Paperlinks, a service that enables business users to create and manage QR and barcode based campaigns, has included NFC tag reading functionality in its new barcode scanning app for Android devices... More
Archive: Other news
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
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
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
RapidNFC compares performance of NFC tags
“The difference in NFC tag performance was both significant and surprising,” says the NFC tag provider, and there was one clear winner in terms of overall performance. More
Swedish carriers pick mobile wallet suppliers
4T Sverige, the joint venture company set up by Sweden’s four mobile network operators, is to launch a mobile payments service that works with 97% of current phones and also provides support for NFC. More
Irancell demonstrates NFC payments and ticketing
Technology provider Etick, mobile network operator MTN-Irancell and Bank Pasargad have teamed up to demonstrate NFC payments in Iran. More
Ingenico unveils mobile retailing platform
POS terminal maker Ingenico has partnered with mobile commerce specialist iMobile3 to introduce iMRP, a mobile retail platform aimed at US retailers... 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
US consumers “warming up to mobile payments”
23% of US consumers are now “very willing” to use their mobile phone as a wallet, a KPMG survey has found, but many consumers are still expressing privacy and security concerns. 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
Spoonity picks NFC for loyalty
A new loyalty platform for independent restaurants and cafés has begun pilot testing in Ottawa, Canada. Spoonity uses NFC tags to identify customers and NFC phones to administer points and rewards... More
PayPal tests NFC payments in Stockholm
“Over the next few months we’ll be testing many different proximity payments technologies (including NFC) and exploring numerous partnership opportunities,” says the online payments giant. More
Coca-Cola tests NFC advertising in Singapore
Coca-Cola has launched an NFC out-of-home advertising campaign in Singapore... More
Estonian banks look into NFC
Estonia’s leading banks have begun work on an NFC research project in conjunction with mobile network operator EMT, part of the TeliaSonera group... More
eAgile picks Avery tags
US-based RFID tag supplier eAgile is now offering a range of printed products including signs, business cards, and labels that incorporate Avery Dennison’s recently launched N-Zone NFC tags... More
Paris gets interactive NFC mailboxes
French postal service La Poste has added NFC stickers to mailboxes in the central Hotel de Ville area of Paris, allowing passersby to receive information on local services and providing La Poste with the potential to generate new advertising revenues. More
ABI forecasts NFC tag market
Smart posters and mobile marketing programmes have used more than half the NFC tags shipped to date and will account for 70% of shipments in 2016, according to a new report from ABI Research... More
Isis reveals global ambitions
US NFC venture Isis is exploring the potential of expanding overseas, Bloomberg reports... More
Chevron to test Google Wallet
Six hundred Chevron gas stations in the US are to begin accepting Google Wallet payments and will “send out signage and other point-of-purchase (POP) material to stations before year’s end,” CSP Daily News reports... More