News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: LG bringing NFC phone to US? • No NFC yet for Sony Ericsson • ZTE works on NFC and biometrics • Signbox lights up NFC • LSE examines NFC privacy • New NFC solution for retailers • Intuit adds mobile payments acceptance. More
- 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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More than 30 job openings now available at Isis NFC joint venture
Isis, the joint venture between mobile network operators AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile which is set to introduce a commercial NFC service in the US from 2012, has posted more than thirty job vacancies on its website. More
First Android NFC apps begin to appear
The first NFC apps are starting to appear in the Android Market, just weeks after the NFC-enabled ‘Gingerbread’ version of the mobile operating system made its debut. More
BlackBerry Torch 2 also set to come with NFC
BoyGeniusReport has added details of the forthcoming BlackBerry Torch 2 to its series of exclusive reports of new BlackBerry phones equipped with NFC. More
LG planning to launch $200 NFC phone?
Reports in two Korean publications suggest that LG is planning to launch a US$200 mass market phone with built-in NFC capabilities at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. More
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RIM about to launch two BlackBerry NFC phones?
RIM is about to launch two new BlackBerry phones equipped with NFC technology, according to BoyGeniusReport which has published images and specifications for the two new devices. More
French government funds nine NFC cities
The cities of Paris, Bordeaux, Caen, Lille, Marseille, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse are to join Nice in the next stage of French plans to deploy a national NFC infrastructure. More
Samsung Galaxy S2 to launch with NFC at Mobile World Congress?
The successor to Samsung’s hugely successful Galaxy S smartphone is set to launch at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, according to a report in Korean publication Etnews — and near field communication functionality looks set to come as standard. More
Google job ad confirms plans to enter payments market?
Google has begun recruiting a ‘Technical Account Manager, Mobile Commerce’ who will be involved in building partnerships with merchants, card issuers and POS solution providers — indicating clearly that the internet giant plans to make a move into the mobile payments market. More
NFC news in brief • 10 Jan 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: ATM top-ups for travel cards • Visa adds mobile app • New boss for Mobey Forum • Washington Metro to go contactless • Square worth $200M? • Madrid picks Mifare Desfire EV1 • Think&Go NFC gets funding • Enstream adds Western Union to Zoompass • All Google staff to get NFC phones? More
Softbank stickers bring mobile payments to iPhone 4 in Japan
The Japanese mobile network operator is to provide a range of stickers compatible with the Edy, Waon and Nanaco payments services from February, enabling iPhone 4 users to make use of Japan’s well established mobile payments services for the first time. More
Sitges trial results: Consumers pay more often and spend more with NFC phones than with cards
Telefónica, la Caixa and Visa’s NFC payments trial in the Spanish resort of Sitges has seen significant increases in both transaction frequencies and purchase values but, the partners say, a mass deployment of NFC services is still three to five years away. More
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Inside and Kovio add NFC support to ultra-low-cost printed RFID tags
“Consumers, while they shop, will be able to interact with smart labels on products and smart posters to receive product details, promotional offers, coupons, loyalty points, nutritional information, and other useful information to enhance their retail experience,” says Inside Secure. More
China Unicom launches commercial NFC service in Beijing
Customers can now use their mobile phones to make payments on public transport services and at more than 2,000 other businesses by swapping their standard SIM for an NFC SIM+antenna device supplied by Watchdata. More
OTI introduces Copni NFC SIM+antenna device
Contactless specialist On Track Innovations (OTI) has announced a new NFC add-on. More
Samsung to build NFC support into Bada operating system
Samsung is to include support for near field communication in version 2.0 of its Bada operating system, the handset manufacturer has told delegates attending a developer day in Seoul. More
Google to enter NFC payments market?
Google is working on a mobile payments and advertising service based on NFC technology, according to Bloomberg Businessweek: More
Watchdata produces two millionth NFC add-on
Smart card and data security specialist Watchdata has produced its two millionth Simpass SIM+antenna NFC device, the company has announced. More
Monitise and Vivotech offer joint NFC solution to US banks
Monitise and Vivotech have partnered to offer banks in the United States an NFC payments solution that combines Vivotech’s over-the-air (OTA) software and Monitise’s Mobile Money technology. More
Nexus S teardown: How NFC fits inside the new Google phone
Tech repair website iFixit has dismantled and photographed Samsung’s Nexus S smartphone, the first Android device to run the new Gingerbread operating system and the first to include support for near field communication. More