The number of NFC phones shipped will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.8% between now and 2016, according to a new forecast from Berg Insight, taking the number of phones shipped from 2011’s 30m to 700m in 2016... More
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FujiFilm adds NFC to photo printing kiosks
The imaging company’s new NFC module is designed to make it easy for consumers to order photos from in-store kiosks by simply selecting the images they want to print on their NFC device and then tapping it to the kiosk. More
Maxis to launch iPhone NFC payments in Malaysia
Malaysian mobile network operator Maxis is to enable iPhone users to take part in its FastTap NFC payments service “soon”, using an add-on NFC case... More
2012 NFC Global Competition finalists announced
The NFC Forum and Wima have announced the finalists for their jointly-run Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition 2012... More
Vivotech completes new funding round
Vivotech has completed a Series D funding round, bringing the total the NFC and contactless specialist has raised to date to US$96m... More
Cipurse SDK now available
A software development kit (SDK) for the Cipurse open transit ticketing standard, developed by the OSPT Alliance, is now available... More
Survey finds consumers expect rewards for interacting with ads
A survey conducted in six European countries has found that consumers like the idea of interactive out-of-home advertising — but they expect a ‘value exchange’ in return for interacting with advertising and the most popular incentives are money or entertainment. More
US House of Representatives holds mobile payments hearing
The US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Subcommitee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit has held a hearing on “The Future of Money: How Mobile Payments Could Change Financial Services”... More
Microsoft applies for NFC Tap and Do trademark
The computer software giant is to use its own symbol to show that a Windows 8 device has NFC functionality and to indicate to a user where the NFC antenna is located. More
Italian carrier Wind trials NFC access control and payments
Italian mobile network operator Wind has begun an internal NFC pilot, in collaboration with Samsung... More
Mobile superstore trial sets out to discover how poster shopping will change the future of retailing
Swedish ecommerce platform provider Jetshop has provided NFC World with the preliminary results of a landmark project designed to find out how the ability for shoppers to use their mobile phone to make a purchase directly from a printed poster will affect traditional retailing. More
Wallet users get $5 credit
Google is topping up Google Wallet prepaid card accounts with an extra US$5 credit, The Verge reports... More
Wired publishes Lexus NFC ad
The April edition of Wired magazine, now available on US newsstands, includes an advertisement for the 2013 Lexus GS that incorporates an NFC tag... More
Orange aims at 3m NFC phones
Orange plans to provide three million SIM-based NFC devices to customers based in the European Union in 2012, according to Stéphane Richard, chairman and CEO of France Telecom-Orange... More
Google to share NFC revenues?
Google is considering sharing revenue with carriers to encourage them to embrace its Google Wallet NFC app, according to Bloomberg... More
Portugal Telecom unveils mobile wallet service
Eleven thousand employees have been invited to pilot test the new TMN Wallet, a mobile payments service that enables transactions to be made via NFC, SMS, USSD or QR Codes and runs on any mobile phone. More
Emirates NBD to launch MoneyMobile NFC payments service
The Dubai-based bank has partnered with mobile network operator Etisalat, Visa and Gemalto to introduce NFC payments in the United Arab Emirates. More
Escher to provide NFC services to postal organisations
Escher Group, a provider of transaction processing solutions for the postal industry, has formed a new NFC division... More
GuestLogix takes NFC on board
GuestLogix has launched Global Payment Services, a payments processing platform for airlines that supports NFC as well as cash and credit card transactions, debit cards, loyalty cards, coupons, pre-payments and micropayments... More
Sharp adds 10-inch Android NFC tablet
Sharp Japan has launched a 10.1″ Android NFC tablet, expanding on the 7-inch tablet with NFC capabilities it unveiled last year... More