I like to see when banks start to get involved and concerned about new technology. It’s a sure sign that NFC technology may eventually become mainstream. This news update come to us from American Banker and Source Media’s Will Hernandez . As Always- Read it. Enjoy it. Share it… Mobile-payment proponents let out a collective sigh when [...]
Google has launched its first version of the Google Wallet app to Sprint, a significant step in the implementation of near field communication (NFC) technology. With NFC, users can simply pay for goods by waving their NFC phone in front of a contactless payment scanner. In other words, NFC allows for simplified transactions, data exchange, [...]
By Sarah Clark | September 6th, 2011 @ NFCWorld.com The nurses use their NFC phones to track and manage home healthcare visits, in one of the world’s longest established commercial NFC services. NEDAP: Home health care tracking solution is one of the earliest commercial NFC systems More than 50,000 care workers in the Netherlands are [...]
By Sarah Clark Reporting for NFCWorld.com Google has been field testing its NFC payments service with a large group of users since late May and, from later this summer, anyone with a Nexus S 4G and a Sprint contract will be able to use their phone to make mobile payments at merchants that accept MasterCard [...]
Written by Gareth Halfacree on 29 August, 2011 Reported at NFCNews.com In a desperate attempt to rekindle interest in its products and to avoid becoming just another Windows Phone box-shifter, Nokia has announced that it will be including NFC technology in all its future products. NFC – Near Field Communications – chips allow short-range two-way [...]
“We believe the year ended with the overall industry achieving about a 10% attach rate of NFC solutions to the 445m smartphones shipped in 2011, albeit below our original expectations of about a 16% attach rate,” the chip maker’s CEO has told analysts during an earnings call for its end of year financial results.
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Mobile phone chip leader Arm is working with Proxama to create secure future payment mechanisms for mobile handsets, the UK-based NFC specialist has announced. The two companies are working together to integrate Arm’s TrustZone technology, which creates…
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Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is preparing to launch a massive NFC payments pilot in Salt Lake City this summer, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.
The pilot, which will also be conducted in Austin, Tex., represents a major push by the U.S. payments industry to get customers and merchants to adopt mobile payments and smart cards.
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The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has published a white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology.
“One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones with a solid mobile strategy,” said Transportation Council Chairman Craig Roberts. “This white paper builds on the knowledge base developed in earlier white papers to foster a greater understanding of NFC technology, explain its role in the transit industry, and shed light on key issues facing the transit industry in developing a mobile strategy.”
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A white paper designed to show how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology has been published by the Smart Card Alliance. “One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how…
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Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of a SIM-based NFC road toll payment application on the Turkcell T11 smart phone.
Developed in collaboration with Bank Asya, the app allows users to migrate their plastic KGS toll payment cards onto their T11 smart phone to pay for fares when crossing bridges and freeway turnpikes.
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A campaign for travel app HotelTonight, which combined promotional videos shown on digital screens with the ability to download the app via NFC, QR code, Bluetooth or WiFi, saw a small but promising number of interactions via NFC, says the mobile marketing platform provider.
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Exclusive to Sprint since its launch in 2011, Google Wallet is now being offered on Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones from AT&T and Verizon, according to BriefMobile.
Verizon had originally blocked Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus – presumably out of defense of its own NFC payments joint venture Isis with AT&T and T-Mobile. But now it appears the Isis folks have changed their mind, as the Android Market site is now telling AT&T and Verizon customers that Google Wallet is compatible with their Galaxy Nexus phones.
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Two movie theatres in Sydney, Australia are pilot testing QkR, a mobile app that lets customers place orders on their smartphone via NFC or QR codes and then have their order delivered to their seat.
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