The Market
March 9th, 2010
New: Worldwide NFC trials, tests and live services listed
A new page has been added to NFC World that makes it easy to discover details of all the NFC trials that are taking place in each country around the world. More
March 8th, 2010
White paper helps banks decide how to implement NFC services
The Mobey Forum has published a white paper designed to assist financial institutions in deciding what role to adopt in the mobile financial services value chain and to choose what kind of technical solutions will work best. More
February 24th, 2010
NFC takes two steps forward — and one step back
OPINION: A host of new NFC products and initiatives were announced at this year's Mobile World Congress but, it seems, we will have to wait until the end of this year before the first NFC handsets become widely available in the West. More
February 18th, 2010
Nokia confirms cancellation of planned 6216 SWP NFC phone
"We felt the quality of the consumer experience was not what it needed to be," Nokia's VP of Industry Collaborations has told NFC World, but "our commitment to NFC remains as strong as ever." More
February 15th, 2010
French government offers €3m funding for NFC and RFID innovations
The new funding brings the government's investment in kick-starting mobile contactless innovation to a total of €10 million. More
February 11th, 2010
China Mobile begins commercial rollout of mobile contactless payments system
RF SIMs are now widely available for subscribers to purchase from China Mobile stores and the first major retailer has signed up to accept the new mobile contactless payments technology. More
February 9th, 2010
China Mobile puts three million RF SIMs into production
Rumours that the world's largest telecoms operator is to introduce a mobile contactless payments and ticketing system using a non-NFC standard technology have been confirmed with the news that three million RF SIMs are now in production. More
January 21st, 2010
Poland and Italy commit to contactless payments
The move to contactless cards and NFC-compatible point-of-sale terminals is gathering pace with banks in Italy and Poland announcing plans for widespread contactless card deployments this year. More
January 21st, 2010
One of the players must take on the risk before NFC can succeed, says founder of Japanese mobile wallet
Carl Atsushi Hirano, the driving force behind the introduction five years ago of Japan's Osaïfu Keitai mobile wallet service, has set out his thinking on what was required to make the service a success and what it will take to successfully introduce NFC services in other countries. More
December 22nd, 2009
New report forecasts the road ahead for NFC in 2010 and beyond
A new research report by Sarah Clark, Near Field Communications World's editor, examines the barriers to commercial adoption that still exist, explains how they will be overcome in the year ahead and forecasts where and when the first commercial deployments will take place. More
November 30th, 2009
ITIF calls on the government to kickstart the deployment of mobile contactless services in the US
The Washington think tank recommends ways in which government can help to get NFC and mobile contactless services off the ground. More
October 28th, 2009
Casagras sets out road ahead for the Internet of Things
A massive increase in international co-operation and significant investment in awareness-building and training are essential if the concept of an 'Internet of Things' is to be turned into a meaningful reality, says the final report from the EU-funded Casagras project. More
October 8th, 2009
The NFC Report: Retailers begin to seize the initiative with NFC coupons and loyalty programmes
Issues remain to be resolved for retailers in terms of the costs and benefits of equipping themselves to accept contactless cards. However, the ability of NFC to enable consumers to store discount coupons and loyalty cards on their phones, as well as to make payments, could change the proposition altogether. More
September 24th, 2009
The NFC Newswire: Breaking news, product launches and NFC-related news from around the world
All the latest news from around the NFC ecosystem including a new Toshiba NFC phone now under development, Telecom Italia's new mobile commerce service, Visa Australia increases contactless transaction limit, Twinlinx and Windows Mobile, Montreal's new contactless ticketing system, MoLo Rewards' NFC coupon and loyalty solution and more... More
September 24th, 2009
The NFC Report: Could NFC be in danger of being too much, too late?
I've had my eyes firmly fixed on the Far East for the last few weeks, in a bid to understand the technologies and business drivers behind a range of non-NFC standard mobile contactless payments systems that are successfully serving millions of people in Korea, Japan and, on a smaller scale, elsewhere. More
September 18th, 2009
Korean card issuers plan MVNOs in bid to control mobile wallets
Two of Korea's leading card issuers are seeking to launch their own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services, in a bid to ensure they are in control of their customers' mobile wallets. More
September 10th, 2009
The NFC Report: Is China heading towards the adoption of NFC?
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator with 470 million subscribers, and China Unionpay, the national bank card association, were amongst the first in the world to field test NFC back in 2006. Now, both companies are taking a second look at mobile contactless payments and mobile operator China Unicom is getting in on the action too... More
September 8th, 2009
What kind of Trusted Service Managers is NFC likely to need — and how many will there be?
GUEST COMMENT: We're unlikely to end up with a single TSM per country, or per region, or per operator — which isn't what many people imagined when the TSM model became current, writes Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. More
September 4th, 2009
How successful are NFC stickers and microSD solutions likely to be?
A new white paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of alternative NFC form factors — and looks at how much market share each technology is likely to gain. More
September 3rd, 2009
NFC Forum and Mobey Forum to work together on the development of mobile payments standards
The NFC trade association has signed a collaboration agreement with the international mobile financial services forum to develop open standards for the delivery of secure, interoperable mobile financial transactions. More
August 19th, 2009
What’s the current state and future potential of NFC in the Americas?
Work is now almost complete on the Asia-Pacific section of The NFC Report, the new research report being written by Near Field Communications World's editor, Sarah Clark. Now, our attention is turning to the Americas... More
August 12th, 2009
NFC Forum adds new, lower cost membership for Implementers
The new 'Implementers' category halves the cost of membership for companies looking to build NFC solutions. More
July 8th, 2009
Introducing The NFC Report, our new industry research project
OPINION: We've been burning the midnight oil for the last few weeks here at NFCW, putting the finishing touches to the website for our new research project, The NFC Report. More
July 8th, 2009
First pages from The NFC Report now available to view free of charge
The first sections of a new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of Near Field Communications World, are now complete. Sample pages can now be viewed free of charge on The NFC Report's website — and NFCW readers who order the report by 31 July can save 15% on the usual pre-publication price. More
June 2nd, 2009
NFC Forum reveals N-Mark symbol
The stylized 'N' symbol is designed to make it easy for consumers to spot embedded NFC tags in everything from posters to bus stop signs and medicines to food packaging and magazine pages. 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
