Projectsort icon City Service Provider Mobile Operator
Germany: No. 3 Telco Launches Wallet and Payments Application, Following Rivals Germany E-Plus/Wirecard (MasterCard PayPass) E-Plus (Base)
Germany: Pioneering NFC Transit Ticketing Project Expanded Frankfurt RMV (Transit authority)
Germany: Telco and Bank Launch Trial of PayPass Credit Applet; Larger Launches Expected Dortmund Dortmunder Volksbank/WGZ Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Telefónica (O2) Germany
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)
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
Guatemala: Rare Latin American Trial Launches With payWave Guatemala City
Banco Industrial
Banco Uno (Visa payWave)
Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank and PCCW Launch NFC Service Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank (MasterCard PayPass) PCCW mobile
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)
Hungary: Magyar Telekom Launches Commercial NFC Service Hungary
OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
SuperShop (loyalty)
InterTicket (event ticketing)
Magyar Telekom (Deutsche Telekom)
Hungary: Telcos and Bank Launch Large Mobile-Wallet Trial Hungary OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
Magyar Telekom (T-Mobile)
Telenor Hungary
Vodafone Hungary
India: Citi Goes For Scale With Bangalore Trial Bangalore Citibank (MasterCard PayPass) Vodafone Essar
Indonesia: Dominant Telco To Trial Payment Scheme with RF-SIMs Jakarta Telkomsel (closed-loop payment) Telkomsel
Ireland: Loyalty-Scheme Operator Uses Stickers While Waiting for NFC Ireland Zapa Technology (Zapatag retail loyalty) Various
Italian Bank Launches First V Pay Debit Trial Sondrio, Chiavenna, Morbegno and two other cities Credito Valtellinese (Visa payWave) N/A
Italy: Bank Launches Mobile-Payment Trial with Two Telcos and PayPass Rome Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, BNL (MasterCard PayPass)
Vodafone Italia
Three Italy
Italy: Large Italian Bank Distributes NFC Phones for SIM-based NFC Payment Trial Milan and Turin Banca Intesa Sanpaolo (MasterCard PayPass) Nòverca (MVNO)
Italy: Tapping To Spend Points At Outlet Stores Serravalle, Pocapaglia, Alba and two other cities Miroglio (loyalty) 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: TIM And Transit Agency To Expand Trial in Milan Milan Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (transit fare collection) Telecom Italia
Italy: TIM Wallet Remains Small, Though More Projects By Italian Telcos, Banks Planned Milan Intesa Sanpaolo (Visa payWave) Telecom Italia
Italy: Transit Ticketing In Trento Trento Trentino Trasporti (transit fare collection) Telecom Italia
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
Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones Tokyo Google (Google Places) N/A
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

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