Sagem Orga and Twinlinx are introducing a mobile contactless sticker based on Twinlinx’s MyMax NFC sticker and Sagem Orga’s Java Card technology... More
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G&D launches MasterCard mobile payments sticker
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has launched Convego Air Mobile, a contactless payment sticker conforming to the MasterCard PayPass contactless card standard... More
MasterCard certifies Venyon’s TSM service
Venyon‘s data center in Munich, Germany has become the first in Europe to receive certification under the MasterCard Mobile Provisioning Security Requirements, enabling the company to provide approved Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services to MasterCard issuers... More
Sagem Orga unveils Internet of Things solution
Sagem Orga is to present a software solution that enables communication between objects in the Internet of Things at Cartes 2009 next week... More
ACS launches token-sized USB plug and play NFC contactless reader
Hong Kong based Advanced Card Systems (ACS) has launched a token-sized USB plug and play version of its ACR122 NFC contactless reader... More
Juniper: One in six phones to have NFC by 2014
The global gross transaction value for NFC will exceed $110bn in 2014, driven by both payments and retail transactions such as coupons, and one in six mobile phones will be equipped to handle near field communication, according to a new report from Juniper Research... More
Twitter founder adding mobile payments to iPhones via NFC?
Twitter chairman and cofounder Jack Dorsey is working on a new start up that is developing an iPhone attachment which will enable iPhones to be used to make payments, according to recent reports... More
Symbian phones to support NFC in 2010
The Symbian Foundation has confirmed it is building support for near field communication into Symbian 3, the second open version of the Symbian platform... More
A year is a short time in NFC
OPINION: It was a year ago this week that we began publishing Near Field Communications World. A year on, we’re sending out today’s newsletter to more than 8,000 people and our website has served visitors from over 150 countries around the world. More
The NFC Report: Calling all suppliers
So far there are 261 companies on the list of NFC suppliers we’ll be profiling in The NFC Report; here’s how to make sure your company is included. More
Czech monks embrace NFC-based visitor information system
Visitors to the 13th century Vyšší Brod Monastery can now use an innovative NFC and GPS enabled device to receive an automated guided tour of all the walled religious community’s important sights. More
The 2010 NFC Forum Global Competition is open for entries
Prize money totalling €15,000 is available for the top entries in this year’s NFC Forum Global Competition, again featuring separate tracks for both innovative research projects and commercial solutions. More
IP specialist produces who’s who of NFC patent holders
TechIPm, a research and consulting firm specializing in technology and intellectual property mining, has carried out an analysis of the strength of the patent portfolios held by companies in the NFC market... More
Juniper: Operators will earn more from NFC coupon and smart poster applications than from payments
A new report from Juniper Research predicts that the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) from near field communication based coupon and smart poster applications will exceed those generated from payments applications, until 2014 at least... More
Zenius adds NFC to standard mobile phones with Bladox Waver
The Bladox Waver is a SIM+antenna solution that is currently being tested by 15 companies in Turkey, India and Europe and can be retrofitted to most mobile handsets, including the iPhone, Android and Blackberry phones. More
Vivotech teams up with Tetherball and with Zapa Technology to offer mobile loyalty solutions to retailers
Vivotech is to offer Tetherball’s sticker-based mobile loyalty programme to its installed base of retailers and is supplying Irish start up Zapa with contactless stickers and POS equipment. More
Bling Nation signs up second Colorado bank, secures $20m funding
Park State Bank & Trust, based in Woodland Park, Colorado, has become the second bank to sign up for Bling Nation‘s mobile contactless-sticker based payments system... More
Patent litigation settlement boosts 2D barcode market
Two of the leading players in the 2D barcode market, tied up in litigation battles since 2004, have finally settled their differences... More
Bling Nation targets more Colorado banks
Following the successful launch of mobile contactless payments at The State Bank of La Junta, Bling Nation has appointed Rod Stambaugh as regional president for the company’s Colorado operations... More
Casagras sets out road ahead for the Internet of Things
A massive increase in international co-operation and significant investment in awareness-building and training are essential if the concept of an ‘Internet of Things’ is to be turned into a meaningful reality, says the final report from the EU-funded Casagras project. More