Project |
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Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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Japan: No. 2 Telco in Japan to Sell First Standard NFC Phones | Tokyo, Chiba |
Credit Saison (MasterCard PayPass) Orico (MasterCard PayPass-expected) Seven Card Service (e-money) Japan Airlines (boarding passes) Bic Camera (loyalty) Ueno Zoo (information on demand, tag-reading) |
KDDI | |
Japan: Softbank With MasterCard Hold Rare NFC Project In Japan | Tokyo | Orico (MasterCard PayPass) | Softbank Mobile | |
Japan: JCB Holds Internal NFC Test | Tokyo | JCB (J/Speedy) | ||
Japan: KDDI to Launch Multiapp NFC Trial in 'FeliCa Country' | Tokyo |
Orico (MasterCard PayPass) Jibun Bank (m-banking, other) Credit Saison (PayPass acceptance) Aiwai Card Services (e-money) Toho Cinemas (event ticketing) All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines (check-in or boarding, likely) KDDI or NTT Data (likely) (Japanese contactless driver’s license) Toyota Motor (automobile services) Other |
KDDI | |
Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones | Tokyo | Google (Google Places) | N/A | |
U.S.: University Tests Mobile Access Control with MicroSD Cards | Tempe | Arizona State University | N/A | |
Finland: Small Bus Trial Tests Value Loads | Tampere | Tampere Public Transportation (Ticketing, transit-bus fare collection) | TeliaSonera | |
Finland: Start-up Seeks to Combine NFC with Social Networking Inside of Venues | Tampere | 6Starz (6Starz social networking) | N/A | |
Taiwan: Telco to Launch Multiapplication NFC Trial with Help from Conglomerate Parent | Taiwan |
Far Eastern International Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Taiwan Cooperative Bank (expected, MasterCard PayPass) EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) Far Eastern Group (Happy Go) Dante Coffee (Dante e-card) Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (I-Pass) |
Far EasTone | |
Taiwan: Operator and Bank Launch Trial as Prelude to Commercial Launches on Island | Taiwan | Cathay United Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom First to Market with NFC Launch, but Challenges Lie Ahead | Taiwan |
EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) Chinatrust Cml. Bank (PayPass) Cathay United Bank (PayPass) Taishin Int’l Bank (PayPass) E.Sun Cml. Bank (PayPass) |
Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Chunghwa Trials Mobile Payment With Visa and Chinatrust | Taipei | Chinatrust Commercial Bank (Visa payWave) | Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Transit Ticketing With EasyCard | Taipei | EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) | Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Residents Tap Phones With Mobile Door Keys | Taipei |
Farglory Realty (door access control) Cathay United Bank (MasterCard PayPass and EasyCash e-purse) EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard transit) |
Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: No. 2 Telco Holds Trial Though Promised Rollout Delayed | Taipei | Taipei Fubon Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | Taiwan Mobile | |
Taiwan: Small 3G Telco Introduces Contactless SIM | Taipei |
United Bank of Taiwan (Visa payWave) EasyCard Corp.(EasyCard ) |
Vibo | |
Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom to Issue Home-Grown NFC Dongle | Taipei |
EasyCard Corp./President Chain Store Corp. (icash-EasyCard) Taishin Bank (MasterCard PayPass) E.Sun Bank (MasterCard PayPass) |
Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Attachment Enables iphone 4 with NFC for transit and retail payment | Taipei |
EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) Cathay United Bank (MasterCard PayPass) E.Sun Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Taishin Bank (MasterCard PayPass) |
Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Bank Tries Out MicroSDs in Full NFC Phones | Taipei |
Cathay United Bank (MasterCard PayPass) EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) |
N/A | |
Taiwan: Taiwan’s No. 1 Telco To Trial SIM-based NFC Wallet | Taipei |
EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) Cathay United Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Chunghwa Telecom (employee ID) Chunghwa Telecom (membership card) |
Chunghwa Telecom | |
Taiwan: Far EasTone Pay-Buy Mobile Trial Delayed | Taipei | Taishin Bank (Visa payWave) | Far EasTone | |
Taiwan: Transit Card Operator Trials Bridge Technology | Taipei | EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) | N/A | |
Australia: Major Bank Launches Small Internal Trial with Galaxy S III | Sydney | Westpac (MasterCard PayPass) | Optus | |
Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing Technology | Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | Vodafone Hutchison Australia | |
UPDATED: Switzerland: Shared NFC Wallet to be Deployed by Three Telcos This Year | Switzerland |
Cornèrcard (Visa payWave) Aduno/Viseca (PayPass, planned) UBS (PayPass, payWave, planned) The Coop (loyalty, mid-2015) |
Swisscom Orange (planned for 2014) Sunrise (planned for 2014) |
Recent project updates
- Australia Credit Union Gets First to the Starting Gate In Asia-Pac for HCE Payments, Australia
- Russia: Bank Launches on Samsung Embedded Chips Following Delay , Russia
- UPDATED: Canada: CIBC Expands NFC-Payments Service to All Three Major Telcos, Canada
- UPDATED: U.S.: Isis Reports Higher Activations after Six Months, but Many Challenges Lie Ahead, United States
- Germany: Deutsche Telekom Launches Overdue NFC Wallet, Payments Service, Germany
- More French Banks Prepare for Commercial Launches of NFC Payments , France
- China Merchants Bank Launches Payment on Samsung Embedded Chips, China
- China: China Telecom Launches SIM-Based NFC Nationwide, China
- Chile: Telco, Bank Gear Up for NFC Payments Launch, Santiago
- Taiwan: Operator and Bank Launch Trial as Prelude to Commercial Launches on Island, Taiwan