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| Taking steps toward mobile cash
Rushed for time last month, Gerhard Romen jumped on a departing tram in Frankfurt and waved his Nokia cellphone across an electronic reader at the door.
The transit operator, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund, instantly charged the 2.20, or $3.48, fare to Romen's bank account in Helsinki. |
International Herald Tribune
02 Jul 2008 |
| Computer Crosstalk-Shopping using your Mobile
You have heard of RFID (Radio Frequency IDitification). If you have not, there is one thing; you have not been following technologies trends for the last four years or so. Well, you sometimes dont have to. With so much to catch up on the Malawian political landscape, there is little time for everything else. |
The Daily Times (Malawi)
25 Jun 2008 |
| The NFC Debate Continues
I received flack for my recent blog on Near-Field Communication (NFC) payments being safe (see Yes, Contact Payments Are Safe). Some posters rightly pointed out that there are issues with over-the-air security patches, and several security experts were angry that I suggested everyone in their business tries to scare consumers. One described my article as "incendiary" because I wrote, "So security experts can try to scare people, but the truth is, consumers don't appear to have much to be concerned about at this point." |
RFID Journal
19 Jun 2008 |
| Say hello to 'wave and pay'
It's a bit sad, I know, but every time I visit London I'm somewhat wowed by the city's Oyster card system. Hover the blue card over a reader at a tube station and the barriers open for you. Even more impressive is the OnePulse card, issued by Barclaycard, which combines Oyster, credit card, and "wave and pay" an instant, cashless way to pay for low-value items in certain shops. |
Business 24/7
14 Jun 2008 |
| Mobile technology could "revolutionise" payment transactions
People could soon be using their mobile phones to pay for transactions, according to Apacs, the UK payments association.
*Also covered in Banking Times and MoneyExpert |
Money News
13 Jun 2008 |
| Yes, Contactless Payments Are Safe
Reuters ran an article a few weeks ago entitled "Mobile phone payments 'pose huge fraud risk'." The story quoted Greg Day, an analyst at security specialist McAfee, as saying near-field communications (NFC) used for phone payments represent an opportunity for sophisticated criminals to steal a lot of money. |
RFID Journal
13 Jun 2008 |
| NFC Forum Hosts First Spotlight Event: Transport and City Life Applications
The NFC Forum (www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, holds its first Spotlight conference today to discuss and demonstrate NFC transport and city life applications. The program features presentations by NFC Forum Vice Chairman Gerhard Romen of Nokia, Dr. Wolf Heine of T-Systems and other representatives of organizations that have deployed NFC projects around the world. Demonstrations and a moderated panel discussion are also on the agenda. Open to NFC Forum members and invited guests, the afternoon event takes place at the LivingXXL restaurant in Frankfurt's Eurotower.
*Also covered in Ad-Hoc-News, Centre Daily Times, Consumer Electronics Net, Earthtimes, IT Business Net, LBSzone.com, PR-Inside, and UsingRFID.com. |
TMC Net
10 Jun 2008 |
| Near field communications in the real world
The success of near field communication short range radio technology across a broad range of applications depends on its large-scale adoption by enterprises and consumers. This implies the need for simple, low-cost implementation of the technology in a wide variety of devices, from mobile phones and laptops to point-of-sale terminals and ticket machines, says David Woollen. |
EngineerLive.com
05 Jun 2008 |
| Telecom Italia Mobile launches NFC trial
Gemalto reports that it has been contracted by Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) to help support the launch of a new NFC (near field communication) programme in Trento, Italy. TIM will be trialling the use of Gemalto's transport application embedded in mobile phone SIM cards to allow citizens to use a mobile phone as an access device for public transport. Users are able to purchase tickets wherever they are, at any time, through their mobile phone, and validate their transport pass even when the handset is turned off. |
UsingRFID.com
05 Jun 2008 |
| CSR squeezes four radios into Bluecore 7
The latest iteration of CSR's famous Bluetooth chip, the Bluecore 7, manages to squeeze four radio functions into a single 3.2mm by 3.6 mm core. The chip, plus its associated eight external components, should only consume 30mm˛. |
The Inquirer
04 Jun 2008 |
| Paper-free train tickets on track
Travellers will be able to get paperless rail tickets from the end of this year.
One of the UK's largest train ticket retailers, TheTrainLine, is to pilot its secure smart ticketing system TrainLine Smart later in 2008, ahead of its full introduction next year. |
Silicon.com
04 Jun 2008 |
| looking forward to cash equivalents
Electronic cash cards, or rather the infrastructure to accept them, are a necessary precursor to mass adoption of mobile phones as payment. After all, the two things you need to use your phone at a physical point of sale is a way to present the data faster than you can reach in your wallet and a way to read the data. The current best technology for this is Near Field Communication (NFC); its the same stuff going into US passports and on smart cards all over Europe. |
Little Springs Design
02 Jun 2008 |
| The 'future of money' goes mobile - video version
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BBC News
30 May 2008 |
| Innovating NFC in the UK with Innovision
At the beginning of April I met with the senior management team from Innovision Research & Technology at the Royal Society for the Arts in London. David Wollen, the CEO, and Marc Borrett, Business Development Director gave the briefing. |
IT-Director.com
30 May 2008 |
| The 'future of money' goes mobile
Near Field Communications (NFC) offers shoppers the opportunity to wave a card or a phone near a sensor and beep, a coffee or train fare is paid for. David Reid travelled to Monaco to see the applications that might help NFC take off.
*Also covered in This Day Online |
BBC News
30 May 2008 |
| Qualcomm says phone will replace your wallet
Hard cash and a pocket full of change could be a thing of the past if chip manufacturer Qualcomm has its way.
*Also covered in Sputnika.com |
Pocket-Lint
29 May 2008 |
| NFC the way to go
According to a report by research firm Berg Insight, technologies such as near field communication (NFC) have a great potential to open a new mobile segment, but some consumers are still reluctant to adopt it. |
ITWeb
28 May 2008 |
| Mobile Phone Wallets Will Takeoff in 2012
Researchers from Strategy Analytics and ABI research predict that by 2012 one in five mobile phones will come equipped with new technology enabling small payments to be made by simply flashing the handset.
*Also covered in The Independent, PSFK.com, and Yahoo! News. |
RedOrbit.com
16 May 2008 |
| Why the delay with NFC phones? Report sheds light
A new report done by IDTechEx compares and contrasts Near Field Communication, and particularly RFID enabled mobile phones, with contactless smart cards and tickets. It emphasizes how they are forms of RFID with advantages and disadvantages and different development paths. |
ContactlessNews
08 May 2008 |
| Mobile NFC moves closer to the money
A technology that has the potential to replace money is bound to excite interest. Near Field Communications (NFC) is such a technology, but the security, software complexity and vested interests surrounding the hardware engineering have kept the technology from making its way into commercial applications until now.
*Also covered in EE Times Asia, Mobile Handset DesignLine, RFID World and RF DesignLine |
EE Times
05 May 2008 |
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