An NFC enabled quad-core smartphone from LG could be announced at the Mobile World Congress next month, ahead of a mid-2012 release... More
Archive: News in brief
NBC offers sales in taxis
US broadcaster NBC has extended an agreement with Verifone which will see the television network’s content and ads appear on the POS company’s payment-enabled out-of-home advertising system. Verifone Media has screens in 12,000 taxis — including 6,800 NFC-enabled cabs in New York — 60,000 gas stations and some 1m retailers... More
BNP rolls out NFC in Strasbourg
French banking group BNP Paribas is expanding availability of its Kix NFC mobile payment application to Strasbourg... More
Barcode reader app adds NFC
Enterprise barcode scanning specialist Skycore is adding NFC tag reading and writing capabilities to its codeREADr app for Android devices... More
Melexis puts NFC in cars
Semiconductor maker Melexis has launched an NFC transceiver chip designed and rated for use in the automotive market... More
Helsinki uses 20,000 NFC tags
Nearly 20,000 NFC tags from UPM RFID will be embedded in smart posters and stickers used to promote Helsinki’s year as the World Design Capital... More
Inside updates Open NFC for ICS
Inside Secure has released a new version of its open source NFC protocol stack... More
NFC car key shown at CES
Automotive components manufacturer Continental has been showing its NFC mobile car key at the CES in Las Vegas this week... More
RIM switches on BlackBerry Tag
RIM has begun rolling out the BlackBerry 7.1 operating system update, which includes the NFC-based BlackBerry Tag service... More
Nokia CEO: I believe in NFC
Nokia has unveiled two new smartphones at the CES, but neither include NFC... More
Verizon demos NFC for retailers
Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent are demonstrating a range of mobile solutions for retailers at the CES show this week, including an NFC solution that enables a consumer to collect a coupon with their NFC device and then redeem it at an interactive Virtual Personal Stylist (VPS) kiosk... More
Home Depot tests PayPal in-store
Home Depot has become the first US retailer to test PayPal’s mobile payments solutions in-store... More
Revosys adds NFC to taxis
An all-in-one terminal is set to allow taxi customers to pay for their journeys using NFC phones and contactless cards as well as magstripe credit/debit cards... More
Verizon to offer Curve with NFC
US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless is to make the BlackBerry Curve 9370 NFC smartphone available to customers from 19 January... More
Marketing to fix security worries
A survey conducted by the GSM Association’s Mobile Money Live website has found that spending money on marketing is seen by most readers as the way to address user fears about NFC security... More
Belle upgrades coming February
Nokia Belle, the latest version of the Symbian operating system which features “deeply integrated” NFC, is now pre-installed in new Nokia C7 and Nokia Oro NFC handsets says the Finnish phone maker... More
Clubbers tap to call cabs
Club-goers in the Croatian capital Zagreb were able to order a ride home during December by tapping an NFC poster to call a taxi... More
Landesbank plans NFC payments
Germany’s Landesbank Berlin has begun testing NFC payments, using iPhones equipped with an iCaisse NFC case, in conjunction with Visa Europe and Swiss Post Solutions, a division of the Swiss postal service... More
China gets Nokia 801T with NFC
Nokia has announced the 801T smartphone, a Symbian Anna NFC device designed for use on China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network... More
Galaxy Note to come with NFC
An NFC version of Samsung’s Android Galaxy Note tablet/phone device is on its way to AT&T in the US during the first half of 2012, according to fan site Sam Mobile... More