OPINION: Samples of a new NFC chip, compliant with all the latest industry standards, are now in the hands of ‘a number of major handset manufacturers’, says NXP, ahead of mass market availability towards the end of this year. More
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Top handset manufacturers begin sampling NXP’s PN544 NFC chip
The PN544 NFC controller is the first fully industry standard NFC handset chip, offering compliance with the Single Wire Protocol and with Mifare. More
Innovision deals expected to lead to low-cost mass market NFC phones
Three new licensing deals should see NFC being built into mass market handsets for under $1 — but not until 2013, says Innovision CEO David Wollen. More
Nice to become France’s NFC City
The city council has won funding from the French government for a ‘pre-commercial’ NFC test in partnership with three mobile operators plus transport operator Veolia and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. More
European banks to work with GlobalPlatform on NFC standards
The European Payments Council and the smart card infrastructure specifications body have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their NFC development work. More
French banks, network operators publish Payez Mobile specifications
Following extensive field testing, the banks and mobile operators behind the NFC tests in Caen and Strasbourg have now published the functional and technical specifications for Payez Mobile applications. More
Sheetz NFC trial hailed a success
Paying by phone is “easy, fast and convenient,” say the participants in a US fuel payments trial — now all that’s needed to move ahead is a business model… More
Alliance sets out collaborative business model for NFC payments
Collaboration and leveraging proven technology and a merchant infrastructure that is already in place are the keys to making NFC payments a reality, says a new white paper from the Smart Card Alliance. More
NFC Forum publishes candidate specs for device interoperability and peer-to-peer communication
The NFC Digital Protocol and the Logical Link Control Protocol candidate specifications are now available to download from the NFC Forum website. More
Dubai First and Du to run Middle East’s first NFC payments trial
The bank and the telecoms operator are to run a six month pilot in Dubai, ahead of a commercial NFC launch later this year. More
Towards global standards for NFC — in payments and in electronic ID
OPINION: In separate moves, three organisations have taken significant steps forward in the move towards global standards for NFC, not only in payments but also in the electronic ID market. More
EMVCo takes first step towards NFC payments standards
The EMV payment standards body owned by Visa, MasterCard, American Express and JCB is inviting mobile operators, chip and handset manufacturers and application providers to a two day meeting designed to help shape EMVCo’s NFC standards strategy. More
Bundesdruckerei plans to link NFC and electronic identity cards
The German security documents group is to work with the NFC Forum to harmonise eID and NFC standards so that mobile phones can enable electronic ID cards to be used as proof of identity for secure transactions on the internet. More
GlobalPlatform sets out stall on multi-application NFC systems
A new, detailed white paper explains the work the international smart card specifications body has completed so far and outlines its future plans. More
DnB NOR and Telenor begin NFC field trial in Oslo
The Norwegian bank and the telecoms operator, which formed a joint venture last year to create an NFC trusted service manager for the Nordic markets, have begun a small scale NFC test that will be extended into Oslo city centre later this year. More
Finnish city to test NFC posters for children’s games and smart maps
The city of Lappeenranta is installing a series of smart posters, incorporating tamper-proof NFC tags, with one set providing quick and easy access to local information and the other enabling children visiting its famous Sandcastle to win prizes for taking part in a quiz. More
NFC proves popular in Swiss trial
More than 90% of the participants in a small scale Swiss trial say they will use NFC when it becomes commercially available. More
NFC set for commercial reality at last?
OPINION: The world’s first commercial NFC system has now gone live in Malaysia, marking a major turning point for near field communication. More
Non-payment applications come out on top in Forum competition
Interactive Research & Development’s medical system and VTT Technical Research Centre’s social networking concept picked up first place prizes in the NFC Forum’s Global Competition. More
First commercial NFC service launched in Malaysia
The new Maxis FastTap service lets customers use Nokia NFC phones to make Visa PayWave contactless transactions and pay for tolls, transit, parking and theme park charges. More