The Hotel Sky Park Central in Seoul, Korea, has implemented an NFC-based smart guest room solution developed by LG CNS... More
Seoul hotel provides guests with NFC keys
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G&D debuts white label mobile wallet
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has introduced SmartTrust Portigo, a three part white label mobile wallet solution “for NFC services and beyond” that includes:... More
NFC in Access Control webinar: See it now on NFC World
383 people registered to attend NFC World’s latest webinar — and participants gave it an overall rating of 4.2 out of five. More
RIM to manage Canadian NFC secure elements
The BlackBerry maker has been selected by Canadian carrier joint venture EnStream to handle secure credential management for SIMs used in both Android and Windows smartphones as well as its own BlackBerry NFC devices. More
HID Global reports on Silicon Valley NFC access control pilots
A survey of participants in trials conducted at the offices of Netflix and Good Technology has found that more than 80% saw the technology as intuitive and easy to use. More
Assa Abloy launches Seos mobile keys
The access control giant — owner of HID Global, Yale, Vingcard Elsafe and more — has unveiled a new platform that allows NFC phones to be used to replace mechanical keys and access cards in homes, hotels, offices, hospitals, universities and commercial buildings. More
HID launches employee ID platform that works with badges, tokens and NFC phones
“For the first time, customers will be able to provision and manage credentials over the air with the same ease and simplicity as downloading a song from a cloud-based music service,” says the employee ID giant. More
Kista Science City to host NFC access control pilot
Staff, researchers and students are to pilot test a system that allows keys to doors, meeting rooms and video conferencing facilities to be sent over the air to participants’ NFC phones. More
Villanova University tests new Ingersoll Rand mobile keys service
Students at the US university are using NFC-enabled mobile phones to gain access to dorms, academic buildings and administrative offices. More
GSMA showcases mobile keys
The GSM Association has produced a video introduction to NFC mobile keys that shows how the technology can bring benefits beyond those offered by traditional keys... More
HID reports results of NFC pilot at Arizona State University
The access control specialist’s NFC campus pilot is now complete, all participants are reporting positive results and a video showing the system in action has been produced. More
OpenWays offers NFC room keys
OpenWays has unveiled a contactless hotel door key solution that works with both NFC and standard mobile phones... More
Melexis puts NFC in cars
Semiconductor maker Melexis has launched an NFC transceiver chip designed and rated for use in the automotive market... More
NFC car key shown at CES
Automotive components manufacturer Continental has been showing its NFC mobile car key at the CES in Las Vegas this week... More
Verizon demos NFC for retailers
Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent are demonstrating a range of mobile solutions for retailers at the CES show this week, including an NFC solution that enables a consumer to collect a coupon with their NFC device and then redeem it at an interactive Virtual Personal Stylist (VPS) kiosk... More
Toulouse tests NFC car tech
Regional government workers in France are taking part in a pilot test of NFC car key technology... More
Conti shows NFC car keys
Auto components manufacturer Continental demonstrated its NFC car key concept at last month’s IAA Motor Show in Frankfurt... More
NFC ID badges to arrive on BlackBerry phones
BlackBerry NFC phone users are set to be the first to use their mobile instead of their work ID badge to access buildings and other physical and online facilities, RIM and ID card giant HID Global have revealed. More
SK Telecom launches SIM cards that add NFC to existing phones
The ‘NFC on USIM’ cards support card emulation and tag read/write functions and are expected to cost in the region of US$30-40 each. Peer-to-peer support will be added towards the end of 2011. More
Arizona State University tests NFC
Some 80% of participants in the access control pilot say that using a smartphone to unlock a door is just as convenient as using their campus ID card and almost all are interested in using their NFC phone to make payments and access other services. More
