Project |
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Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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Turkey: Turkcell Continues Rollout of NFC Services with More Banks, Phones | Istanbul, other cities |
Yapı Kredi (MasterCard PayPass) Garanti (MasterCard PayPass) Akbank (MasterCard PayPass) Bank Asya (KGS toll-collection) DenizBank (MasterCard PayPass) Finansbank (MasterCard PayPass-expected) Sanliurfa city transit (Urfakart Mifare application) |
Turkcell | |
U.S.: Small Telco, Handset Maker Trial NFC | Jackson and Memphis | Bank of America (MasterCard PayPass) | Cellular South | |
Indonesia: Dominant Telco To Trial Payment Scheme with RF-SIMs | Jakarta | Telkomsel (closed-loop payment) | Telkomsel | |
Japan: DoCoMo Drives Nationwide Rollout of Contactless Wallet Phones | Japan |
NTT DoCoMo (iD) JR East (Mobile Suica) bitWallet (Edy) Seven-Eleven (nanaco) JCB (QUICPay) McDonald’s (loyalty) All Nippon Airways (airline check-in, loyalty) Japan Airlines (airline check-in) Coca Cola Japan (Cmode—vending purchases) Yodobashi (camera store—loyalty) |
NTT DoCoMo KDDI Softbank Mobile |
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Japan: Telco to Offer Passive Stickers in Land of the Wallet Phone | Japan | Aeon (Waon), bitWallet (Edy), Seven Card Services (nanaco) | Softbank Mobile | |
South Africa: Bank Uses microSDs for Mobile-Payment Trial | Johannesburg, Cape Town |
Absa (MasterCard PayPass) National Department of Transport (transit) |
Vodacom | |
Netherlands: Early NFC Trial Tests Stadium Ticketing | Kerkrade | Roda JC football club (season tickets, e-purse) | KPN | |
Malaysia: Visa and Maxis Hold First payWave Trial | Kuala Lumpur | Maybank (Visa payWave) | Maxis Communications | |
Malaysia: Payment and Transit Featured In Small “Rollout” of NFC | Kuala Lumpur |
Maybank (Visa payWave) Touch 'n Go (Touch ‘n Go--transit, tolls and parking) |
Maxis Communications | |
Kuwait: Trial Lets Users Download Prepaid Payment Application From Smart Poster | Kuwait City | National Bank of Kuwait (Visa payWave) | Zain | |
Portugal: Three Telcos Test Mobile Ticketing in Lisbon | Lisbon | Metro de Lisboa (transit fare payment) |
TMN Vodafone Optimus |
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Slovenia: Banka Koper Launches PayPass NFC Trial | Ljubljana | Banka Koper (MasterCard PayPass) | Mobitel | |
UK: Consumers Take to 'Oyster Phone' | London |
Barclaycard (Visa payWave) Transport for London and TranSys (Oyster) AEG Europe (access control to The O2 entertainment venue) |
Telefónica O2 UK | |
UK: Transport for London Uses NFC to Help Riders Change Trains | London | Transport for London | ||
UK: NFC Gives Fashion Designers Automatic Feedback from Buyers | London |
London Fashion Week Emilio de la Morena collection (automatic messaging) |
Telefónica O2 UK | |
UK: Barclaycard Tests High-Value Payment in Second NFC Trial | London | Barclaycard (Visa payWave) | ||
UK: London College Tests NFC for Student Attendance | London | Newham College of Further Education (student attendance) | N/A | |
UK: Museum Goers Tap Their Phones for Further Information | London | Museum of London (information on museum exhibits, links to buy tickets) | N/A | |
UK: Olympics Phone to Get Tryout for London Games | London | Lloyds Banking Group (Visa payWave) | Telefónica (O2) UK | |
UK: Telecom Italia Tests Interoperability of Olympics Phone | London | Banca Intesa (Visa payWave) | Telecom Italia | |
Spain: BBVA Trial Part of Budding M-Payment Strategy | Madrid | BBVA (Visa payWave) | ||
Spain: Telefónica launches Large Employee Pilot with Payment and ID | Madrid |
La Caixa (Visa payWave) BBVA (Visa payWave) Bankinter (Visa payWave) Telefónica (access control) Autogrill (meal vouchers/prepaid value) |
Telefónica España | |
Spain: Bank Mobile Virtual Network Operator to Launch Trial | Madrid | Bankinter (Visa payWave) | Bankinter Mobile (MVNO) | |
Spain: Telefónica Employee Trial to Test BlackBerrys for Payment and ID | Madrid |
La Caixa (Visa payWave-likely), other banks Telefónica (access control) |
Telefónica | |
Spain: NFC Trial Supports Both PayPass and payWave | Madrid | Banco Santander (Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass) | Orange Spain |
Recent project updates
- Taiwan: Taiwan’s No. 1 Telco To Trial SIM-based NFC Wallet, Taipei
- UK: Major UK Bank Launches Large M-Payment Trial with iPhone Attachment, United Kingdom
- France: Merchant to Launch Large Tag-based Mobile-Shopping Trial, Paris
- Singapore: Telco StarHub to Launch First of Government-Supervised NFC Projects, Singapore
- UK: Telecom Italia Tests Interoperability of Olympics Phone, London
- Czech Republic: Visa and Czech Telco Announce M-Payments Project with Galaxy S III, Czech Republic
- Czech Republic: Bank Offers NFC-enabled iPhone Attachment , Prague and Brno
- Singapore: Telco M1 Launches NFC with Two Payment Services and Three Phones, Singapore
- UK: Telco Orange and Bus Operator Trial NFC Transit Tickets , Cambridgeshire
- France: SIM-Based Security Passes to Get Test Run at French Airport , Blagnac