Samsung has announced it will bring its NFC-enabled Nexus S smart phone to the Indian market, according to Mobiletor.com. The Nexus S, which operates on Google’s Android 2.3 “Gingerbread,” was initially released December 2010 in the U.S. and the UK. The handset, manufactured in collaboration with Google, features a 4″ curved LCD touchscreen, 1 GHz […]

Reach Media Group (RMG) is partnering with Blue Bite to bring NFC technology to 75,000 of RMG’s digital out-of-home (DOOH) screens in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston, according to ReadWrite Mobile. RMG’s NFC-enabled digital screens, which will be deployed in malls, theaters, bars, clubs, gyms, airplanes, taxis, etc. later this year, […]

Berg Insight AB has released a new report forecasting a drastic increase in NFC handsets shipped – from less than two million units in 2010 to 400 million units in 2015. According to Berg, starting in the second half of 2011, more handsets supporting NFC will be used for applications such as information exchange, electronic […]

Hypercom Corporation has announced the launch of its next generation M5000 mobile payment terminal with PCI PTS 2.1 security certification. The new M5000 is a handheld mobile payment system with an integrated contactless reader that lets merchants accept any type of card payment anywhere, anytime. Initially supporting GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity, the first M5000 configurations […]

Juniper Research has released a new report predicting that the number of people worldwide using their mobile devices as travel tickets on metros, subways and buses will reach 500 million by 2015 – a fivefold increase over last year. Concentrated mainly in Japan and in several European countries, mobile ticketing is expected to “spread widely” […]

Ingenico has received certification for its contactless mobile payment solutions from Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, France’s national interbank network. GIE Cartes Bancaires issued a bulletin concerning the deployment of contactless payment solutions, taking into account the specifications used in the mobile payment experiments “Payez Mobile” in the cities of Caen, Strasbourg and Nice. All registered […]

Apple is holding off until September to launch their next generation iPhone, sources close to Apple’s supply chain told Reuters. Rumored to be NFC-equipped, the iPhone 5 will feature a faster processor, camera module from Largan Precision, touchscreen panel from Wintek Corp and a new case from Foxconn Technology. The sources say the iPhone 5 […]

The Handheld Group has announced it will supply Netherlands Railways (NS) with more than 10,000 rugged handheld ticketing terminals, 6,000 of which will be the Nautiz eTicket Pro for contactless ticketing. The Nautiz eTicket Pro rugged PDA, designed specifically for payment transactions and validations in the public transportation market, features an integrated smart card reader […]

Tyfone has unveiled its new mobile banking solution, offering NFC contactless payments, multi-factor ID authentication management and multiple new banking features all on the same platform. Built on the company’s u4ia mobile financial services platform, the solution is designed to provide banks with a “multi-faceted roadmap” for offering comprehensive digital wallet and payment services, says […]

Juniper Research has released a new report projecting North America as the top NFC market in five years, according to Internet Retailer. According to Juniper’s report, The NFC Briefing 2011-2016, there will be approximately $113 billion made in NFC transactions worldwide in 2016. Of that sum, North America will account for $47 billion, or 41.6% […]