StumbleUpon, the Web discovery platform, has announced that it will add NFC sharing capabilities to its mobile app on Android 4.0 devices. According to TechCrunch, the app will leverage Android Beam, Android 4.0’s built in sharing feature, enabling users to share their StumbleUpon discoveries by tapping their phones together. StumbleUpon currently boasts 20 million registered […]

NXP Semiconductors has unveiled its newest flagship NFC solution, the PN547 next-generation radio controller for 4G mobile handsets. As successor to NXP’s PN544 controller, the new PN547 offers doubled RF range, a 50% smaller footprint, a five-times improvement in wireless data throughput and a 50% lower power consumption. According to NXP, the PN547 works with […]

Visa Inc. and Intel Corporation have announced a multi-device, multi-year agreement to develop mobile commerce solutions for Intel’s smart phones and tablets. During a press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the companies outlined plans to bring Visa payWave NFC payments to Intel Atom-based smart phones and tablets, including the Intel Smartphone Reference Device, […]

VeriFone Systems unveiled its new PAYMEDIA Universal Acceptance Platform, a suite of services and software that enables mobile network operators to manage mobile wallet acceptance at the point of sale. Designed to close the loop between mobile wallet providers and merchants, PAYMEDIA gives mobile network operators and wallet providers the ability to download wallet acceptance […]

Morpho is offering a new SIM card solution that can turn any mobile phone into an NFC-enabled handset. The first of its kind to hit the market, the solution brings NFC functionality – e.g., payments, ticketing, peer-to-peer data transfer, etc. – to any legacy handset by simply swapping out your old SIM card for a […]

Oberthur Technologies announced that it will integrate Interop Technologies’ CDMA Over-the-Air provisioning platform into its broader Over-the-Air management solution in order to serve CDMA wireless network operators worldwide. Oberthur supports GSM operators with its Application Loader and Management solution, a SIM Over-the-Air management platform deployed in 2G and 3G networks. By adding Interop’s CDMA solution […]

Intel has selected Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to provide lifecycle management of the embedded secure elements within Intel’s newly announced Smartphone Reference Device. As per the agreement, G&D will provide Intel with its SEI-Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution, which enables G&D to administer “over-the-air” partitioning and key management of the embedded secure element within Intel’s […]

Gemalto and Sony Corporation have announced that the pair will offer integrated FeliCa/near field communication solutions worldwide. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate Sony’s FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012. According to Gemalto, the UpTeq NFC SIM enables mobile operators to securely install additional applications from new service […]

Nearly half of all United Nations (U.N.) member states are now issuing biometric e-passports, according to the newest data from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the U.N. agency that oversees international air travel. ICAO, which held its 20th TAG/MRTD meeting in September, reports that 93 out of 193 U.N. member states now issue e-passports, […]

DeviceFidelity announced that its In2Pay iCaisse4 has become the first NFC payments solution for iPhone to be certified for commercial deployment with MasterCard Mobile PayPass. The iCaisse4, a protective case for the iPhone 4/4S that enables NFC via microSD, can now be issued by banks or wireless operators in conjunction with MasterCard certified mobile wallet […]