MasterCard Worldwide is launching a trial of its contactless payment technology in Australia during the MasterCard Masters golf tournament, but instead of using a traditional contactless card, the MasterCard® PayPass™ will be on a mobile phone. In conjunction with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the MasterCard PayPass mobile phone trial will include a free giveaway […]

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has joined the race to allow shoppers to buy anything from snacks to sports tickets with just a flash of their mobile phone. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is vying with the National Australia Bank to be among the first Australian financial services firms to offer NFC-enabled contactless payment technology […]

A new Sony Ericsson patent application shows an innovative method of transferring files between mobile phones. The “portable device with short range communication function” patent offers a “simplified procedure” for sending and receiving data using a drag and drop interface on a mobile phone. Rather than go through the process of selecting Bluetooth as the […]

ChosenSecurity announced they will offer its customers SafeNet Hardware Security Modules smart cards and iKey tokens to protect their PKI infrastructures. The deal comes at a time when ChosenSecurity is rapidly building its product line and partner ecosystem in order to provide thousands of customers worldwide with an expanded range of options for using PKI […]

Innovision Research & Technology is making its unique Gem™ Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductor intellectual property (IP) available under an evaluation licensing program. This will enable semiconductor companies to develop NFC capability, either for stand-alone solutions or as part of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated NFC solutions. Industry first designed to open up NFC market to semiconductor […]

Establishing a new standard for consumer-based one-to-one marketing, ViVOtech is rolling out the commercial release of their ViVOplatform&rade; Smart Poster Management Software (VpSPm). VpSPm is a one-on-one mobile marketing software system that enables merchants to drive business through the creation, management, and delivery of personalized and context-sensitive information to consumers’ mobile phones. The platform allows […]

During CARTES, Infineon Technologies AG announced a 32-bit high-security flash microcontroller designed to bring a significant layer of security and convenience to mobile applications based on NFC (Near Field Communications). In addition to its extensive hardware security capability, the new NFC-enabled SIM card microcontroller combines a Single Wire Protocol (SWP) interface with contactless Mifare® technology. […]

Motorola announced that it has made an equity investment in ViVOtech. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Unlike other contactless technology offerings available on the mobile application market today, ViVOtech’s platform is designed for easy collaboration among issuers, mobile operators and technology providers to deliver the most intuitive and integrated consumer experience across […]

Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology has been chosen by Texas Instruments (TI) to deliver enhanced security as part of the TI RF360 next-generation, smart integrated circuit (IC) platform for government-issued electronic identification (e-ID) documents. Implementing Certicom’s ECC technology, TI can ensure long-term compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP800-78 key […]

NFC Forum Member Companies Innovision R&T, Mastercard International, NEXPERTS, Nokia, NXP, StoLPaN, Toppan Forms and USA Technologies are demonstrating NFC applications at the NFC Zone at Cartes 2007. According to research firm Frost & Sullivan, one third of all mobile phones will be NFC-equipped in a span of three to five years. In fact, at […]