NFC
RSS NFCNFC share price soars after ecommerce plan announcement
News The share price of logistics company, NFC, has this week risen nearly 25 per cent on news that it is to refocus its business and invest in ecommerce. NFC said it was going to invest the proceeds of the... [10 Dec 1999]
Photos: NFC tech takes to the catwalk
Photo High fashion met high-tech when style gurus at London Fashion Week chose the designs that will be dominating the high street using near field communication (NFC). Fashion buyers at the Science Museum registered their... [11 Feb 2008]
NFC goes on the buses for Europe's first rollout
News Europe can now boast its first commercial rollout of near field communications (NFC) technology which allows users to pay for items using their mobile handsets. The short range wireless technology will be used by German... [20 Apr 2006]
Cheat Sheet: NFC and contactless payments
Cheat Sheet NFC eh? Three manufacturers are the front-runners when it comes to getting NFC off the drawing board and into our pockets: Samsung has committed to the tech and has prototypes in the offing; Nokia has... [20 Apr 2006]
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 Research. NFC... [18 Jul 2008]
Leader: RFID, NFC and consumers
Leader Today also saw us report on the latest about another short range wireless technology, Near Field Communication - or NFC. For example, Philips RFID chips enable Oyster cards for travel on public transport in London yet... [22 Oct 2004]
Nokia to release NFC phone this year
News Nokia has announced its upcoming handset, the 6212, will feature near field communication (NFC) technology, which will allows users to make connections with other NFC-enabled devices by 'tapping' the... [16 Apr 2008]
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]
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]
Blinkered thinking holding back mobile NFC
News NFC phones are having a harder time becoming tech's next big thing than many thought. Analyst house ABI Research has reduced its shipment forecast for near field communications (NFC) devices, typically... [12 Sep 2006]
Photos: Caen's NFC pilot in action
Photo The city of Caen in Normandy is the home of the largest near field communications (NFC) trial. The Abbaye des Hommes, once home to William the Conqueror's men, has gone all high-tech for the trial with its own... [20 Apr 2006]
Near Field Communication in the Real World: Turning the NFC Promise Into Profitable, Everyday Applications
White Paper Now that international standards have been agreed and published for Near Field Communication (NFC), the market is set for widespread adoption of the technology in a whole range of applications. Innovision sees three key... [16 Nov 2006]
Philips sees phone and NFC wireless love affair
News A smarter form of radio frequency ID chips called Near Field Communications (NFC) will take off but that will be as much because of the mobile phone industry as because of their use in consumer electronics. [22 Oct 2004]
RFID and NFC Measurements With the Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer
White Paper This paper begins with an overview of RFID technology. After reviewing RFID technology, specific signal characteristics and design challenges differentiating RFID data links from other communications systems are examined. [16 Nov 2006]
Photos: Smart posters and the 'seeing eye phone'
Photo Near field communications (NFC) technology company Innovision, has been showing off its vision of a future where low-cost stick-on NFC tags can turn any object into a 'smart object' - allowing mobile... [04 Apr 2008]
