List/Grid Monthly Archives: March 2011
Google Joins NFC Forum; Intel, CSR Upgrade Membership
In another sign that Google is serious about NFC, the Internet search giant has joined the NFC Forum standards and trade group as a voting member, the forum announced today….
MasterCard Certifies Gemalto SIM for Mobile PayPass in Time for UK NFC Launch
MasterCard Worldwide’s certification of a Gemalto SIM card product to carry its PayPass application in NFC phones is believed to be a first by a major card scheme. The global…
Big U.S. Banks Look for A Business Case for NFC
How do the big U.S. banks view the prospect for payments moving to mobile phones? Their recent discussions with a group of large merchants are illuminating, but perhaps not so…
Citi and MasterCard See Google as Catalyst for NFC Rollouts
While Citigroup and MasterCard Worldwide are not confirming their planned participation with Google’s expected NFC mobile wallet, a representative of the bank has told NFC Times that a pairing with…
M-Pesa Mobile-Money Service to Use NFC? Not Anytime Soon
The business development lead for Vodafone Group’s mobile payment solutions unit, which runs the popular M-Pesa mobile funds-transfer service in Kenya, said the telco has no plans to introduce NFC…
Vivotech IPO Looms as Mobile Payments Grow
Vivotech Inc. is planning an initial public offering for as early as 2012, Chief Executive Officer Mick Mullagh said. (San Francisco Chronicle) The Santa Clara company is capitalizing on demand…
Contactless-Mobile Payments Coming; Everyone Wants a Cut
Smartphones that can be waved in front of a merchant terminal to buy everything from groceries to gas aren’t widely available yet, but that’s not stopping phone companies, credit card…
NXP Develops NFC Tag-Writing App for Android
NXP Semiconductors, supplier of NFC chips and software for Android smartphones, has developed its own Android app for those phones–enabling users to write content to NFC tags. The “NXP TagWriter”…
Nokia Turns on the NFC Features in Its C7 Smartphone
ORLANDO, FLA. – Nokia has enabled the NFC chip in its C7 smartphone for the devices it is shipping to T-Mobile USA, NFC Times has confirmed. Marketed as the Astound…
Gemalto Develops Embedded Secure Chip with STMicroelectronics
ORLANDO, FLA.– France-based Gemalto announced today it is working with chip maker STMicroelectronics on an embedded secure chip offer for NFC phones. Gemalto already offers a SIM card that supports…
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