NXP Semiconductors and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are jointly presenting seven technological papers at the 2007 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), a forum for the presentation of microelectronic advances. Among the new technology presented by NXP-TSMC Research Center is a new embedded memory technology with superior performance, up to 1000 times faster than traditional […]

The Near Field Communication (NFC) Innovation Awards,created by Innovision R&T, are making some university students quite happy. The company launched the competition to find the most innovative uses of NFC enabled phones to efficiently encode RFID tags while only using 96 bytes of memory. Although the competition was open to both university students and business […]

Nokia is developing a phone that will utilize NFC technology, but not in the way normally thought of. The company is looking for “new ways to help us all reduce our environmental footprint.” To meet this goal, the Nokia Research Center supported by Nokia designers conceived the Nokia Eco Sensor Concept. The visionary design concept […]

EM Microelectronic, a semiconductor company of the Swatch Group, recently became an associate member of the Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum. EM Microelectronic is involved in developing RFID circuitry that is capable of being used in several areas within NFC. With its roots in the watchmaking industry, EM already has a track record in the […]

Nokia’s venture capital organization has invested US$38 million (EUR$25 million) in INSIDE Contactless. The move is another major endorsement of NFC’s potential from Nokia and the VC markets (Nokia previously invested in ViVOtech’s Series B and C rounds). The money is earmarked for accelerating international presence and broadening the company’s product portfolio. Nokia Growth Partners […]

This could long complicate the introduction of any commercial deployment of NFC. Mobile network operators say they will derive POS payment revenue chiefly from consumer transaction fees. According to recently released research conducted by Aite Group, LLC, 83% of carriers responding to an October survey indicated per-transaction fees charged to users are the most likely […]

Manuel Albers, Director, Regional Marketing Americas, Identification, NXP Semiconductors Near Field Communication (NFC) has been steadfastly moving towards mainstream since its inception in 2002. In the US, expect 2008 to be the year that NFC breaks out and changes the way consumers live, work and pay. Here’s what to look for in the coming months… […]

Vibo Telecom, one of the five operators of 3G mobile communication services in Taiwan, recently launched the V-Tone + EasyCard, a NFC (Near Field Communication) contactless payment service for transportation fares through 3G handsets. In early 2007, Vibo launched the V-Tone card, a thin-film USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) for combined use with another USIM […]

O2 today announced the launch of the UK’s first large scale pilot of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology on mobile phones. The trial of the O2 Wallet® paves the way for the mass market use of mobile phones to pay for purchases, access events or even be used as Oyster cards for travel around London, […]

The Royal Bank of Scotland announces plans to become the first British Bank to pioneer mobile phone debit payments in the UK using Maestro PayPass. The Royal Bank of Scotland plans to try the service internally at its headquarters in Edinburgh until the end of 2007 before starting public trials next year. Paul Geddes, Chief […]