Products
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 17th, 2010
Samsung adds NFC to bestselling Tocco Lite/Star/Player One/Avila
The bestselling touchscreen phone, known by a number of brand names in different regions, is to be used in trials in Spain, France and Dubai — but there are no plans yet to make the NFC version of the handset available at retail. More
February 15th, 2010
Sagem Orga and Telenor use WiFi to add NFC to 100% of mobile phones
The Norwegian telecoms firm and the SIM and smart card specialist are using an NFC-enabled key fob in combination with a new wireless-enabled SIM to deliver NFC functionality to 100% of today's mobile phones. More
February 15th, 2010
Sagem Wireless launches NFC phone for the over 50s
The new Cosyphone uses NFC to make it easy for users to access the features on the phone without having to scroll through menus on the handset. More
February 11th, 2010
China Telecom begins RF SIM trial
The country's third largest mobile network operator is testing non-NFC standard RF SIM technology in Shanghai, where China Unicom is already running an NFC trial. 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
February 3rd, 2010
Inside Contactless makes it easier to add NFC to mobile handsets
The NFC specialist is making its NFC protocol stack available via an Apache open source license, in a move that should make it simpler and easier for manufacturers to add NFC functionality to mobile phones and other devices. More
December 3rd, 2009
Fonelabs to produce two million low-cost NFC phones in 2010
The Malaysian manufacturer's NFC phones come with a built-in NFC antenna and controller as standard and are expected to cost under US$100 each in volume. More
December 3rd, 2009
New platform lets mobile operators offer payments, ticketing, loyalty services via stickers or NFC phones
Touchatag has partnered with Clear2Pay to launch a new platform that enables mobile operators to offer contactless payment, ticketing and marketing services using contactless stickers or NFC phones. More
November 30th, 2009
Mobile Distillery makes it easier to write NFC apps for multiple devices
The company's new Celsius NFC platform enables application developers to write code once and then port it reliably to a range of NFC handsets and add-on devices. More
November 16th, 2009
Casio launches NFC handheld aimed at industrial applications
The Japanese electronics manufacturer's new rugged PDA is equipped with both 3G mobile data and a range of functions for retrieving and gathering data in the field — including NFC. More
November 12th, 2009
Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
Hot on the heels of the news that Apple has an RFID-enabled iPhone prototype, a new patent application provides details of how the company sees NFC being used to make it easy for customers to transfer files between devices such as the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV. More
November 11th, 2009
DeviceFidelity launches low cost microSD-based NFC solution
In2Pay is designed to be distributed to customers using a card issuer's existing personalisation and distribution infrastructure and can include multiple applications such as payments and transit or payments and access control. More
November 4th, 2009
Zenius adds NFC to standard mobile phones with Bladox Waver
The Bladox Waver is a SIM+antenna solution that is currently being tested by 15 companies in Turkey, India and Europe and can be retrofitted to most mobile handsets, including the iPhone, Android and Blackberry phones. More
October 26th, 2009
Smart Stamp wins Touchatag and Microsoft Tag innovation awards for augmented print concept
A US start-up has won two innovation competitions for its 'interactive correspondence' concept, an augmented print solution that uses tags and 2D barcodes to update, verify and supplement postal mail. 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
Vivotech launches contactless POS terminals with built-in mobile marketing functions
January 21st, 2010
SCM Microsystems and Dai Nippon Printing to launch NFC-based computer security solutions
October 7th, 2009
Twinlinx works with Microsoft to add MyMax NFC stickers to Windows Mobile phones
September 24th, 2009
