A new range of contactless stickers, designed to be attached to the back of a mobile phone, have been certified by MasterCard and Discover Financial Services... More
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Inside Contactless to acquire Atmel’s secure microcontroller business
Inside Contactless has agreed to acquire Atmel‘s Secure Microcontroller Solutions (SMS) business, based in Rousset, France and East Kilbride, UK... More
TazTag’s stand-alone NFC device to hit the market by the end of 2010
TazCard, a stand-alone NFC device which communicates via USB and Zigbee instead of a mobile network connection, is set to launch by the end of 2010 with a target price of €150 — and a very different approach to building NFC ecosystems. More
NXP and Trusted Logic release open source Android NFC API
NXP and Trusted Logic have released an open source NFC Android API designed to work with a second generation NFC Android stack developed by the two companies which, they say, “provides a complete integration into the Android framework, comparable to the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi services already integrated in Android.”... More
Inside Contactless to make Open NFC source code and API available on Sourceforge.net
Developers looking to create NFC solutions and devices will now be able to download the company’s NFC protocol stack for Android, MeeGo, Linux and Windows Mobile phones from the Sourceforge free open source software website. More
Innovision opens online store for NFC tags
Innovision Research & Technology has launched BuyNFC.com, an online store for NFC application developers and consumers looking to purchase NFC tags... More
Gizmodo takes apart ‘the next iPhone’ — could it have NFC?
Gadget blog Gizmodo has got its hands on what appears to be an early version of the next iPhone, expected to be released later this year... More
Netribe is a platform, not a phone, says Sagem Wireless
The new Sagem Netribe which we reported on earlier this week is not a specific phone, Sagem Wireless has now told NFC World... More
Cassis opens up for business in the Americas, sees NFC market opportunities in Canada and US
Singapore-based trusted service management (TSM) specialist Cassis International has opened an office in New York, giving it a foothold in the American market for the first time... More
Sagem Wireless unveils NFC-enabled Android phone
UPDATED The Netribe is a touchscreen Android tablet phone that includes near field communication, biometrics and ‘brand-specific industrial design’, suggesting that, as with the company’s Puma phone, brands will be able to customise it to their needs. More
Finalists announced for 2010 NFC Forum Global Competition
The NFC Forum has announced the twenty finalists for its 2010 Global Competition... More
Alcatel-Lucent introduces turnkey pay-as-you-go mobile wallet platform for operators
The new Mobile Wallet Service is a software-as-a-service platform for mobile network operators that combines proximity payments, mobile marketing, ticketing, international remittances, P2P funds transfer and mcommerce services. More
NBS adds NFC to its UbiQ card personalisation system
Card personalization and secure ID specialist NBS Technologies has added NFC capability to its UbiQPersoMaster personalisation software suite... More
Eastcompeace to offer RF SIM cards
Chinese SIM and smart card supplier Eastcompeace has announced that its RF SIM card has now been certified by the Ministry of Information Industry’s IC Card Quality Supervision Center... More
Could PayPal bump NFC’s P2P ambitions into touch?
A new technology from US start-up Bump, which lets consumers use phones equipped with accelerometers to make peer-to-peer payments and share images or contact details, has been adopted by PayPal for its new Send Money service. More
Ericsson Labs adds QR code support to NFC and RFID tag developer tool
Ericsson Labs has upgraded Tag Tool, the set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags first launched in November 2009... More
Tyfone to launch MicroSD NFC solution in second half of 2010
Pre-production test runs of its SideTap microSD format NFC solution have now been successfully completed, says Tyfone, and volume production will begin during the second half of this year. More
UPM Raflatac and Hansaprint relaunch NFC tag personalization portal
NFC and RFID tag supplier UPM Raflatac and printing group Hansaprint have relaunched TagAge, an online portal that enables customers to create and purchase customized NFC-enabled print products such as smart posters, tickets, labels and business cards... More
Vivotech picks Zapa for European TSM services
Vivotech has selected Zapa Technology as its preferred partner for managed Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services in Europe... 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