Technology
August 11th, 2010
GlobalPlatform specification adds secure area to mobile phone baseband processors
The new Trusted Execution Environment specification will enable a trusted window to be created on a mobile phone's screen so that consumers can enter their PIN securely on their own phone, rather than on a retailer's POS terminal. More
June 22nd, 2010
Nexperts and PharmaFabula win NFC Forum’s 2010 competition
The winning entries in this year's NFC Forum Global Competition include retail payments, healthcare, education and social networking applications. More
June 4th, 2010
Innovision signs $6m IP licensing deal
NFC chipset technology specialist Innovision has signed a licensing agreement with a "major global semiconductor corporation". The unnamed semiconductor manufacturer will use Innovision's Gem NFC intellectual property to build NFC functionality into high volume chipsets for... More
June 4th, 2010
Innovision unveils next-generation NFC phone technology
Adding NFC functionality to a mobile phone will soon cost less than a dollar, says Innovision's Stephen Graham, with 15% to 20% of all the handsets shipped in 2012 set to include the company's low-cost NFC technology. More
April 28th, 2010
Consult Hyperion to fund PhD research into security of NFC transactions
Consult Hyperion has agreed to help fund a PhD research project being undertaken by Thomas Diakos at the University of Surrey. "There are obvious risks associated with making transactions using the standard Chip and PIN... More
April 16th, 2010
Report analyses the potential of NFC-enabled MicroSD cards
A new research report published by management consultancy The Human Chain looks in detail at the potential of NFC-enabled MicroSD cards to drive adoption of near field communication-based services. The report examines the current status... More
April 14th, 2010
RIM ‘pinch to pay’ patent offers more control over NFC transactions
A patent application filed by Research in Motion uses touch sensors built into the sides of a phone to switch its NFC functionality on and off, with the aim of reducing consumers' security and privacy concerns — and reducing drain on the handset's battery. More
April 14th, 2010
iPay, iBuy and iCoupons? Latest patents show Apple has a clear business model for NFC-enabled mobile payments and promotions
A series of new patent applications demonstrate that Apple has a clear business model in place for the introduction of a comprehensive mobile payments, mobile commerce and mobile marketing business based around an NFC-enabled iPhone. More
April 8th, 2010
Apple to build mobile payments business around iTunes credits?
A further four patent applications filed by Apple and relating to both NFC and mobile payments have now been published, clearly signalling that the company's interest in near field communication technology goes well beyond simply... More
April 6th, 2010
New Apple patent shows NFC-enabled iPod, games controller, TV and iPhone
A newly published Apple patent application explains how near field communication could be used to enable a wide range of devices to share resources within a connected 'Apple TV Living Room'. More
March 24th, 2010
Finalists announced for 2010 NFC Forum Global Competition
The NFC Forum has announced the twenty finalists for its 2010 Global Competition. This year's entries covered a broad span of consumer and business application areas, says the NFC Forum, and came from Asia, Europe... More
February 11th, 2010
NFC Forum spec adds digital signatures to prevent tag tampering
The standards body has published an important draft specification that will enable developers to protect NFC tags in smart posters and other applications from being tampered with or replaced with an imposter tag. More
February 3rd, 2010
G&D and ARM to develop mobile device security solutions
ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at the development of highly secure mobile phone platforms. The partnership will combine ARM's TrustZone technology, which creates a protected area in advanced... More
February 3rd, 2010
Gemalto acquires mobile authentication leader Valimo Wireless
Gemalto has acquired Valimo Wireless, the world leader in mobile authentication. Valimo pioneered the use of two-channel, two-factor authentication based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Its Mobile ID solution combines an over the air platform... More
December 22nd, 2009
Chunghwa Telecom to develop NFC services for Android
The Taiwanese government has agreed to fund a project to develop a suite of NFC applications for Android devices, PC World reports. Mobile network operator Chunghwa Telecom and contract electronics manufacturer Cheng Uei Precision Industry... More
December 16th, 2009
GSMA, EMVCo and GlobalPlatform to develop cross-industry NFC certification process
The three associations will design a model which will allow certification processes to be put in place to ensure that any NFC payments application will work on any platform. More
September 11th, 2009
French government funds thirteen NFC and RFID innovation projects
Plans to add NFC to Android phones, to develop a universal NFC wallet user interface and to test an NFC-based museum information system at the Pompidou Centre in Paris are amongst the projects that will receive grants worth a total of 'several million euros'. More
August 3rd, 2009
Innovision raises £5.4 million to fund its next phase of NFC growth
The funding will enable the company to capitalise on international opportunities in both the NFC and the RFID markets. More
July 29th, 2009
Brigham Young University to test new NFC microSD solution
Students at BYU-Idaho will begin testing an NFC microSD solution from Rfinity in September. More
July 8th, 2009
Apple to build NFC into the next generation iPhone’s touchscreen?
A patent application for a 'Touch Screen RFID Tag Reader', filed by Apple in December 2007, has been published on the US Patent & Trademark Office website. More
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