near field communications
Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards
Photo The kit is a modular video and data system that lets soldiers in the field receive near-real-time surveillance image and geospatial data directly from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft. [30 Sep 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News The DfT is also considering the promotion of NFC (near field communications) for ticketing. Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style... [20 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... [16 Jul 2009]
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Earlier this month for example, mobile operator Orange and credit card company Barclaycard announced a strategic partnership to develop m-payments technology including mobile wallet handsets - which use near... [30 Mar 2009]
Nokia gets out its wallet for mobile payments
News The company has used near field communications technology to allow some phones to be swiped at cash registers and subway turnstiles to pay for things, but this is the first time the... [25 Mar 2009]
Qualcomm pushes NFC a step closer to mobile
News Qualcomm has announced it is now building near-field communications technology, a type of RFID, into some of its chipsets. Near-field... [12 Feb 2009]
Oyster deal lights touchpaper for new tech makeover
News The problem with the prior contractual arrangement was that once we had made the jump to Oyster and it was up and running there was little incentive to jump to next-generation electronic ticketing like near... [16 Jan 2009]
All Barclays debit cards contactless by 2011
News From March, any replacement cards issued by the bank will come embedded with NFC (near field communications) chips, enabling users to pay for goods under £10 by swiping their card over a... [06 Jan 2009]
Mobile wallets to bulk out m-payments' future
News Mobile money transfers and contactless NFC (near field communications) will make up half of the overall payment mobile market globally in five years' time, according to a new report. NFC... [30 Oct 2008]
Five-year wait for O2 Oyster card mobiles
News Nine out of 10 trial participants were happy using NFC (near field communications) tech on a mobile phone - and the majority (78 per cent) said they would be interested in using mobile... [02 Sep 2008]
Digital wallet card launches in Dundee
News The programme organisers claim payments made by the card are quicker than debit and credit cards because the sQuid uses NFC (near field communications) technology, also referred to as... [02 Sep 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News The market for contactless mobile payments using near field communications (NFC) is set to reach a tipping point over the next three to five years, according to a new report by Juniper... [18 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News A recent Juniper Research report estimated the total value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, and mobile financial services transactions - including mobile remittance and payments made via NFC (near... [01 Jul 2008]
Brics demand feature-packed mobiles
News Raising the example of NFC (near field communications) phones, Chia said he expects its take-off to be "Asia-centric". With saturated mobile markets in developed nations, phone... [09 Jun 2008]
Nokia to release NFC phone this year
News Jeremy Belostock, the head of near field communications, Nokia, said: "With ever-increasing device functions and services available, ease-of-use is essential. Nokia has announced its... [16 Apr 2008]
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