Consumers can access up to eighteen different services from each self-serve kiosk to top up airtime, pay bills, download ringtones and more. More
Tata Docomo to test NFC self-service kiosks in Hyderabad
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Deutsche Telekom details T-Mobile NFC rollout plans
NFC services will begin in Germany and Poland in 2011 and in the US, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic in 2012. In Germany, the operator looks set to offer its own payments service but in other countries it will partner with other operators or with banks, depending on market conditions. More
Google chief outlines vision for NFC
Advertising is the key to the internet giant’s NFC strategy and Eric Schmidt provided delegates at the Mobile World Congress last week with clear examples of how the company expects to be able to take advantage of the technology. More
World’s leading mobile operators commit to NFC — with the SIM as the secure element and the operators in control
The GSMA has issued a statement outlining a commitment by leading global mobile network operators — many of whom have not previously been involved in NFC — to launch commercial services in 2012. “The operator community is focused on driving the standardised deployment of mobile NFC, using the SIM as the secure element to provide authentication, security and portability,” says the announcement. More
Bankinter to test NFC payments in Madrid
Bankinter, the sixth-largest listed banking group in Spain, has announced an NFC payments trial with Visa which will allow customers to have more than one card set up on their mobile phone. More
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MasterCard joins Visa Europe in adopting Wireless Dynamics’ iPhone NFC device
MasterCard has revealed that, like Visa Europe, it is working with Canadian firm Wireless Dynamics to bring its payments services to iPhone users. More
Survey shows consumers will adopt mobile payments, despite security fears
Almost half of the most active mobile device users around the world would be prepared to pay for goods and services using their phones, despite only one in four in the US and Europe trusting the new technology. More
Majority of Britons ‘uncomfortable’ with mobile device payments
More than half of UK consumers are distinctly uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payments made through their mobile device, according to new research. More
“Many, if not most” BlackBerry handsets to have NFC in 2011
Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie has further confirmed the BlackBerry maker’s plans to add near field communication functionality to its mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress this week. More
Less than 10% of US consumers willing to pay for mobile payments
Less than one in 10 consumers in the US are prepared to pay for mobile payment and banking services, despite a surge in use in the past year. More
Orange UK launches NFC ready ‘Orange Cash’ account
Orange UK has launched Orange Cash, a prepaid account that can be used at any MasterCard accepting merchant equipped with a contactless point-of-sale terminal. More
European telco CEOs agree to work together on NFC standards
Five of Europe’s largest mobile network operators — Orange UK, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom Orange, Vodafone and Telecom Italia — have agreed to work together to develop NFC standards, FierceWireless reports, “in hopes it will accelerate the technology’s prominence and make it easier for partners such as banks and retailers to deploy”: More
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UK to get five ‘exclusively NFC payment-based towns’ by end 2011
The UK’s mobile network operators are working on plans to establish five exclusively NFC payment-based towns, where all card accepting merchants would be equipped with contactless point of sale terminals, Charlotte Blanchard, director of products and services at mobile network operator 3, has told IT PRO. More
ZTE to include NFC in all new phones from Q2 2011
Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE, now the world’s fourth largest mobile phone maker, has announced it is to include NFC functionality in all its next generation handsets from the second quarter of this year. More
NXP and Continental demonstrate concept car with embedded NFC
NXP is showcasing a concept car developed by automotive supplier Continental at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. More
NXP and G&D confirm joint Android NFC secure element interface
NXP Semiconductors and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have confirmed that the two are working together on the development of Android NFC solutions for handset manufacturers, as uncovered earlier this week by mobile and NFC experts Dr Gerald Madlmayr and Christian Kantner. More
Libyan mobile operators test new NFC solution from Nokia Siemens Networks and MoreMagic
LPTIC (Libya Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Holding Company) has begun a four month NFC payments trial, in conjunction with Al Madar and Libyana, the country’s two leading mobile operators. More
Morpho announces NFC key fob that connects to any WiFi phone
A new NFC-enabled key fob has been developed by Morpho and Simlink, hot on the heels of a white paper from German car manufacturer BMW outlining its vision for an NFC-enabled ‘car key of the future’. More
Oberthur signs Mifare NFC licensing deal
NXP Semiconductors and Oberthur Technologies have announced a licensing agreement for NXP’s Mifare contactless card technology, enabling Oberthur to integrate Mifare transport ticketing and other applications into its NFC SIM cards. More
Deutsche Telekom to launch NFC service in 2011
German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom, which has over 129 million mobile customers under the T-Mobile brand name in multiple European countries as well as the United States, has announced plans to introduce commercial NFC services this year. More