NXP has updated its PN547 NFC controller‘s firmware and middleware to provide enhanced support for host card emulation (HCE) transactions... More
NXP updates NFC controller for HCE
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LitePoint offers NFC testing
US-based wireless test solutions provider LitePoint has introduced a test system designed to measure and verify the physical layer performance of NFC devices in a high-volume manufacturing environment... More
Visa: HCE will drive innovation in payments
“We’ve seen this as a vehicle for innovation for financial institutions, for merchants, for others who want to enable payment using the mobile device,” Visa‘s Sam Shrauger has explained at MWC 2014, just a few days after the payment network announced its adoption of host card emulation (HCE) for NFC and QR payments... More
Broadcom introduces low cost, low power NFC chips for smartphones and wearables
Chip maker Broadcom has unveiled a new generation of NFC controllers that reduce power consumption by 60%, lower the total cost for device manufacturers by 35% and cut antenna size by 50% — making them practical for use in both NFC phones and wearables... More
Mahindra opens NFC test lab
An NFC test lab has been opened in Bangalore, India by Tech Mahindra... More
NXP offers prizes to NFC devs
NXP has teamed up with Microsoft, Lenovo and Identive to run an NFC Windows Application Contest... More
Proxama and Cryptomathic team up for HCE payments
NFC specialist Proxama has partnered with security provider Cryptomathic to launch EMV Tokenised Transaction (EMV-TT), a mobile contactless payments solution that leverages host card emulation (HCE) technology... More
Fujitsu develops glove with NFC and gesture recognition
A new glove-style wearable device that combines an NFC tag reader, gyro sensor and accelerometer is to be demonstrated by Fujitsu Laboratories at Mobile World Congress 2014... More
ST offers NFC kit for IoT
STMicroelectronics is introducing a kit for developers interested in using its M24SR dynamic NFC tags for internet of things applications... More
Fira de Barcelona to use NFC and QR to speed up food service
Visitors attending events at the Mobile World Congress venue will soon be able to place food orders and make payments using a mobile app, and then check in to restaurants via NFC or QR... More
NFC Forum and SDA to promote NFC in memory cards
The SD Association (SDA), the organisation responsible for setting memory card standards, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the NFC Forum “to jointly educate the market and help build the ecosystem for NFC among users of smartSD memory cards”... More
W3C publishes draft NFC API
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published a draft specification for an NFC API that will provide web developers with a standard way to access the NFC functionality on an NFC-enabled device... More
Thinfilm to buy Kovio’s NFC tech
Printed electronics specialist Thinfilm has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Kovio’s printed NFC tag technology... More
MasterCard and Samsung introduce embedded NFC payments
Customers of Commonwealth Bank of Australia with a Samsung Galaxy S4 can make payments using a secure element embedded in their mobile phone today, and banks in Turkey, Russia and the Ukraine are due to begin offering the solution in the first quarter of 2014. More
Qualcomm announces 4G Snapdragon chipsets with NFC
Qualcomm has introduced a 4G LTE chipset that is designed to be used in smartphones costing under US$150 and includes support for NFC... More
China Mobile buys Fime test kit
Mobile network operator China Mobile is using Fime’s EMV contactless analogue test bench for product testing... More
Jewellery maker adds NFC
Danish jewellery designer Shamballa Jewels is to add an NFC and QR-based anti-counterfeiting solution to all its products from next year... More
UL offers GSMA NFC testing
UL is now able to test NFC functionality for mobile network operators and handset manufacturers in accordance with the GSMA’s newly developed GSMA Handset Test Book (PDF)... More
White paper details low cost option for adding two-way NFC to electronic devices
“NFiC: A new, economical way to make a device NFC-compliant” has been produced by analog chip specialists AMS and is designed to help device makers understand the full range of options now available for adding NFC functionality to electronic products of all types. More
Apple patent reignites iPhone NFC hopes
A newly published patent application shows that Apple has been working on ways to combine the fingerprint verification technology it acquired in July 2012 with NFC — and may also be eyeing a variation of NFC that uses “body coupled communications”... More