UK public transportation operator Stagecoach has begun adding NFC tags to bus stops in the city of Cambridge, to provide travellers with up to date information on bus arrival times... More
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Maplin and RapidNFC bring NFC tags to the high street
UK electronics retailer Maplin has teamed with RapidNFC to bring NFC tags to the British high street through its 200 stores... More
Metro delivers news to bus stops with NFC
For the next three months out-of-home media owner Clear Channel is to make content from free daily newspaper Metro available via NFC at its 10,000 touchpoint ad panels around the UK... More
GameLayer and Wooshping to add gamification to NFC
Gamification design and development agency GameLayer has partnered with NFC specialist Wooshping to provide ways for marketers to deliver campaigns that combine NFC tag reading with real-world challenges and games... More
NFC 1 number plate for sale
After many years in private hands the UK personalised car registration plate “NFC 1” is for sale... More
Pokemon NFC figures ship in UK
Pokemon Rumble U, the first game to make use of the NFC capabilities in the Nintendo Wii U video game system, has started shipping in the UK with NFC figures now available to buy from Game at £3.99 (US$6.20) each... More
Guinness adds NFC to founts across UK and Ireland
Guinness has installed 11,442 drink dispensers equipped with NFC functionality in pubs and bars across the UK, as well as 2,800 in Ireland. Plans call for a further 53,000 founts in the UK and 12,155 in Ireland to get NFC by 2015. More
UK high street promotes business with NFC
A UK high street has received a welcome boost after an interactive window display using NFC and QR codes was installed to promote education and business opportunities... More
Rough Draft beer concept uses NFC to phone home
London-based print specialist Diginate has created Rough Draft, a concept interactive beer that uses NFC tags placed on beer bottles to send simultaneous messages to home, work and friends... More
Guinness offers free pints to NFC phone owners
Guinness fans around the UK can tap their Android or BlackBerry NFC phone to an NFC-enabled pub drinks dispenser to get the chance of winning a free pint of the black stuff, courtesy of a promotion being run until the end of August by the Diageo-owned brand... More
iPhone NFC payments arrive in the UK
The Moneto prepaid mobile wallet service, which uses DeviceFidelity’s microSD-based NFC technology, is now available in the UK via a partnership with payments processor Kalixa Group and MasterCard... More
British Airways to offer NFC luggage tags
British Airways has announced it will be launching an electronic luggage tag that houses support for NFC next year... More
EE to launch mobile wallet with NFC payments in the UK
UK 4G mobile network operator EE has announced it will be launching a new NFC mobile payments service later this month, in partnership with MasterCard... More
UK gov offers passport reader
The UK Home Office’s Identity and Passport Service has created an Android app that allows citizens to read the embedded NFC chip present in most passports issued since 2006... More
Wooshping adds music to Spotify playlists via NFC
UK-based Wooshping has shown how bands can use NFC tags to allow fans to add their music to Spotify playlists, so just tapping a smart poster can start a track playing... More
Visa to launch NFC payments in the UK this year
Visa Europe is to launch an NFC mobile payments service in the UK by the end of 2013, the payments network has confirmed to NFC World — although the exact launch date and full details on how the service will work are yet to be revealed... More
Weve to launch NFC payments in the UK in 2014
Weve, the mobile advertising and payments joint venture formed last year by UK mobile network operators Vodafone, EE and O2, aims to launch a mass market NFC payments service “by next year”, CEO David Sear has told the Financial Times... More
Winkworth estate agents adds NFC keyrings in London
Estate agent Winkworth‘s Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia office is using NFC keyrings to deliver detailed information about properties to customers... More
Garanti Bank to launch NFC and QR payments in Romania
Swedish mobile payment specialist Seamless has partnered with Turkey’s Garanti Bank to launch its Seqr NFC and QR payments platform in Romania — and plans to launch the service in the UK later this year... More
NFC touchpoints to drive album sales at UK music venues
British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin will be the first artist to receive a boost from new NFC and QR-enabled touchpoints displayed at leading music venues across the UK... More