Orange is teaming up with Barclaycard to deliver the UK’s first commercial contactless mobile payments service. Set to launch early this summer, the service will be available to customers of Everything Everywhere, the mobile network formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile. In order to use the new service, customers must have a Barclaycard […]

Proxama, a UK-based developer of mobile contactless payments and NFC technology, has announced the acquisition of proximity marketing specialist Hypertag, also from the UK. According to Proxama, Hypertag will become a division of Proxama focused on delivering proximity marketing campaigns for international brands such as Nokia, Ford, O2 and BP. It will also add NFC […]

Apple is planning to launch NFC mobile payment for the iPhone and iPad as early as mid-2011, according to Bloomberg. Richard Doherty, director of consulting firm Envisioneering Group, told Bloomberg that the next iPhone and iPad 2, both due to launch later this year, are expected to feature embedded NFC chips that will allow users […]

NXP Semiconductors has launched its new NXP Android application, allowing engineers to search, buy and share information on over 10,000 products from NXP’s High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Products portfolio. With the free app, engineers can browse and search NXP’s product database by product function, application area and part numbers to get product specifications, […]

Giesecke & Devrient announced that its Over-the-Air (OTA) SmartTrust DP platform now offers advanced SIM and mobile device management for handsets on LTE networks. According to G&D, the expanded SmartTrust platform now provides mobile operators with a common, single platform for managing subscriber equipment regardless of network technology. SmartTrust DP gives the choice of IP […]

Starbucks is rolling out a new mobile payment service that allows customers to load credit onto their smart phones to pay for drinks, according to FoneHome.co.uk. Available to iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry users in the U.S., the Starbucks Mobile app requires customers to enter their Starbucks Card number, which can be loaded with credit […]

LG Electronics is expected to launch a new mass-market NFC-enabled handset next month at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, according to Korea’s ETnews. LG’s “Pecan” should hit the market at under $200, and will run on Android 2.2, rather than the NFC-ready Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. LG comments to ETnews: “Though the Pecan […]

SOFTBANK MOBILE has chosen Gemalto to provide NFC technology for the latest mobile contactless payment trial in Japan. The trial will enable some of SOFTBANK’s customers to use their mobile phone for contactless payments in convenience stores, fast-food restaurants and theaters. The program also offers users the option of performing NFC transactions from two credit […]

RSA says that as SMS messages are used more as a second factor of authentication for online access hackers will begin targeting them more, according to a news report in ZDNet Australia. Denial of service, SMS forwarding are all possible ways hackers can get around the systems. There is also the possibility that phones can […]

The first NFC apps for Android phones are beginning to appear following Google’s launch of the NFC-friendly Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and the new NFC-enabled Nexus S handset, according to nexus404.com. First, there’s EnableTable, a customer loyalty app that lets restaurants offer discounts to customers. The U.S. developed app uses NFC to keep track of […]