The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the planned NFC joint venture between Everything Everywhere, Telefónica and Vodafone UK which will delay launch until after the London Olympics and casts doubts over the timetable for the introduction of similar projects in a number of other European countries. More
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Visa and Samsung to unveil Olympics NFC payments app at Mobile World Congress
Visa and Samsung are to demonstrate an NFC mobile payment service for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week... More
O2 backs London NFC hackathon
The third event in digital agency Isobar’s NFC hackathon series is to take place in London over the weekend of 24-25 March... More
Google Wallet on way to UK?
The UK will be the next country to get Google Wallet, following its US launch in October 2011, according to Les Echos... More
Windows phones to get NFC in 2012
WP7 phones will be able to support NFC functionality, including mobile payments, from next year. More
Coke mulls NFC for Olympics
Coca-Cola is in talks with Visa to put contactless payment equipped vending machines into the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games, reports Marketing... More
Clear Channel brings NFC to London’s Oxford Street
One hundred locations in central London’s busiest streets are to be equipped with digital advertising displays that include 72-inch HD screens and NFC. More
Museum of London adds NFC
Visitors to the museum can find out more about particular exhibits, access vouchers, book tickets and connect via social media. More
Omnitel launches national NFC service in Lithuania
The mobile network operator is using a system developed by Mokipay Europe that works with both NFC phones and contactless stickers linked to subscribers’ SIM cards to enable transaction notifications to be received on customers’ phones. More