The mobile money market in Western Europe is set to grow to between 4 and 5 billion Euros by 2013, according to a new forecast by Frost & Sullivan. More
- NFC Forum certifies Cilab for TR13.1 wireless charging testing
- ST provides insight into using NFC tags to enhance consumer experiences
- NFC Forum adds certification for NFC wireless charging
- NP Plastibell adds ultra-miniaturised ST NFC tags to pre-filled syringes
- German luggage brand leverages NFC for product authentication and customer engagement
Casio launches NFC handheld aimed at industrial applications
The Japanese electronics manufacturer’s new rugged PDA is equipped with both 3G mobile data and a range of functions for retrieving and gathering data in the field — including NFC. More
ABI ranks contactless transaction and NFC chip suppliers
NXP Semiconductor has been ranked at the top of the latest edition of ABI Research’s Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix. Inside Contactless and Infineon Technologies claimed the second and third spots in the matrix, which examines the contactless semiconductor market for payment, ticketing and near field communication (NFC) applications and ranks each of the vendors according to their ability to innovate and implement the technology. More
12.5m extra locations to accept contactless payments by 2013
The number of locations that accept contactless payments is set to increase by over 12.5 million by the end of 2013, according to the latest data from IMS Research. More
Rotterdam NFC payments service to cease operations in December
Payter’s NFC service in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is to cease operations on 1 December because “there was insufficient scale to further develop existing services”. More
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Trusted Logic to demonstrate peer-to-peer NFC for Android
Trusted Logic is to demonstrate peer-to-peer connection of mobile handsets through its Trusted NFC software platform for Google Android operating system at Cartes 2009 next week. More
Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
Hot on the heels of the news that Apple has an RFID-enabled iPhone prototype, a new patent application provides details of how the company sees NFC being used to make it easy for customers to transfer files between devices such as the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV. More
Ericsson Labs launches NFC and RFID tag developer tools
Ericsson Labs has launched Tag Tools, a set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags. More
STMicroelectronics to add Mifare functionality to new range of NFC SIMs
STMicroelectronics and NXP have signed a licensing deal that will see STMicroelectronics integrating the entire Mifare family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications. The deal “will facilitate the convergence of the Mifare infrastructure and near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile devices, accelerating worldwide contactless application deployments,” say the two companies. More
McDonalds, Arby’s, Qdoba, Dairy Queen and Dunkin’ Donuts testing Tetherball’s mobile loyalty system
“The results we’ve seen since launching our mobile rewards program in early July are greater than even our most optimistic projections,” says Brent Higgins of Aztec Partners, one of Qdoba Mexican Grill’s largest franchisees. More
Arcontia launches contactless reader for transport and payments applications
Swedish card reader specialist Arcontia has launched a smart card reader compatible with NFC, ISO14443 A/B, ISO 18092 and EMV contactless standards and aimed at the e-ticketing and e-payment markets. More
Toro’s user management system in running for a Sesame award
NFC specialist Toro‘s Akami software suite has been selected as a finalist in the Mobile category of the prestigious Sesames Awards. More
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Paymotech launches prepaid ‘universal mobile wallet’
The international prepaid roaming card specialist’s customers can now use the funds stored in their account to pay for calls, to make transfers and cash withdrawals and to pay online and in store via a bank card, barcode, secure SMS or a mobile contactless sticker. More
DeviceFidelity launches low cost microSD-based NFC solution
In2Pay is designed to be distributed to customers using a card issuer’s existing personalisation and distribution infrastructure and can include multiple applications such as payments and transit or payments and access control. More
Getyoo launches NFC-based social networking system
Belgian start-up Getyoo has launched in beta a web-based platform designed to enable people to gather all their contacts and social activity in one place. Getyoo is designed to be used with ‘Clickeys’, NFC-enabled devices that allow users to exchange information with people, objects or things in the real world and then easily upload the information they have gathered to the internet. More
Sagem Orga adds Java Card functionality to MyMax NFC stickers
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
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. On receiving a sticker from their bank, consumers simply affix their Convego sticker to their phone or PDA and can then use it to make payments at any PayPass accepting merchant. 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