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
05 Nov, 2008Intermarche selects Hypercom for Payez mobile trial
Hypercom Corp. announced that Intermarche, one of France’s top retailers with almost 1,500 retail outlets, has installed Hypercom’s Wymix PIN pad with contactless reader as part of the Payez Mobile trial for NFC payments in two test sales outlets in Caen and Strasbourg. The Payez Mobile trial was launched a year ago by seven banks […]
04 Nov, 2008NFC Forum names new leaders
The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association advancing the use of near field communication technology, has elected Koichi Tagawa, Sony’s general manager of the global standards and industry relations department for FeliCa, as the forum’s new chairman. The organization also named Simon Pugh, group head of MasterCard’s Center of Excellence for Mobile, as its vice […]
04 Nov, 2008LG Electronics demonstrates new NFC phone at CARTES
LG Electronics has developed an NFC-enabled phone using a system-on-chip from STMicroelectronics. The KU380-NFC phone with ST’s ST21NFCA chip features MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment capabilities enabled by a (U)SIM card, as well as contactless reader functions. The KU380-NFC phone, which is among the first NFC-enabled handsets, supports applications running either on the terminal processor or […]
04 Nov, 2008Renesas expands MIFARE contactless technology license with NXP
NXP, a semiconductor company initially founded by Philips, and microcontroller manufacturer Renesas Technology Corp. announced they have expanded the licensing agreement on NXP’s MIFARE technology, aiming to build momentum for the availability of advanced payment and Near Field Communication offerings in contactless infrastructures. As a historical MIFARE licensee, Renesas now has further access to NXP’s […]
04 Nov, 2008Oberthur top winner in Sesames awards
Oberthur Technologies was the only two-category winner in this year’s Sesames Awards, repeating its successes from 2007 when it also gathered in two honors. The awards, which represent innovations in the smart card and ID industry, were presented during the opening of the CARTES and IDentification show in Paris. There were 35 finalists in the […]
03 Nov, 2008NFC Forum announces new Global Competition contest
Got a cool or innovative near field communication application? If so, the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association seeking to advance the use of NFC technology, wants to hear from you. It has announced a call for entries for its 2009 Global Competition, which is looking for the best NFC product and the most innovative […]
31 Oct, 2008NXP to roll out MIFARE4Mobile APIs to ease NFC adoptions
NXP Semiconductors says within the next few months it will launch its MIFARE4Mobile Application Programming Interfaces specifications which will manage MIFARE-based applications in mobile devices. This new specification will provide mobile network operators and service providers with an interoperable programming interface for NFC-enabled phones. The MIFARE4Mobile will manage MIFARE applications from their over-the-air installation to […]
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