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City | Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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Italy: TIM Wallet Remains Small, Though More Projects By Italian Telcos, Banks Planned | Milan | Intesa Sanpaolo (Visa payWave) | Telecom Italia | |
Italy: TIM And Transit Agency To Expand Trial in Milan | Milan | Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (transit fare collection) | Telecom Italia | |
Italy: Telecom Italia Launches Large NFC Trial; Likely a Prelude to Rollout | Milan |
Intesa Sanpaolo (credit application) Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (transit ticketing) |
Telecom Italia | |
Italy: Tapping To Spend Points At Outlet Stores | Serravalle, Pocapaglia, Alba and two other cities | Miroglio (loyalty) | Telecom Italia | |
Italy: Large Italian Bank Distributes NFC Phones for SIM-based NFC Payment Trial | Milan and Turin | Banca Intesa Sanpaolo (MasterCard PayPass) | Nòverca (MVNO) | |
Italy: Bank Launches Mobile-Payment Trial with Two Telcos and PayPass | Rome | Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, BNL (MasterCard PayPass) |
Vodafone Italia Three Italy |
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Italian Bank Launches First V Pay Debit Trial | Sondrio, Chiavenna, Morbegno and two other cities | Credito Valtellinese (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
Ireland: Loyalty-Scheme Operator Uses Stickers While Waiting for NFC | Ireland | Zapa Technology (Zapatag retail loyalty) | Various | |
Indonesia: Dominant Telco To Trial Payment Scheme with RF-SIMs | Jakarta | Telkomsel (closed-loop payment) | Telkomsel | |
India: Citi Goes For Scale With Bangalore Trial | Bangalore | Citibank (MasterCard PayPass) | Vodafone Essar | |
Hungary: Telcos and Bank Launch Large Mobile-Wallet Trial | Hungary | OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass) |
Magyar Telekom (T-Mobile) Telenor Hungary Vodafone Hungary |
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Hungary: Magyar Telekom Launches Commercial NFC Service | Hungary |
OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass) SuperShop (loyalty) InterTicket (event ticketing) |
Magyar Telekom (Deutsche Telekom) | |
Hungary: Country’s Largest Bank, OTP, Plans NFC Commercial Launch | Hungary |
OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass) SuperShop (loyalty) |
Magyar Telecom (Deutsche Telekom group) Vodafone Hungary Telenor Hungary (expected) |
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Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank and PCCW Launch NFC Service | Hong Kong | Hang Seng Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | PCCW mobile | |
Guatemala: Rare Latin American Trial Launches With payWave | Guatemala City |
Banco Industrial Banco Uno (Visa payWave) |
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Germany: Transit Officials Enable Users to Tap or Scan in New Trial | Frankfurt |
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV, (Service discovery) Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, VGF, (Service discovery) |
N/A | |
Germany: Three Telcos Join National Railway In Touch&Travel Project | Berlin and other cities | Deutsche Bahn and other public transit agencies (transit ticketing) |
Vodafone Germany T-Mobile (phase 2) Telefónica 02 Germany (phase 2) |
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Germany: Telco and Bank Launch Trial of PayPass Credit Applet; Larger Launches Expected | Dortmund | Dortmunder Volksbank/WGZ Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | Telefónica (O2) Germany | |
Germany: Pioneering NFC Transit Ticketing Project Expanded | Frankfurt | RMV (Transit authority) | ||
Germany: No. 3 Telco Launches Wallet and Payments Application, Following Rivals | Germany | E-Plus/Wirecard (MasterCard PayPass) | E-Plus (Base) | |
Germany: Deutsche Telekom Launches Overdue NFC Wallet, Payments Service | Germany |
Deutsche Telekom/ClickandBuy (MasterCard PayPass) Hit (supermarket coupons) Edeka (supermarket coupons) |
Deutsche Telekom | |
Germany: Bank Plans Employee Trial with iPhone and microSDs | Berlin and Frankfurt | Landesbank Berlin (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
France: Visa Europe to Launch Another microSD Trial in NFC Demo City | Caen | Crédit Agricole (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
France: Trial Puts Contactless Version of Moneo E-Purse on Phones | Besançon | Credit Agricole and BMS (Moneo e-purse) | ||
France: Transit Operator Takes Lead In French NFC Trial | Aubagne and Bouches-du-Rhône Region (Dept.) | Veolia Transport | Various |
Recent project updates
- France: French Bank to Launch MicroSD Trial in NFC Showcase Cities , Nice, Strasbourg
- Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones, Tokyo
- Russia: Airport Shuttle Service and Mobile Operators Trial NFC Ticketing , Moscow
- Sweden: Lock Maker Trials Mobile Door Keys with Stockholm Hotel , Stockholm
- U.S.: Bank of America launches Second M-Payment Trial with microSD Cards , Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, Charlotte, Dallas
- Finland: Start-up Seeks to Combine NFC with Social Networking Inside of Venues , Tampere
- Spain: Telefónica launches Large Employee Pilot with Payment and ID , Madrid
- Australia: Visa and ANZ Bank Launch Small Internal Trial of microSD Cards, Melbourne and Sydney
- Japan: Telco to Offer Passive Stickers in Land of the Wallet Phone , Japan
- U.S.: Discover Launches Contactless Zip Stickers , United States