SDKs
Identive has announced two new NFC software development kits, the US$79 NFC-NDEF Tag Editor Kit and the US$252 NFC Plug & Play Starter Kit... More
Identive reports tag sales stats
Identive shipped just under 15m NFC transponders during the fourth quarter of 2012, chairman and CEO Ayman S Ashour has revealed... More
RIM gets Visa NFC certification
Visa has approved Research In Motion’s Secure Element Manager (SEM), a backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices... More
LG adds NFC to smart appliances
The Korean consumer electronics maker has added an NFC-enabled refrigerator, washing machine, oven and vacuum cleaner to its lineup of NFC phones, smart TVs, media hub and speakers. More
MediaTek launches NFC controller that can support three secure elements
“A possible usage scenario could be a dual SIM plus one microSD card configuration in one device,” the Taiwan-based chip maker says. “It’s a great way to empower ecosystem players to launch their NFC services right away by enabling more flexible business models.” More
NFC Forum introduces special interest groups for vertical markets
The NFC Forum is launching a series of special interest groups in “key vertical markets” to support and accelerate adoption of the technology... More
Think&Go upgrades NFC Shopping system
Retail specialist Think&Go NFC has introduced a new version of its NFC Shopping system at the NRF tradeshow in New York... More
Koamtac adds NFC to scanner
Koamtac has launched a compact portable Bluetooth barcode scanner designed to be used in conjunction with a smartphone or tablet computer... 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
AMC cleans up with NFC
UK-based Advanced Mobile Communications has launched a remote worker management solution that uses NFC to allow cleaning companies to track remote staff, confirm their location and assign and monitor tasks in real time... More