Citibank is to issue contactless payment stickers to all new customers in the Czech Republic of its Citi Life, Citi Life Metropole, Citi Broker Consulting, Citi Billa and Citi CSA credit cards from February 2013... More
Archive: News in brief
Sony launches NFC tablet
Sony Mobile Japan has announced a 10.1-inch Android tablet that features a 1.5GHz quad core processor and support for LTE as well as NFC... More
Identive adds NFC SDKs
Identive has announced two new NFC software development kits, the US$79 NFC-NDEF Tag Editor Kit and the US$252 NFC Plug & Play Starter Kit... More
RIM gets Visa NFC certification
Visa has approved Research In Motion’s Secure Element Manager (SEM), a backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices... More
Koamtac adds NFC to scanner
Koamtac has launched a compact portable Bluetooth barcode scanner designed to be used in conjunction with a smartphone or tablet computer... More
AMC cleans up with NFC
UK-based Advanced Mobile Communications has launched a remote worker management solution that uses NFC to allow cleaning companies to track remote staff, confirm their location and assign and monitor tasks in real time... More
Lenovo debuts ThinkPad Helix
Lenovo has launched an 11.6-inch Windows 8 Ultrabook with NFC... More
Allure automates homes with NFC
Allure Energy has launched a new version of its home automation platform at the CES that includes support for NFC... More
iLuv adds NFC speakers
Mobile accessories maker iLuv has unveiled three new speakers that feature NFC: the MobiRock speaker dock which also includes Qi wireless charging, the MobiAria speaker plus charging port and the Syren portable speaker... More
Wincor Nixdorf to offer mWallet
Wincor Nixdorf is to unveil a mobile wallet solution for retailers, supporting both NFC and QR code payments, at the NRF show in New York next week... More
Asus adds Win8 NFC tablet
Asus has unveiled a 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet with NFC at the CES show... More
Samsung adds NFC speaker
Samsung has launched the DA-F60, a Bluetooth portable speaker with NFC pairing, at the CES show in Las Vegas... More
Karbonn to offer NFC phones
India-based mobile phone maker Karbonn is to introduce mobile phones and tablets with NFC capabilities in 2013... More
xpWallet adds NFC ticketing
New Delhi-based mobile wallet provider xpWallet has introduced an NFC ticketing solution for bus and train operators that lets commuters purchase tickets from conductors equipped with NFC phones... More
Tagstand adds NFC accessories
NFC specialist Tagstand has partnered with hip mobile accessory maker Tylt to offer a range of NFC-enabled accessories, including the Tunz portable Bluetooth speaker, the Capio car mount and the Tagz range of NFC stickers... More
UL gets GP certification
GlobalPlatform has qualified two UL test tools, the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform Mapping Guidelines and the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform SWP and HCI... More
LG puts NFC in the living room
LG is to unveil a range of home entertainment equipment with NFC capabilities at the CES show in Las Vegas this week... More
Tagitron adds NFC HardTags
German RFID specialist Tagitron has launched a range of NFC tags designed for industrial applications... More
Proxama opens US office
UK-based NFC specialist Proxama is expanding overseas with the opening of an office in the US... More
Mocapay adds wallet API
Mocapay has launched a platform that enables merchants to add mobile wallet capabilities to their mobile apps via a single API... More