List/Grid Monthly Archives: June 2011
Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones
Users will be able to tap their Japanese contactless-mobile wallet phones on readers installed at a small number of merchant locations in the Roppongi district of Tokyo to get information…
Inside Secure CEO: Greek Financial Crisis Delayed IPO
Inside Secure CEO Rémy de Tonnac said the chip supplier’s decision to postpone its planned initial public offering was based solely on the financial crisis in Greece and the uncertainty…
Google’s Schmidt Predicts Contactless Terminal Rollout
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly predicted Wednesday that one third of U.S. point-of-sale terminals would accept contactless payment within a year, a penetration rate that he said would be…
Isis Confirms Second NFC Pilot City
Isis chief executive Michael Abbott has confirmed that the second pilot city for the U.S. mobile carrier joint venture will be Austin, Texas. As NFC Times reported in April, Austin…
Nokia Introduces Its Second NFC-enabled Smartphone
Nokia has introduced its second NFC-enabled smartphone, the N9, which enables users to share photos, videos and music by tapping devices together. The high-end phone, introduced today in Singapore, is…
UK Post Office To Go Contactless in 2012
The Post Office Ltd. in the United Kingdom is planning to roll out new post-of-sale terminals accepting contactless payment cards at its nearly 12,000 branches starting next year, NFC Times…
Nokia Introduces Its Second NFC Smartphone
Nokia has introduced its second NFC-enabled smartphone, the N9, which enables users to share photos, videos and music by tapping devices together. The high-end phone, introduced today in Singapore, is…
Nokia Introduces Its Second NFC Smartphone
Nokia has introduced its second NFC-enabled smartphone, the N9, which enables users to share photos, videos and music by tapping devices together. The high-end phone, introduced today in Singapore, is…
Nokia Introduces Its Second NFC Smartphone
Nokia has introduced its second NFC-enabled smartphone, the N9, which enables users to share photos, videos and music by tapping devices together. The high-end phone, introduced today in Singapore, is…
Survey Says Most Consumers Not Waiting for Mobile Wallets
A survey conducted for consumer electronics shopping and review site Retrevo showed that only a little more than one in five respondents said they wanted NFC and a mobile wallet…
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