New Asia NFC Alliance to Promote Convenient International Mobile NFC Services
Asian telecom operators Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), HKT (Hong Kong), KDDI (Japan), and SK Planet (South Korea) are jointly announcing the formation of the Asia...
Broadcom Develops NFC into Affordable Wearable Technology and Mobile Devices
Broadcom Corporation ($BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today introduced the next-generation of near field communication (NFC)...
SD Memory Standard and NFC Forum Collaborating to Build Ecosystem
The SD Association (SDA), a global ecosystem of companies setting industry-leading memory card standards, and the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances...
Mobile Phone Growth Will Drive NFC Handset Market to 1.6 Billion Units by 2018
While NFC technology as a chip can be incorporated into several devices, its integration into mobile phones brings to the fore a phenomenal range...
OTI Receives $10 Million Payment From Sale of SmartID Division
On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI), a vendor of cashless payment solutions based on contact-less transactions and near field communication (NFC), has closed the sale...
Together Canada’s Blackberry and Timmies Allow for NFC Payments
Canada's smartphone giant BlackBerry ($BBRY) now lets its smartphones pay at Canada's favorite coffee store Tim Hortons using NFC with functionality built into Tim...
NFC Technology Used by Royal British Legion in Poppy Campaign
Proxama(AIM: PROX), which provides mobile commerce, loyalty and payment solutions, in conjunction with Paythru, a secure m-commerce payment and marketing platform, has delivered the...
NFC Forum and International Air Transport Association Launch NFC Reference Guide for Air Travel
The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA),...
Rogers Expands in Mobile Payments Space with New NFC Wallet
Rogers, one of Canada's wireless and media giants announced the launch of their suretap™ wallet, as part of their mobile payments business. The timing of...
Open NFC at Point of Sale to Increase Value-Add Services
Merchant360 announced the release of bi-directional NFC between enabled mobile phones and Point of Sale terminals from Ingenico and VeriFone. Merchant360, Inc. is a company...