The deadline for submitting papers for consideration for presentations at next year’s Wima conference, to be held in Monaco in April, is 3 December... More
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Singapore issues request for proposals for national NFC TSM
IDA, the government agency tasked with implementing a national NFC infrastructure for Singapore, is requesting proposals from consortiums to create and manage a next-generation open trusted third party infrastructure that all the country’s banks, transport operators and other service providers could use to deliver NFC services. More
Mobitel and Sony to introduce national NFC service in Sri Lanka
The mobile network operator, 49.5% owned by the Sri Lankan government, is to launch a wide range of services using an NFC platform developed by Sony FeliCa. More
New report identifies the latest thinking on NFC business models
A new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World, sets out the latest thinking on how to develop successful NFC business models and explains the options available to mobile network operators, handset manufacturers, financial institutions, third party service providers — and their potential customers. More
Consortium wins funding to develop specialist NFC TSM for home healthcare services
A new consortium formed by IT services provider Extelia, NFC specialist Inside Contactless and French regional social services provider Abrapa has won funding from the French government to develop a trusted third party platform designed to deliver an improved service to the elderly and other recipients of home care services... More
French government funds twelve more NFC and RFID projects
Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry and the Mayor of Nice, has announced details of twelve NFC and RFID projects which are to share in €4.5 million of funding from the French government... More
Gentag develops NFC compatible disposable wireless sensors
Disposable wireless sensors specialist Gentag has announced that it has successfully tested the use of its technology with an NXP NFC controller, opening up the market for NFC phones to be used to read a wide range of disposable sensors designed for use in the medical sector... More
China Mobile to drop RF SIM in favour of NFC?
China’s largest mobile network operator is coming under pressure from MIIT, the national technology regulator, to join the Chinese banks and its two rival operators China Unicom and China Telecom in adopting a single, national mobile payments standard based on NFC standard technology. More
French national home care services association to roll out NFC services
ADMR, the French national association for providers of home care services, is to begin equipping staff with NFC phones from next month... More
Banks and mobile operators to go head to head for NFC mobile payments business
Banks and mobile network operators are set to go head to head in a bid to control the market for NFC mobile payments services, according to a new research report published today... More
Over-C announces comprehensive NFC-based solution for managing remote workers
“By 2012, 80% of security guards in private security will be NFC-equipped,” says Michael Elliott of NFC-based remote worker management specialists Over-C, whose technology is already used by security staff at Marks & Spencer and at all London Overground stations. More
NHS tests NFC for home care visits
The UK’s National Health Service is conducting several pilots of O2’s new Homecare solution, designed to help both homecare workers and patients access and share information. More
Mobilkom Austria uses NFC to send blood pressure results to doctors
The mobile operator is working with an Austrian eHealth research team to develop telemedicine services that use NFC to transmit patient data securely over the air. More
Reslink signs up new distributors in the UK and Southeast Asia
Two more companies have signed up to become resellers of the Finnish workforce management solutions specialist’s NFC-based time and attendance and location-sensitive data capture solutions. More
Oulu, the little city with big ideas
If you’ve been keeping an eye on NFC you’ll have noticed that a lot of innovative experimentation is taking place in the Finnish town of Oulu. And if you’ve been wondering why a place you’ve otherwise never heard of is at the forefront of testing NFC concepts, an article in Computing magazine now has the explanation you’ve been looking for… More