City services
December 17th, 2009
UK government to fund switch to NFC-compatible transport ticketing
The Department for Transport is providing £20m in funding over the next five years to enable nine of England's largest urban areas to make the switch to NFC-compatible transport ticketing systems. More
November 5th, 2009
Czech monks embrace NFC-based visitor information system
Visitors to the 13th century Vyšší Brod Monastery can now use an innovative NFC and GPS enabled device to receive an automated guided tour of all the walled religious community's important sights. More
October 1st, 2009
Nice and Centre Pompidou to get tailored NFC-based tour guides
Three French firms are working on the Smart Muse NFC tour guide project, designed to let visitors use NFC phones to get information that is tailored by place, time and consumer demographic. More
August 12th, 2009
€5,000 in prize money offered for NFC-based city game concepts
The Vienna Jungle Scrum developer challenge, run by Touchatag and Mobilkom A1, is on the hunt for a top NFC-based city game with both prize money and the chance to see your game get made and played for real up for grabs. More
June 1st, 2009
Nice to become France’s NFC City
The city council has won funding from the French government for a 'pre-commercial' NFC test in partnership with three mobile operators plus transport operator Veolia and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. More
May 7th, 2009
Finnish city to test NFC posters for children’s games and smart maps
The city of Lappeenranta is installing a series of smart posters, incorporating tamper-proof NFC tags, with one set providing quick and easy access to local information and the other enabling children visiting its famous Sandcastle to win prizes for taking part in a quiz. More
November 27th, 2008
Italian ski resorts to test open NFC system in Stolpan’s first trial
Tourists visiting ski resorts in the Italian Dolomites this winter will be provided with NFC-enabled phones for use in a range of applications as part of the Stolpan consortium's first field trial. Phones and terminals from multiple suppliers will be used. More
October 28th, 2008
Oulu, the little city with big ideas
If you've been keeping an eye on NFC you'll have noticed that a lot of innovative experimentation is taking place in the Finnish town of Oulu. And if you've been wondering why a place you've otherwise never heard of is at the forefront of testing NFC concepts, an article in Computing magazine now has the explanation you've been looking for... More
Editor's picks
- China Mobile begins commercial rollout of mobile contactless payments system
- Visa Europe to invest €200m in development of contactless payments by card and mobile
- Discover reveals the results of its mobile sticker trial
- One of the players must take on the risk before NFC can succeed, says founder of Japanese mobile wallet
- Banks and mobile operators to go head to head for NFC mobile payments business
- Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
