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Mobiles encroach on credit cards with DoCoMo deal
News DoCoMo uses FeliCa technology from Philips and Sony based on NFC (near field communications) which enables a customer to pay for small items with their phone. Japanese mobile giant NTT... [07 Mar 2006]
Visa launches mobile payments platform
News Until now, Asia has adopted NFC more readily than other parts of the world, with operator NTT DoCoMo launching contactless payment phones in Japan in 2005. Visa has launched a mobile platform that it... [10 Jan 2007]
Nokia and Visa team up for credit cards
News Nokia and Visa are the latest twosome to climb aboard the NFC bandwagon, giving credit card users in Malaysia a chance to pay for goods with their phones. Visa will be installing 2,500 Visa Wave readers - which can... [28 Apr 2006]
3GSM Diary, day 4: Mobile's future killer apps?
Comment Meanwhile, the NFC Forum was talking up standards - particularly their appearance by the summer. Among the issues still to be settled is how peer-to-peer NFC will work. One group of people the... [15 Feb 2007]
Has technology finally emptied your wallet?
News Mobile firms Nokia and DoCoMo have both invested in the concept of NFC or RFID payments, as have financial institutions including MasterCard. It's predicted that could drop to 20 per cent within five... [17 Mar 2005]
Bluetooth 'on its way out'?
News Japanese operator DoCoMo has already included a precursor to NFC in some of its handsets as a way of turning the phone into a way of making contactless payments. According to analysts, ultrawideband... [21 Apr 2005]
Cheat Sheet: NFC and contactless payments
Cheat Sheet DoCoMo sells 'osaifu keitei' or wallet phones, with NFC functionality embedded. NFC eh? Three manufacturers are the front-runners when it comes to getting NFC off the... [20 Apr 2006]
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment N is for NFC The bidding is expected to raise between $15bn and $20bn from organisations including Apple, AT&T, Cox, Google, NTT DoCoMo and Verizon. The auction of the last great chunk of US broadcast... [17 Dec 2007]
Google lays out mobile future
News N is for NFC In addition to European and US giants such as Vodafone, Telefonica and Sprint, Google also has partnerships with Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, India's Airtel and China Mobile. The... [13 May 2008]
