Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
14 Feb, 2011Turkish bank taps VeriFone for NFC payments rollout
VeriFone Systems has announced that its contactless payment acceptance system has been chosen by Garanti Bank of Turkey for its nationwide integrated NFC SIM mobile payment program. Garanti and Turkish mobile network operator Avea recently moved from pilot phase to commercial availability of their system, which uses NFC-enabled SIM cards to turn existing mobile phones […]
14 Feb, 2011Orange adds Samsung Wave 578 to NFC line-up
Orange has announced plans to offer Samsung’s new NFC-enabled Wave 578 in certain European markets this year. Orange says the Samsung handset will be launched in Spain, Poland and France from Q2 this year. The French telecom expects that by the end of 2011 more than half of all new smart phone models to be […]
14 Feb, 2011Accells, Fundamo bringing NFC payment services to emerging markets worldwide
Contactless network provider accells has announced a partnership with mobile financial service provider Fundamo to bring NFC retail payment and other point of sales services to emerging markets. The partners say they will leverage Fundamo’s 50 existing mobile financial service deployments across more than 40 countries worldwide for the NFC rollout, including 27 countries in […]
11 Feb, 2011DeviceFidelity to debut In2Pay V3 at MWC
DeviceFidelity has announced that it will demonstrate the newest version of its In2Pay technology for iPhone 4 at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. The In2Pay V3 solution comprises an NFC-enabled protective case (called the iCaisse 4) with microSD slot that transforms the iPhone4 into a mobile wallet, as well as delivers additional NFC […]
11 Feb, 2011Vodafone bringing Nexus S to 24 countries worldwide
Vodafone has announced that it will soon offer the NFC-enabled Nexus S handsets in 24 countries. Designed by Google and manufactured by Samsung, the Nexus S is the world’s first handset to be powered by the Android 2.3 platform. It features a 4-inch display, 1GHz processor, 5MP camera with HD video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, […]
10 Feb, 2011CASSIS, Atos Worldline bringing NFC solutions to Europe
Singapore-based CASSIS is partnering with Atos Worldline, the electronic transactions division of IT service provider Atos Origins, to deploy NFC services in Europe. The partners say they aim to implement NFC solutions enabling banks, public transport operators and telecoms to deploy secure contactless applications for payments, transport season tickets, loyalty cards, authentication and more. “This […]
10 Feb, 2011Google upgrades Android 2.3 for more NFC apps
Google is upgrading its Android 2.3.3 SDK platform to enable developers more options in creating NFC apps. Announced via the Android developers blog, the new features of Android 2.3.3 include: A comprehensive NFC reader/writer API that lets apps read and write to almost any standard NFC tag in use today. Advanced Intent dispatching that gives […]
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