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Battle Continues for Control of NFC Phones as Samsung Weighs in

Published: Mar 8 2013

MARCH 2013–At least two-thirds of NFC phones that shipped last year packed embedded secure chips and that share is expected to hold fast this year.

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Features

Vendor Groups Release Ticketing Specs While They Wait for Transit Officials to Move on Mobile NFC

Published: May 7 2013
By: 
Dan Balaban

The OSPT Alliance, a vendor group that seeks to challenge the dominance of Mifare in contactless transit ticketing, released a second version of its “mobile guidelines” Thursday, which it said would help transit authorities and transit operators to introduce mobile ticketing on NFC phones.

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NFC Social Marketing Panel Seeks to Shift Attention Away from Payment

Published: Feb 21 2013
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

Such nonpayment applications as marketing campaigns and loyalty programs are more likely to drive adoption of NFC than payments, panelists told attendees of a recent “NFC Goes Social” event in Boston, organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum's NFC Cluster.

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More Consumer Electronics to Incorporate NFC for Connectivity This Year

Published: Jan 14 2013
By: 
Dan Balaban

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – NFC technology this year is likely to make its way into a greater variety of consumer products, including televisions, DVD players, digital cameras, even an automatic vacuum cleaner, if demonstrations at last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are any indication.

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New NXP Tag Line Targets Advertisers and Other Markets

Published: Nov 13 2012
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

With its recent launch of a second-generation of tag products, NXP Semiconductors hopes to tap into what it sees as increasing demand by advertisers for data analytics on prospective customers.

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Checking Labels: The Wine Authentication App that Also Promotes the Brand

Published: Nov 5 2012
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

NFC technology companies have promoted the idea of using NFC tags to foil counterfeiters of luxury goods for some time.

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NFC Industry Veteran Offers Targeted Ad Opportunity While Waging War on Waiting

Published: Aug 29 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

U.S.-based Narian Technologies has expanded its NFC app designed to reduce wait times for consumers in stores, restaurants and other retail establishments to also support targeted advertising and offers.

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MicroSDs: After Two Years of Trials, Questions Remain About Marketability

Published: Aug 21 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

Bank of America has not yet tipped its hand about how it plans to roll out mobile payment in the U.S., but it is unlikely to use microSD cards–that is, if a recent evaluation of the technology by a bank representative is any guide.

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Orange to Roll Out NFC SIMs as it Tries to Seed French Market

Published: Jun 26 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

French mobile operators have announced they will more than double the number of NFC-enabled phones rolled out to subscribers by the end of 2012, to 2.5 million, the most of any country in Europe, they predict.

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NFC Marks Multiply as Doubts Persist over NFC Forum Touchpoint Icon

Published: Apr 25 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

Even as the NFC Forum attempts to broaden the reach of its NFC touchpoint symbol, known as the N-Mark, rival marks are surfacing, threatening to present consumers with a fragmented array of NFC icons as the technology rolls out.

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Headline News

Taxis in Major U.S. Cities to Get NFC-Enabled Video Ads

Published: May 16 2013

Riders in 5,000 taxicabs in the U.S. would be able to tap on NFC tags on video advertising screens to download apps, brand information, coupons, maps, music and videos, according to technology suppliers that have equipped the taxis for potential advertising campaigns.

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Analyst: Banks Have More to Fear from Cloud-Based Technologies Than NFC

Published: May 13 2013

Banks have much more to fear from cloud-based mobile payment than from NFC, even if mobile operators control the secure elements that hold the banks’ payment applications.

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GSMA Proposes Global Standard for NFC-Enabled Loyalty and Couponing–Using SIM Cards

Published: May 9 2013
May 10 2013 (All day)

The GSMA mobile operator trade group is proposing a global standard for how point-of-sale terminals talk to NFC-enabled mobile wallets to enable consumers to redeem coupons and rewards.

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Taiwanese Bank Gets Approval for NFC-Enabled Credit Cards; Okay for Other Banks Expected

Published: May 9 2013

Taiwanese banking regulators, as expected, have approved the first bank to issue mobile credit cards that could be downloaded over the air to SIM cards.

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UK Retailer Marks & Spencer Sees Growing Use of Contactless

Published: May 7 2013

Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s largest retailers, announced today it had rolled out contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores and said 14% of its card transactions under £20 (US$30.97) are contactless.

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Identive Reports Growing NFC Business; Blames Flat Sales, Losses, on U.S. Budget Cuts

Published: May 3 2013

U.S.-based Identive Group reported growing NFC and smart card reader business, but fell back into the red during for the first quarter, a loss it largely blamed on U.S. federal government budget cuts.

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German Bank and Telco Hold Small NFC Trial; Larger Launches Planned in Country This Year

Published: May 2 2013

As Germany gears up for NFC, German bank Dortmunder Volksbank along with Telefónica (O2) Germany have launched a small pilot putting a credit application onto SIM cards in Western Germany.

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Cashless Technology Company Announces Rollout of Isis SmartTap on Vending Machines

Published: May 1 2013

Vending technology company USA Technologies plans to integrate the SmartTap mobile-commerce software into all of the company’s nearly 100,000 NFC-enabled terminals on vending machines nationwide.

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Vendor Group: NFC Secure Element Market to Grow by Two-Thirds This Year

Published: Apr 29 2013

Smart card vendor association Eurosmart has substantially increased its estimate for NFC secure element shipments for 2012–by 50% to 150 million units–and forecasts that secure element shipments will grow by another 67% in 2013 to 250 million units.

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Gemalto Reveals Some Details of MCX Deal; Vendor Will Earn Fees for Transactions

Published: Apr 25 2013

France-based smart card and security vendor Gemalto will operate the mobile-payment platform for U.S. merchant group MCX, earning a fee for every transaction, in addition to what appears to be a hosting fee it says is worth tens of millions.

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Inside Reports NFC Revenue Down Sharply in First Quarter; Some Recovery Expected in Q2

Published: Apr 25 2013

France-based chip supplier Inside Secure today reported a sharp decline in its revenue in the first quarter from its NFC chips, blaming the situation on excess inventories of NFC chips on hand by its main customer BlackBerry.

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Australian Supermarket Chain Sees Fast Take-Up of Contactless Payment

Published: Apr 25 2013

More than half of credit card transactions at Australian supermarket chain Coles are contactless, and the merchant hit the milestone just over six months after rolling out contactless terminals across its more than 700 supermarkets.

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Canada

Canada: Largest Bank, RBC, and major Telco Bell Plan NFC Commercial...
Canada’s largest bank and one of its three major mobile operators announced plans in May to commercially launch

Dortmund

Germany: Telco and Bank Launch Trial of PayPass Credit Applet; Larger...
The trial enables users to tap to pay with two NFC-enabled Android phones prov

Norway

Norway: Largest Telco and Bank Plan NFC Payment Launch
Norway’s largest telco and its biggest bank plan to launch NFC payment and the Valyou wallet commerc

Czech Republic

Czech Republic: Telefónica and GE Money Bank Launch NFC Payments...
Telefónica Czech Republic introduces its O2 Wallet with the launch of NFC services, which incl

Poland

Poland: T-Mobile to Roll Out NFC With Multiple Banks
T-Mobile launch of NFC commercially in Poland before the end of October, 2012, made
Poland: Orange Operator First to Announce NFC Commercial Launch
Orange Poland is rolling out a prepaid card, called Orange Cash, which is to be issued by BRE

Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Ore.

U.S.: Bank Launches Beta Test of microSDs with iPhone
U.S. Bank, the No. 5 commercial bank in the U.S.

Australia

Outdoor NFC Campaign Promotes Australian Launch of Zero Dark Thirty
The NFC-enabled outdoor campaign for the January 2013 release of the film Zero Dark Thirt

Sydney

Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing...
Trial is a prelude to a commercial launch, that might begin next year, according to Vodafone.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank and PCCW Plan NFC Commercial Launch
Credit card customers of Hang Seng Bank will be able to tap to pay with NFC-enabled phones from Samsu

Milan

Italy: Telecom Italia Launches Large NFC Trial; Likely a Prelude to...
The trial enables 1,000 users to make retail payments, pay for bus, tram, metro and train tickets, as well

Rome

Italy: Bank Launches Mobile-Payment Trial with Two Telcos and PayPass
Employees and customers of Italy’s BNL, part of France-based BNP Paribas group, will

Taipei

Taiwan: Taiwan’s No. 1 Telco To Trial SIM-based NFC Wallet
Chunghwa Telecom’s NFC wallet trial will test two payment applications and a Chunghwa T

United Kingdom

UK: Major UK Bank Launches Large M-Payment Trial with iPhone Attachment
UK bank NatWest has enabled 1,000 customers to tap to pay with its TouchPay service using a Visa payWave applicati

Paris

France: Merchant to Launch Large Tag-based Mobile-Shopping Trial
The project will enable participating shoppers to load products into a digital shopping basket on their smartphones by tapping the phones...
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Features Section

Vendor Groups Release Ticketing Specs While They Wait for Transit Officials to Move on Mobile NFC

Published: May 7 2013
By: 
Dan Balaban

The OSPT Alliance, a vendor group that seeks to challenge the dominance of Mifare in contactless transit ticketing, released a second version of its “mobile guidelines” Thursday, which it said would help transit authorities and transit operators to introduce mobile ticketing on NFC phones.

Read more »
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NFC Social Marketing Panel Seeks to Shift Attention Away from Payment

Published: Feb 21 2013
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

Such nonpayment applications as marketing campaigns and loyalty programs are more likely to drive adoption of NFC than payments, panelists told attendees of a recent “NFC Goes Social” event in Boston, organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum's NFC Cluster.

Read more »
TAGS:

More Consumer Electronics to Incorporate NFC for Connectivity This Year

Published: Jan 14 2013
By: 
Dan Balaban

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – NFC technology this year is likely to make its way into a greater variety of consumer products, including televisions, DVD players, digital cameras, even an automatic vacuum cleaner, if demonstrations at last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are any indication.

Read more »
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New NXP Tag Line Targets Advertisers and Other Markets

Published: Nov 13 2012
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

With its recent launch of a second-generation of tag products, NXP Semiconductors hopes to tap into what it sees as increasing demand by advertisers for data analytics on prospective customers.

Read more »
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Checking Labels: The Wine Authentication App that Also Promotes the Brand

Published: Nov 5 2012
By: 
Kiona Smith-Strickland

NFC technology companies have promoted the idea of using NFC tags to foil counterfeiters of luxury goods for some time.

Read more »
TAGS:

NFC Industry Veteran Offers Targeted Ad Opportunity While Waging War on Waiting

Published: Aug 29 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

U.S.-based Narian Technologies has expanded its NFC app designed to reduce wait times for consumers in stores, restaurants and other retail establishments to also support targeted advertising and offers.

Read more »
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MicroSDs: After Two Years of Trials, Questions Remain About Marketability

Published: Aug 21 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

Bank of America has not yet tipped its hand about how it plans to roll out mobile payment in the U.S., but it is unlikely to use microSD cards–that is, if a recent evaluation of the technology by a bank representative is any guide.

Read more »
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Orange to Roll Out NFC SIMs as it Tries to Seed French Market

Published: Jun 26 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

French mobile operators have announced they will more than double the number of NFC-enabled phones rolled out to subscribers by the end of 2012, to 2.5 million, the most of any country in Europe, they predict.

Read more »
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NFC Marks Multiply as Doubts Persist over NFC Forum Touchpoint Icon

Published: Apr 25 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

Even as the NFC Forum attempts to broaden the reach of its NFC touchpoint symbol, known as the N-Mark, rival marks are surfacing, threatening to present consumers with a fragmented array of NFC icons as the technology rolls out.

Read more »
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