NFC
RSS NFCRevealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
News Gartner said NFC can increase user loyalty for all service providers, and it will have a big impact on carriers' business models - but the biggest challenge is reaching business agreements between mobile carriers and... [18 Nov 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News The department's consultation remains optimistic however, saying: "NFC phones have the potential to be the dominant smart media for transport. The DfT is also considering the promotion of NFC (near... [20 Aug 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News Bluetooth or WiMax, Zigbee or NFC? From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you down a pint in the pub, wireless is revolutionising the way we do business. But it's no longer just a question of... [11 Aug 2009]
O2, NatWest cash in with prepay Visa cards
News Analysts have long been predicting a coming together of the mobile and payments markets owing to the ubiquity of mobile phones and the rise of contactless payment technologies such as NFC (near field communications),... [16 Jul 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News The idea of combining a contactless payment card with ticketing capability is not new: Barclays OnePulse credit card, launched in 2007, has both Oyster card and NFC payments functionality. The London 2012 Olympics could... [29 May 2009]
Cashing in: The 73 million people opting for mobile money
News The Asia Pacific region will see the biggest take up of mobile payments - including NFC and pay by text - reaching 3.8 per cent of all mobile users by 2012. The mobile phone has spelled the decline of the landline, the... [28 May 2009]
Mobile future: TV, power and the 'internet of things'
News One technology the chipmaker is backing is mobile TV, while others likely to make it big include banking, coupons and NFC for contactless payments. Figuring out new business models, solving the wireless power question,... [06 May 2009]
Airline gets first NFC boarding
News Air France is testing out what it claims is the first deployment of NFC-enabled mobile boarding passes. As part of a pilot that will run until the end of October this year, frequent flyers travelling from Nice to Paris... [20 Apr 2009]
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Much of the hype around m-payments has so far centred on NFC-enabled 'wallet phones'. Earlier this month for example, mobile operator Orange and credit card company Barclaycard announced a strategic partnership to... [30 Mar 2009]
£250k to help police ID stolen phones
News However with the rise of embedded NFC technology, more mobiles are likely to become payment devices, essentially carrying their owner's cash. To tackle the problems presented by NFC, the Home Office has... [17 Mar 2009]
Euro millions roll over for mobile banking
News Mobile commerce is already worth a considerable sum: according to a separate report by ABI Research, mobile commerce transactions, excluding those made through NFC, will be worth $1.6bn this year. Mobile banking users... [13 Mar 2009]
Barclaycard, Orange share a mobile wallet
News A spokeswoman for Barclaycard told silicon.com they are working on developing both NFC-enabled handsets and SIMs, and are talking to "a number of handset vendors" - but would not give details of specific makers in... [09 Mar 2009]
Qualcomm pushes NFC a step closer to mobile
News Near-field communications (NFC) is already used in travelcards such as London's Oyster smartcard, as well as in some bank debit cards, but the mobile industry is keen to see it integrated into handsets. [12 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News N is for NFC The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on Monday, can effectively be turned into a BT Openzone wi-fi hotspot - users can give their connectivity away, or sell their customers BT... [10 Feb 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News N is for NFC As operators start looking at deploying a successor to their 3G networks, power users could be among the first to be shifted onto higher speed mobile networks. Operators' roadmaps to LTE - the predicted... [06 Feb 2009]
