NXP Semiconductors’ CEO Richard Clemmer says the company expects to double its sales of NFC chips through 2012 and 2013, thanks to its involvement in the Google Wallet project, according to Totaltele.com. Google chose NXP to provide the NFC chips for its new Wallet service, which will enable Android users to make mobile contactless payments […]

Barclaycard has come out with a new TV ad campaign for its Quick Tap contactless mobile payment service with Orange, reports Marketingmagazine.co.uk. The new promotion is a slightly different take on Barclaycard’s other ‘rollercoaster’ advert, in which the mobile phone is substituted for a contactless credit card. Unveiled last month, Quick Tap allows UK consumers […]

ASSA ABLOY, Nordic Choice Hotels, Giesecke & Devrient, TeliaSonera and VingCard Elsafe have completed a pilot project to replace hotel room keys with NFC-enabled mobile phones. During an eight-month pilot at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm in Sweden, about 30 hotel loyalty guests checked in to the hotel via a mobile key application. After the check-in, […]

Verdasys announced Enterprise Information Protection Mobile for its smart phone and tablet customers. New Enterprise Information Protection applications are on tap as well for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone platforms. Verdasys plans to roll out its Enterprise Information Protection Mobile solution in phases so that it can deliver email security now, and virtualization security […]

Juniper Research has released a new report predicting that NFC mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly $50 billion worldwide by 2014, with North America and Western Europe accounting for 50% of the market. The research company sees 2011 and 2012 as “banner years” for the roll out of NFC services, with the recent UK […]

From the bag phone, to the brick phone to the flip phone, the mobile phone has evolved quite a bit in the last 25 years. The overarching trend had been toward smaller and smaller devices, but this preoccupation with size seems to have reached a plateau. The focus now is squarely on adding capabilities. For […]

SCM Microsystems has announced the launch of its SCM3712 NFC reader module, a compact add-on designed to enable NFC functionality for a wide range of commercial devices, such as handheld card readers, POS terminals and vending machines. According to SCM, the reader module plugs into an existing device via USB to make it NFC ready […]

Automated transaction systems provider JCM Global and Techfirm, a developer of contactless mobile phone applications, are teaming up to develop a mobile payments solution for bill validators. The partners have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a system that will enable consumers to use their mobile phones to make contactless purchases at automated […]

The army is starting to test smart phones that could be used in combat in lieu of bulkier equipment. Apple and Android smart phones will be tested to see if they can withstand the rigors of combat, and can perform as effectively as current equipment. There are many applications the military wants to use, but […]

Telecom service provider Elephant Talk is launching a mobile wallet platform that will help Apple, Google, Isis and other companies manage the billions of transactions made over their forthcoming mobile payments services, reports Seeking Alpha. Due out later this year, the plug-and-play service will feature fully-integrated NFC technology, allowing mobile operators to offer contactless mobile […]