XIUS, the mobile payments subsidiary of Megasoft, has signed a deal with TATA DoCoMo to deliver its NFC-based Mobile Touch Transaction (MTT) solutions for trials in India. According to XIUS, the MTT solution provides electronic talk time recharge, bill payment and other services using NFC technology through the use of its self-service terminals, called Active […]

T-Mobile, aka Deutsche Telekom, is planning to deliver NFC payments to Germany and Poland by the end of the year, says to Intomobile.com. T-Mobile is most likely going to choose the NFC-enabled Samsung Wave 578 to deploy in the two markets, which are currently under-equipped in terms of NFC supporting handsets, according to Intomobile. The […]

Research in Motion (RIM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie has revealed that the next generation of BlackBerry smart phones will feature built-in NFC chips, according to Marketnews.ca. Balsillie made the official announcement last week during his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, though leaked specs of several upcoming BalckBerry models confirming NFC have been out […]

Watchdata has announced that more than 2.5 million units of its SIMpass mobile proximity payment solution have been delivered in China. SIMpass is an NFC bridging solution for that enables a normal mobile phone to perform a variety of contactless functions, including payment, banking, loyalty and access control. According to Watchdata, there are now more […]

ISIS, the new mobile payments venture formed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced the recruitment of U.S. merchants, according to Digital Transaction News. ISIS’s head of sales Jim Stapleton told DTN that an unspecified number of merchants are now officially on board with the program, but declined to reveal any names as of yet. […]

DeviceFidelity has announced that its In2Pay microSD solution will be supported on a variety of new smart phones, including the Blackberry Tour 9630, the Android-based Samsung Epic 4G and the Samsung Fascinate, Mesmerize and Showcase models. DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay is a plug and play mobile contactless solution that transforms smart phones into interactive mobile payment devices. […]

France’s Twinlinx is demonstrating its MyMax NFC payment sticker at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, according to techradar.com. Introduced in France last year, MyMax gives any Bluetooth-enabled smart phone NFC functionality for a fraction of the cost of an NFC phone, allowing users to make contactless payments by simply slapping the £21 sticker […]

ID solutions provider Morpho has partnered with Simlink to launch a new key fob that equips any Wi-Fi enabled mobile phone with NFC technology. The key fob contains a Morpho NFC-enabled SIM card with a secure application that hooks up to a mobile phone via Wi-Fi technology provided by Simlink. “Equipped in this way, the […]

On Track Innovations has received the first order for its new contactless mobile payment product, COPNI. COPNI (Contactless Payment and NFC Insert) is an NFC add-on device that enables mobile network operators (MNOs) to support NFC functionality and contactless payment applications from major card associations and mass transit ticketing agencies. The solution also allows MNOs […]

GlobalPlatform, the organization which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has published a white paper that outlines the benefits of introducing and standardizing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) in mobile devices. The report, titled “The Trusted Execution Environment: Delivering Enhanced Security at a Lower Cost to the Mobile Market,” deals specifically with […]