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Archive: News in brief
Wireless goes contactless
Pop fans will be able to leave their wallets at home during a three day music festival in London in July... More
HTC Desire C gets NFC
HTC is to release an NFC version of its new Desire C mid-range phone... More
Canadian banks move on NFC
Members of the Canadian Bankers Association reached agreement on Friday on how NFC mobile payments will be handled in Canada, says The Globe and Mail, opening the way for the first commercial deployments to take place... More
Samsung picks NXP for S3
The NFC functionality in the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III is provided by NXP, the NFC chip specialist has announced... More
AmEx extends Isis deal
American Express has extended its deal with US carrier-led NFC joint venture Isis... More
Taoglas offers NFC antennas
Antenna specialist Taoglas has launched two off-the-shelf ‘peel and stick’ NFC antennas... More
Virgin Mobile adds gWallet phone
The LG Optimus Elite is now available to pre-order from Virgin Mobile USA for US$149.99... More
Galaxy S3 gets extra security
European versions of the new Samsung Galaxy S III NFC phone are to be the first mobile phones to ship with G&D’s Mobicore technology... More
Martineau leaves Inside Secure
Philippe Martineau has left NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure, which recently floated on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange, to join NFC microSD specialist DeviceFidelity as VP of business development... More
GSMA NFC lead joins Vivotech
Nav Bains, the GSMA‘s high profile business lead for NFC, has left the carrier trade association to join NFC supplier Vivotech as VP of business development for telecommunications and channel management... More
RIM adds NFC app sharing
A new NFC service called BlackBerry Share has been demonstrated at BlackBerry World this week, Pocket-Lint reports... More
EC extends Oscar deadline
The European Commission has prolonged the deadline for a decision on whether to give the go ahead to the UK carrier-led ‘Project Oscar’ NFC joint venture, Bloomberg reports... More
RIM confirms NFC Playbook
The 4G LTE version of the BlackBerry Playbook, expected to hit the market later this year, will come with NFC, RIM has confirmed at BlackBerry World this week, Canadian Reviewer reports... More
16m NFC SIMs shipped in 2011
A total of 16m NFC SIMs were shipped globally in 2011, according to the SIMalliance‘s annual review of the global SIM market... More
Google gets NFC P2P patent
Google has been granted a patent for transferring application state information from one device to another via NFC, a system which is similar to the company’s Android Beam service... More
RIM adds NFC music pairing
A new version of RIM’s BlackBerry Music Gateway includes NFC pairing support, allowing BlackBerry NFC phone users to stream music from their phone to a home or car stereo... More
2degrees to test NFC
New Zealand carrier 2degrees is to announce an NFC transportation ticketing pilot in the city of Wellington this week, the Dominion Post reports... More
Shift4 adds gWallet support
Hospitality payments processing specialist Shift4 has added support for payments made via NFC phones equipped with Google Wallet... More
Foursquare adds NFC to BB
BlackBerry NFC phone users can now check into locations via NFC, as well as share places and tips with each other and Android NFC phone users, with the addition of NFC support to the BlackBerry edition of Foursquare... More