Recent project updates
- Canada: Largest Bank, RBC, and major Telco Bell Plan NFC Commercial Launch, Canada
- Germany: Telco and Bank Launch Trial of PayPass Credit Applet; Larger Launches Expected, Dortmund
- Norway: Largest Telco and Bank Plan NFC Payment Launch, Norway
- Czech Republic: Telefónica and GE Money Bank Launch NFC Payments Service with PayPass, Czech Republic
- Poland: T-Mobile to Roll Out NFC With Multiple Banks, Poland
- Poland: Orange Operator First to Announce NFC Commercial Launch, Poland
- U.S.: Bank Launches Beta Test of microSDs with iPhone, Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Ore.
- Outdoor NFC Campaign Promotes Australian Launch of Zero Dark Thirty, Australia
- Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing Technology, Sydney
- Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank and PCCW Plan NFC Commercial Launch, Hong Kong
HEADLINE NEWS
Project |
City | Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia: Bank Launches iPhone App Supporting Contactless and P2P Payments | Australia | Commonwealth Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
| Australia: Commonwealth Bank And MasterCard Tee Up First Aussie NFC Trial | Melbourne | Commonwealth Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
| Australia: Major Bank Launches Small Internal Trial with Galaxy S III | Sydney | Westpac (MasterCard PayPass) | Optus | |
| Australia: Telstra and NAB Hold Pay-Buy Mobile Trial | Melbourne and Sydney | National Australia Bank (Visa payWave) | Telstra | |
| Australia: Visa and ANZ Bank Launch Small Internal Trial of microSD Cards | Melbourne and Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
| Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing Technology | Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | Vodafone Hutchison Australia | |
| Austria: Bank Plans Launch of payWave on microSDs and iPhone Sleeves | Austria | Raiffeisen Bank International (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
| Austria: Merchants Tap Phones To Activate and Redeem Gift Vouchers | Wels | City of Wels (Coupons/gift vouchers) | mobilkom Austria | |
| Austria: Students and Faculty Study NFC At Austrian University | Hagenberg | University Of Applied Sciences Of Upper Austria (payment, access-control, loyalty and P2P information exchange) | mobilkom | |
| Austria: Telco to Launch NFC Payment Scheme, Bypassing Major Banks, Card Networks | Vienna | A1 (paybox NFC) | A1 | |
| Austria: Trial Puts Train Tickets On Embedded Chip | Vienna |
ÖBB Austrian national railway (VDV-KA transit ticket) |
mobilkom Austria | |
| Austria: ‘Rollout’ Uses NFC Reader Mode To Sell Tickets and Snacks | Vienna |
Austrian national railway (ticketing) Vienna transport authority (ticketing) Selectra (vending machine payment) |
mobilkom Austria | |
| Belgium: Belgacom Tests Contactless ‘PingPing’ Stickers for Meal Tickets | Brussels |
Belgacom (PingPing payment) Accord Services (meal vouchers) |
Belgacom | |
| Brazil: Claro and Two Banks Test PayWave | São Paulo, Brasília |
Banco Bradesco (Visa payWave) Banco do Brasil (Visa payWave) |
Claro | |
| Canada: Bell, Citi and MasterCard Join for Modest PayPass Test at the Office | Toronto | Citi (MasterCard PayPass) | Bell Mobility | |
| Canada: Largest Bank, RBC, and major Telco Bell Plan NFC Commercial Launch | Canada | Royal Bank of Canada (MasterCard PayPass, Visa payWave and Interac Flash) | Bell Mobility | |
| Canada: MasterCard and Bank Tests PayPass Sticker on BlackBerrys | Toronto, Waterloo | Bank of Montreal (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
| Canada: Rogers and CIBC to Commercially Launch NFC Payment Service | Canada | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) (MasterCard PayPass, Visa payWave) | Rogers Communications | |
| Canada: Royal Bank of Canada and Rogers Wireless Test payWave | Toronto | Royal Bank of Canada (Visa payWave) | Rogers Wireless | |
| Canada: Telco Joint Venture Trials Contactless Stickers | Toronto and other cities | EnStream, Peoples Trust bank (MasterCard PayPass) |
Bell Canada Rogers Communications Telus |
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| China: Branch of China Mobile Likely To Shun RF-SIM for Project | Hangzhou | Hangzhou Citizen Card Co. and Hangzhou City 360° Card Co. (local Mifare-based transit payment application) | China Mobile (Hangzhou) | |
| China: Card Network UnionPay Holds Trial with Multiple Banks | Shanghai |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Bank of China Bank of Communications Industrial Bank Shenzhen Development Bank (China UnionPay application) |
N/A | |
| China: Dual-Interface SIMs Enable Fare Payment in Chongqing | Chongqing | Chongqing Yucheng Transportation Card Co. (cqpass) | China Unicom (Chongqing) | |
| China: First NFC Trial In China Tests Transit Purse | Xiamen | E-Tong Card (Transit fare collection) | China Mobile | |
| China: Giant Chinese Telco Launches RF-SIMs For World Expo | Shanghai, Beijing, other |
China Mobile (ticketing, payment) Expo 2010 organizers (venue ticketing) |
China Mobile |
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