Transit & Ticketing

July 21st, 2010

France’s top sporting venue to adopt NFC ticketing

Stade de France, the 81,000 seater home to France's international football and rugby fixtures, cup finals, music concerts and other events, has signed a deal with mobile network operator Orange that will see NFC ticketing... More

July 14th, 2010

French government funds twelve more NFC and RFID projects

Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry and the Mayor of Nice, has announced details of twelve NFC and RFID projects which are to share in €4.5 million of funding from the French government. The... More

July 2nd, 2010

China Mobile will continue to ‘vigorously promote’ RF SIM

Despite pressure from regulators to drop its RF SIM technology, China's largest mobile network operator says it will continue to push ahead with its RF SIM deployment while, at the same time, also exploring options for delivering solutions compatible with the NFC technology being adopted by Chinese banks. More

June 30th, 2010

Mifare4Mobile Group to develop next generation NFC transport ticketing services

NXP has joined forces with Ericsson, Gemalto, Oberthur Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Venyon and Vivotech to form an industry group that aims to develop a new generation of NFC-based transport ticketing services. More

June 23rd, 2010

Moscow Metro and MTS to launch NFC ticketing service in Q4 2010

MTS subscribers will be able to visit special kiosks at Moscow Metro stations to equip their phones with a SIM+antenna solution that enables them to charge their travel costs to their mobile phone bill. More

June 14th, 2010

Gemalto provides KDDI with end-to-end NFC security solution

Gemalto has provided further details of the role it is playing in Japanese mobile network operator KDDI's extensive NFC field test, which went live last month. As we reported in April, KDDI has partnered with... More

June 9th, 2010

China Unicom launches NFC payments service in Beijing

The Beijing branch of mobile network operator China Unicom has launched an NFC service in conjunction with Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co (BMAC). BMAC operates the Yikatong card, a contactless stored value card... More

June 3rd, 2010

China Mobile to drop RF SIM in favour of NFC?

China's largest mobile network operator is coming under pressure from MIIT, the national technology regulator, to join the Chinese banks and its two rival operators China Unicom and China Telecom in adopting a single, national mobile payments standard based on NFC standard technology. More

June 2nd, 2010

Sberbank to run NFC payments and ticketing trial in Moscow

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, is planning to run an NFC trial in Moscow later this year, Russian business publication Kommersant reports. Both the Russian national railway operator RZD and the Moscow Metro have expressed interest in participating in... More

May 27th, 2010

Telefónica O2 launches its first commercial NFC service — and sets out strategy for future deployments

The mobile network operator is starting small with a limited rollout in the Czech city of Pilsen but a business strategy is now in place and commercial launches in the UK and Spain could be next. More

May 26th, 2010

Up to five more French cities to launch NFC services within a year

Following the successful launch of the Cityzi NFC service in Nice, a further "three to five" cities are to receive funding from the French government as the country gears up for the introduction of a nationwide commercial NFC service. More

May 14th, 2010

NFC city pilot to go live in Nice on 21 May under ‘Cityzi’ banner

France's mobile network operators and banks, along with Visa and MasterCard, the local transport operator, the city council and others will take part in Europe's first pre-commercial NFC pilot — which will be identified by the new Cityzi brand. More

May 5th, 2010

MasterCard, DBS Bank, StarHub and EZ-Link to test Gemalto NFC add-on in Singapore

Gemalto's new Upteq N-Flex enables near field communication functionality to be added to a wide range of mobile phones and is the first NFC add-on to conform to the Single Wire Protocol. More

April 27th, 2010

Frankfurt transport network gets NFC and QR Code smart posters

Passengers on Frankfurt's U-Bahn commuter services will be able to access a range of travel information services via smart posters located in each carriage. More

April 22nd, 2010

KDDI to run multiple NFC tests in Japan

The mobile network operator has partnered with card issuers, airlines, a cinema chain, a car manufacturer and others to run a series of tests of NFC standard technology and aims to introduce NFC services "in the near future". More

April 21st, 2010

Apple plans NFC-based airline ticketing plus unmanned airport check-in and security processes

The latest in a host of near field communication-related patent applications from Apple covers the use of an NFC-enabled iPhone for buying an airline ticket and for checking in baggage. As well as a manned... More

April 21st, 2010

Veolia Transport to add NFC and 2D barcodes to 1,500 bus and tram stops in Nice region

Veolia Transport, operator of bus and tram services covering the city of Nice, site of the soon to launch Nice NFC City pre-commercial pilot, and the surrounding towns and villages, is to install NFC and... More

April 15th, 2010

Apple adds an NFC-based concert ticket patent

Yet another NFC-related Apple patent application has been published, this time targeting the concert, entertainment and sports ticketing sectors. 'System and method for providing electronic event tickets' uses iTunes and near field communication to deliver... More

April 13th, 2010

UK’s Dept for Transport reports on 18-month NFC ticketing project

The UK's Department for Transport has published an in-depth report on the findings from an 18-month research project investigating the potential of NFC in transport ticketing. The focus of the project was on how near... More

April 13th, 2010

Transport for London buys Oyster brand name, plans extra services and move to mobile ticketing

"Oyster has the potential to be used for so much more than simply getting around the capital, and the technology is there to make it even more convenient for Londoners to use by integrating it into mobile phones or bank cards," says the Mayor of London's transport advisor. More

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