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Japan Airlines tests battery-free beacons at 13 airports

By Rian Boden • 18 November 2014 • Updated 28 August 2023

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons that use energy harvesting technology to avoid the need to change batteries have been installed by Japan Airlines (JAL) at 13 major Japanese airports to provide users of its JAL Countdown mobile app with “real-time departure, gate and other timely information”... More

Japan Airlines combines beacons and smartwatches to improve customer service at airports

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2014 • Updated 18 July 2014

Japan Airlines staff at Tokyo’s Haneda airport are being provided with smartwatches that work in conjunction with Bluetooth Low Energy beacons, to give management a way to assign staff more efficiently and respond more swiftly to customer requests. More

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Reader offer: Save 15% on tickets to the NFCP Global Summit 2014

By Mike Clark • 5 March 2014 • Updated 27 January 2019

The NFCP Global Summit is returning to London in June with a show-stopping line up of speakers — and NFC World readers can save 15% on the usual ticket price... More

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NTT Docomo sets launch date for global NFC payments

By Sarah Clark • 29 October 2013 • Updated 29 October 2013

Mobile network operator NTT Docomo, founder of Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai mobile payments service, is to take its mobile payments service global from 5 February 2014, in conjunction with MasterCard. More

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JAL adds carriers and coupons to NFC boarding pass service

By Karl Dyer • 7 May 2013

Japan Airlines (JAL) has added coupons and special offers to its NFC-enabled boarding pass service and announced plans to extend operations to include customers of all three of Japan’s mobile network operators... More

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Four in five major airlines plan to use NFC by 2014

By Sarah Clark • 9 February 2012

Nearly 80% of the world’s top 50 airlines say they plan to be providing NFC services in three years’ time, according to a survey conducted by airline IT provider Sita, but there are technical challenges that still need to be resolved before NFC mobile boarding passes can become the norm. More

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KDDI launches NFC in Japan

By Sarah Clark • 16 January 2012 • Updated 2 April 2024

The mobile network operator will begin commercial NFC services from the end of January with partners including Japan Airlines, credit card issuers, loyalty programme providers and retailers. More

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KDDI, Softbank, SK Telecom begin testing joint NFC services for Japanese and Korean consumers

By Sarah Clark • 9 February 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019

The three mobile network operators, who signed an NFC cooperation agreement in July 2010, are to begin testing a number of cross-border NFC services this month with the aim of launching commercial services by the end of 2011. More

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NTT Docomo partners with Korea’s KT to switch to NFC at end of 2012

By Sarah Clark • 9 February 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019

Mobile network operator NTT Docomo, the driving force behind Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has confirmed that it will make the move to NFC standard technology from “around the end of 2012”, in partnership with Korea’s KT. More

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NTT Docomo to switch to NFC in 2013?

By Sarah Clark • 9 November 2010 • Updated 21 October 2022

NTT Docomo is set to make the switch to NFC standard technology in 2013, according to a report in Japanese business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun... More

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KDDI, Softbank Mobile and SK Telecom to introduce NFC standard services in Japan and Korea

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2010 • Updated 4 February 2019

The three mobile network operators are to move away from the non-NFC mobile contactless technologies they currently support in favour of an NFC standard solution. More

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Gemalto provides KDDI with end-to-end NFC security solution

By Sarah Clark • 14 June 2010 • Updated 4 February 2019

Gemalto has provided further details of the role it is playing in Japanese mobile network operator KDDI‘s extensive NFC field test, which went live last month... More

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KDDI to run multiple NFC tests in Japan

By Sarah Clark • 22 April 2010 • Updated 29 December 2022

The mobile network operator has partnered with card issuers, airlines, a cinema chain, a car manufacturer and others to run a series of tests of NFC standard technology and aims to introduce NFC services “in the near future”. More

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13 news stories.

Japan Airlines tests battery-free beacons at 13 airports

Japan Airlines combines beacons and smartwatches to improve customer service at airports

Reader offer: Save 15% on tickets to the NFCP Global Summit 2014

NTT Docomo sets launch date for global NFC payments

JAL adds carriers and coupons to NFC boarding pass service

Four in five major airlines plan to use NFC by 2014

KDDI, Softbank, SK Telecom begin testing joint NFC services for Japanese and Korean consumers

NTT Docomo partners with Korea’s KT to switch to NFC at end of 2012

NTT Docomo to switch to NFC in 2013?

KDDI, Softbank Mobile and SK Telecom to introduce NFC standard services in Japan and Korea

Gemalto provides KDDI with end-to-end NFC security solution

KDDI to run multiple NFC tests in Japan