HP has a vacancy for an NFC design engineer, indicating an earlier report that the company plans to introduce NFC-enabled mobile phones and tablet computers under the Palm brand name is likely to be accurate. More
- Eventbrite brings tap to pay to the events industry
- Biometric card pioneer backs away from payments citing lower-than-expected market uptake
- EU calls for feedback on proposed settlement with Apple over NFC chip access
- Google signs deal to take UPI beyond India
- NFC Forum spells out DPP ambitions in ebook
NFC Forum appoints MasterCard’s James Anderson as vice chairman
James Anderson, group head and senior vice president for mobile product development at MasterCard Worldwide, has been appointed vice chairman of NFC standards association the NFC Forum. Anderson replaces outgoing vice chairman, Visa‘s Dave Wentker. More
CorFire and InComm to provide retailers with NFC wallets
CorFire, the American arm of Korean NFC specialist SK C&C, and US prepaid card provider InComm are working together on a mobile payments and offers service that would compete with Isis and Google Wallet, Bloomberg reports: More
Isis picks Austin for second NFC pilot
The Isis NFC joint venture between AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA has chosen the city of Austin, Texas as the site of its second test. More
NXP launches NFC car key
NXP has launched a single-chip solution for use in multifunction NFC-enabled car keys. The NCF2970 KeyLink Lite enables car keys to be connected to external NFC-compatible devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops and is based on both international NFC standards and NXP’s Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) and Passive Keyless Entry (PKE) technologies. More
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Isracard to test NFC payments
Israel’s largest credit card issuer, Isracard, is to run a mobile payments trial using NFC stickers, Globes reports: More
Symbian Anna with NFC to arrive in July
Nokia has now set a date for the release of the Symbian ‘Anna’ operating system update that will switch on the near field communications capabilities in its NFC phones. More
Inside Secure postpones IPO?
NFC chip specialist Inside Secure has postponed its planned IPO “due to market conditions”, a source close to the company has told Reuters. More
Orange launches commercial NFC payments service in Poland
“Several thousand” customers will be able to use their NFC phones to make payments at 35,000 contactless acceptance points across Poland. More
Nokia launches NFC speakers and music receiver
Nokia has introduced two NFC-enabled accessories, the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver and the Nokia Play 360° wireless speaker. More
Nokia unveils N9 NFC phone
The new MeeGo-based smartphone features NFC, a one-piece polycarbonate body and a large curved Amoled screen, and will be available in stores later this year. More
US smartphone owners want Apple and Google to provide their NFC wallets
A survey of more than 1,000 US smartphone owners has found that Apple and Google top the list of the companies most trusted to provide them with a mobile wallet. More
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UPM and CustomerIn develop NFC solution for restaurants
NFC tag supplier UPM RFID and software developer CustomerIn have introduced Connected Restaurant, an NFC solution for restaurants which is designed to improve customer service, increase cross-selling opportunities and accelerate table turnover. More
Nokia and Jiepang demo NFC check-ins
Nokia has teamed up with China’s leading location-based service Jiepang to demonstrate NFC social check-in services. More
Huawei U8650NFC ‘Sonic’ Android phone on its way
The new NFC phone, Huawei’s first, is believed to be a sub-US$200 device running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. More
Geo RTD links NFC to sat nav and mapping apps
The new tag data format will allow NFC phone users to access location-based information without having to go online. More
Avery Dennison enters NFC tag market
Avery Dennison RFID, the world’s largest producer of UHF RFID inlays, has launched a new line of NFC tags. More
Sony Ericsson to launch range of Android NFC phones
The handset maker has picked NXP to supply it with embedded secure elements and NFC controllers to go into its Android-based Xperia smartphones. More
UK mobile operators form NFC joint venture
Everything Everywhere, which runs the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK, Vodafone and Telefónica O2 have agreed to establish a joint venture company that “will deliver the technology required for the speedy adoption of mobile wallet and payments.” More
Barclaycard sets out plans for NFC
The Quick Tap mobile payments service launched by Barclaycard and Orange last month is just the start of the partners’ NFC plans, says the card issuer’s head of digital payments. “We have a long and deep roadmap of people we want to work with.” More