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Video shows how China Mobile’s RF SIM technology works at the point-of-sale
A reporter from Chinese IT portal Zol.com has produced a video report on China Mobile’s new RF SIM-based mobile payments service which shows the technology in action at a local supermarket... More
China Mobile to buy stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank?
Bloomberg reports that China Mobile may be about to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank at a cost of 40bn yuan (about $5.9bn)... More
NFC takes two steps forward — and one step back
OPINION: A host of new NFC products and initiatives were announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress but, it seems, we will have to wait until the end of this year before the first NFC handsets become widely available in the West. More
SK Telekom, Hana Financial to launch mobile contactless service in March
Hana Card, the Korean credit card issuer in which SK Telekom took a 49% stake in December, has announced it is to launch its new mobile proximity service in mid-March... More
Nokia confirms cancellation of planned 6216 SWP NFC phone
“We felt the quality of the consumer experience was not what it needed to be,” Nokia’s VP of Industry Collaborations has told NFC World, but “our commitment to NFC remains as strong as ever.” More
Industry players to develop standardized NFC API for Android devices
Trusted Logic has announced a new initiative to provide an open, standardized API for building NFC functionality into Android devices... More
French government offers €3m funding for NFC and RFID innovations
The new funding brings the government’s investment in kick-starting mobile contactless innovation to a total of €10 million. More
US firm to offer Chinese RF SIM system worldwide
The RF SIM payments system developed by Chinese firm Trunkbow, in which VeriFone became an investor yesterday, is to be launched worldwide via US start-up MobilePay, the company’s chairman Rick May tells NFC World... More
VeriFone buys stake in RF SIM supplier
VeriFone Holdings has announced that it is co-lead investor in a reverse merger financing for Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd, a Chinese mobile payments and value-added service applications company specialising in 2.4GHz (RF SIM) NFC solutions... More
China Mobile begins commercial rollout of mobile contactless payments system
RF SIMs are now widely available for subscribers to purchase from China Mobile stores and the first major retailer has signed up to accept the new mobile contactless payments technology. More
NFC Forum joins up with GSMA, EMVCo and Smart Card Alliance
The NFC Forum has signed a series of agreements, with the GSM Association (GSMA), EMVCo and the Smart Card Alliance, designed to enable it to work more closely with each of the associations on the development of the NFC market and near field communication-based solutions... More
China Mobile puts three million RF SIMs into production
Rumours that the world’s largest telecoms operator is to introduce a mobile contactless payments and ticketing system using a non-NFC standard technology have been confirmed with the news that three million RF SIMs are now in production. More
Former Hewlett Packard chief technologist joins NFC solutions provider
David Croslin, a former chief technologist at Hewlett Packard and chief product architect for Verizon Business has joined NFC solutions provider SecureNFC as chairman of the board... More
G&D and ARM to develop mobile device security solutions
ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at the development of highly secure mobile phone platforms... More
Gemalto acquires mobile authentication leader Valimo Wireless
Gemalto has acquired Valimo Wireless, the world leader in mobile authentication... More
Inside Contactless signs development partnership with TazTag
Inside Contactless has formed a partnership with TazTag, supplier of the TazCard NFC wallet, to develop and bring to market a variety of highly secured, multi-application contactless solutions based on near field communication technology... More
Poland and Italy commit to contactless payments
The move to contactless cards and NFC-compatible point-of-sale terminals is gathering pace with banks in Italy and Poland announcing plans for widespread contactless card deployments this year. More
One of the players must take on the risk before NFC can succeed, says founder of Japanese mobile wallet
Carl Atsushi Hirano, the driving force behind the introduction five years ago of Japan’s Osaïfu Keitai mobile wallet service, has set out his thinking on what was required to make the service a success and what it will take to successfully introduce NFC services in other countries. 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