Galitt, Applus+ LGAI Technological Center and RFI Global have all achieved GlobalPlatform qualified status, allowing them to test a product’s compliance to GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 UICC Configuration for the mobile services sector. GlobalPlatform, the organization which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has provided the quality stamp to the Galitt KaNest-ICC […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association for the advancement of NFC technology, announced that Google is joining the organization as a Principal member. CSR and Intel, formerly Associate Members, have also raised their membership status to the Principal level. Principal membership is the second-highest level of membership in the NFC Forum, with each Principal […]

Samsung has announced plans to introduce its new Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset with mobile payment technology from Visa. The handset will enable consumers at the London 2012 Summer Games to make contactless mobile payments at more than 60,000 merchant locations. To make payments, customers simply select the Visa mobile contactless application, select […]

NPO Deep Springs International is partnering with the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, Calif. to ensure the supply of clean drinking water in Haiti with NFC technology. In order to track chlorine levels in household drinking water, the partners are distributing water treatment kits with NFC technology to families in the most rural parts […]

Microsoft is said to be working on a version of its Windows Phone software that will enable mobile contactless payments via NFC, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Two anonymous people familiar with the plans told Bloomberg that the new operating system, Windows Phone 7, may make its debut on devices as early as this year. Microsoft […]

While the lack of near field communication handsets may be hampering widescale deployments of the payment technology, there are some companies carving a niche in supplying solutions that enable NFC payments on existing handsets. DeviceFidelity’s microSD solution is being used in the Bank of America pilot in New York, says Deepak Jain, co-founder, CEO and […]

Gemalto has introduced the a UICC-embedded software application compliant with Mobile MasterCard PayPass M/Chip 4, the new MasterCard specification for NFC mobile payments. Gemalto says this development could pave the way for mass commercial roll outs of NFC payment across the world. In the UK, Gemalto is already partnering with a global first-tier financial institution […]