Nokia has teamed up with China’s leading location-based service Jiepang to demonstrate NFC social check-in services... More
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China’s Jiepang unveils NFC-based check-ins
China’s answer to Foursquare and Gowalla has begun trials with NFC check-ins, Asia-centric tech blog TechNode reports... More
One million Chinese consumers adopt Watchdata’s NFC technology in just four months
Growth in the Chinese mobile payments market has helped Watchdata sell another million of its NFC Simpass devices in just four months. More
China Unicom launches commercial NFC service in Beijing
Customers can now use their mobile phones to make payments on public transport services and at more than 2,000 other businesses by swapping their standard SIM for an NFC SIM+antenna device supplied by Watchdata. More
Watchdata produces two millionth NFC add-on
Smart card and data security specialist Watchdata has produced its two millionth Simpass SIM+antenna NFC device, the company has announced... More
China Unicom to launch commercial NFC services in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing in November
China’s second largest mobile network operator is preparing to launch commercial NFC services in four cities from next month, according to reports in the Chinese media. Commuters in Beijing will be able to make payments using either an NFC phone or an add-on to their existing phone. More
China Unicom signs up second banking partner
China Unicom has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)... More
China Unicom in bid to make Chongqing a $7bn world leader for NFC manufacturing and innovation
A strategic cooperation agreement signed by the mobile network operator and the Chongqing Municipal Government aims to turn the region into a $7bn a year world leader in NFC manufacturing by 2015. More
China Mobile will continue to ‘vigorously promote’ RF SIM
Despite pressure from regulators to drop its RF SIM technology, China’s largest mobile network operator says it will continue to push ahead with its RF SIM deployment while, at the same time, also exploring options for delivering solutions compatible with the NFC technology being adopted by Chinese banks. More
China Unicom and Bank of Communications announce commercial NFC payments launch
The Chinese bank and mobile network operator are to launch a commercial NFC service that lets consumers make payments with NFC phones supporting the Single Wire Protocol — using a prepaid account that can be topped up over-the-air from the customer’s bank account. More
China Unicom launches NFC payments service in Beijing
The Beijing branch of mobile network operator China Unicom has launched an NFC service in conjunction with Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co (BMAC)... More
China Mobile to drop RF SIM in favour of NFC?
China’s largest mobile network operator is coming under pressure from MIIT, the national technology regulator, to join the Chinese banks and its two rival operators China Unicom and China Telecom in adopting a single, national mobile payments standard based on NFC standard technology. More
Chinese banks and mobile operators to create single, open platform for NFC and mobile payments services
Eighteen Chinese banks, card association China UnionPay, China Telecom, China Unicom and a range of handset manufacturers and industry suppliers have formed an alliance in a bid to create standards and a business model for the introduction of a single, open platform that can be used by businesses throughout China to offer NFC and mobile payments services. More
China Mobile may offer combined NFC and RF SIM services
China Mobile is considering adding support for NFC, as well as for its own RF SIM technology, to its mobile payments service, the company has told reporters... More
China UnionPay begins major expansion of NFC project
The bank card association is conducting NFC pilots in Shanghai, Ningbo and Changsha and has extended its mobile payments services to a total of six provinces and regions. More
China Mobile confirms purchase of stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
China Mobile has agreed to pay $5.8 billion for a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank), making the mobile network operator the second largest shareholder in the bank... More
Video shows how China Mobile’s RF SIM technology works at the point-of-sale
A reporter from Chinese IT portal Zol.com has produced a video report on China Mobile’s new RF SIM-based mobile payments service which shows the technology in action at a local supermarket... More
China Mobile to buy stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank?
Bloomberg reports that China Mobile may be about to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank at a cost of 40bn yuan (about $5.9bn)... More
China Unicom to launch world’s first commercial single wire protocol based NFC service
The mobile operator has signed up five Chinese banks and five transport operators for the commercial launch of its NFC service, scheduled to take place during the second quarter of 2010. More
China Telecom begins RF SIM trial
The country’s third largest mobile network operator is testing non-NFC standard RF SIM technology in Shanghai, where China Unicom is already running an NFC trial. More