T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom has picked German payments processing specialist Wirecard to support its move into the mobile payments market. More
Deutsche Telekom picks Wirecard for m-payments move
- Bank of China lets taxi drivers accept central bank digital currency payments on NFC mobile phones
- Juniper forecasts 25% increase in POS terminal transaction values by 2028
- STMicroelectronics launches NFC tag chip with elliptic curve cryptography
- NFC Forum survey finds majority of consumers now prefer making payments with their mobile phone
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Nokia WP8 NFC handset spotted
Nokia is to begin shipping a Windows Phone 8 NFC device, codenamed the Phi, during the last week of October 2012, according to the Nokia Innovation blog... More
Samsung preps NFC tablet
A new tablet from Samsung, referred to as the GT-P8110 and featuring unusual rounded corners as well as NFC functionality, has been submitted for FCC approval, Phandroid reports... More
US retailers move into the mobile wallet market
Walmart, Target, 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Publix, Sears, Shell and Sunoco are amongst a dozen major merchants that have formed a new company called Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) that will provide an alternative to services like Isis and Google Wallet. More
Westpac tests Android NFC payments
Australian bank Westpac has begun an NFC payments pilot, using Android handsets equipped with a secure element embedded in the SIM that stores a virtual MasterCard debit card. More
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Asus preps two Win8 NFC tablets
Tech publication Engadget has spotted that Asus has submitted two tablets running Windows 8 and featuring NFC for FCC approval... More
Apple gets ‘on-the-go shopping list’ patent
Apple has been granted US patent number 8,239,276, entitled ‘On-the-go shopping list’. More
Samsung preps WP8 NFC phone
Samsung has two Windows Phone 8 handsets in the works, according to court documents seen by The Verge... More
ACS to launch contactless POS terminal
Hong Kong-based NFC and smart card reader specialist Advanced Card Systems (ACS) is moving into the contactless point-of-sale terminal market. More
Pantech P9090 NFC spotted
A new Android 4.0 NFC phone from Korean manufacturer Pantech, the P9090 Magnus, could hit the US market later this year, Technology and Gadgets reports... More
Turkcell adds MaxiPro5 NFC smartphone
Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell has added the MaxiPro5 to its line up of NFC phones. The smartphone runs Android 4.0, features a 4-inch touchscreen, a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor and includes “Ýþim/Özelim” (My Job/My Privacy), an application that allows users to create separate work and personal profiles. More
Discover certifies First Data TSM
First Data has announced that its trusted service management (TSM) solution has been qualified by Discover... More
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Fime to certify Isis devices
Fime has become the first company to be authorised by Isis to certify products, including mobile handsets and secure elements, for the US NFC venture... More
National NFC service to go live in Singapore this month
Mobile network operator StarHub, part of the consortium which won a government contract to provide a national NFC TSM service for Singapore last year, has unveiled its NFC SmartWallet and says the service will begin “later this month”. More
One2touch signs US$2m NFC keyboard deal
One2touch has begun shipping NFC-enabled smartphone keyboards to Japanese firm Elecom in a deal worth US$2m. Elecom will distribute the keyboard in eight countries in the far east. More
RapidNFC adds NFC beer mats
NFC tag supplier RapidNFC has partnered with UK-based printer Rutland Print to introduce beer mats that incorporate an NFC tag. More
100m NFC phones to ship in 2012
The number of NFC-enabled mobile devices shipped worldwide will more than double this year to nearly 100m, according to Forrester Research, but mainstream use of the technology “remains three to five years away in most countries”... More
Infineon releases NFC SDK in US
Chip maker Infineon Technologies is now offering an application developer kit for Type 2 NFC tags in the US... More
Vivotech sells reader business
NFC specialist Vivotech, which last month was the subject of rumours that it was going out of business, has successfully completed the sale of its reader business. The buyer is US-based ID Tech. More
UK cinemas to get NFC posters
Cinema advertising specialist Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has partnered with outdoor media owner Primesight to install 100 NFC-enabled interactive six-sheet advertising panels in Cineworld, Odeon and Vue cinemas in the UK. More