| Media Coverage |
| NFC payments tipped to surpass contactless cards in five years
For something invisible, sentiment behind Near Field Communication (NFC) was very visible at the Mobile World Congress this year, with everyone from phone manufacturers to software start-ups pushing for the arrival of the mobile wallet. |
SiliconRepublic.com
16 Feb 2010 |
| NFC Forum spec adds digital signatures to prevent tag tampering
The standards body has published an important draft specification that will enable developers to protect NFC tags in smart posters and other applications from being tampered with or replaced with an imposter tag. |
Near Field Communications World
11 Feb 2010 |
| NFC Forum joins up with GSMA, EMVCo and Smart Card Alliance
The NFC Forum has signed a series of agreements, with the GSM Association (GSMA), EMVCo and the Smart Card Alliance, designed to enable it to work more closely with each of the associations on the development of the NFC market and near field communication-based solutions. |
Near Field Communications World
10 Feb 2010 |
| NFC and social media applications
A new NFC technology coming out of Finland will enable individuals, by touching their phone to a tag, to let Facebook friends know where they are. |
NFCNews
08 Feb 2010 |
| Mobile ticketing to explode by 2014, says report
Tickets on mobile phones for rail, air and bus travel are set to explode over the next three years, according to a leading IT analyst. |
The Independent
04 Feb 2010 |
| RFID News Roundup
NFC Forum adopts Logical Link Control Protocol (LLCP) spec... |
RFID Journal
29 Jan 2010 |
| NFC Forum releases two new specifications
The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of NFC technology, announced the adoption and release of the Logical Link Control Protocol (LLCP) specification, which supports bi-directional communications between NFC-compliant devices. |
NFCNews
27 Jan 2010 |
| NFC Forum Adopts Peer-to-Peer Spec
Today the Near Field Communications Forum announced that it has formally adopted a specification that will allow properly NFC-equipped devices to share information back and forth. |
Phone Scoop
26 Jan 2010 |
| NFC Forum Announces New Specifications
The NFC Forum has announced the release of the Logical Link Control Protocol (LLCP) specification supporting bi-directional communications between NFC-compliant devices. |
Payments News
26 Jan 2010 |
| NFC Forum Announces Specifications to Support Peer-to-Peer Device Communication and Verify Data Authenticity (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WAKEFIELD, Mass.----The NFC Forum , a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication technology, today announced the adoption and release of the Logical Link Control Protocol specification, which supports bi-directional communications between NFC-compliant devices. |
MobilesTopic
26 Jan 2010 |
| NFC to transform retail
An emerging mobile phone technology called near field communication (NFC) will play a key role in enabling retailers to create a single view of their customers across multiple channels, says a new research report 'NFC: The road to commercial deployment', states Internet Retailing. |
itWeb Computing
21 Jan 2010 |
| How Near Field Communication (NFC) Could Alter The Mobile Landscape
The mobile world is buzzing about a groundbreaking technology that, once widely enabled on mobile phones, could permanently impact the ways in which we shop, compare prices, and actually make purchases. |
mobileStorm
19 Jan 2010 |
| Banks and mobile operators to go head to head for NFC mobile payments business
Banks and mobile network operators are set to go head to head in a bid to control the market for NFC mobile payments services, according to a new research report published today. |
Near Field Communications World
14 Jan 2010 |
| Mobile Phones To Begin Replacing Cash From 2011
A new mobile phone technology called near field communication (NFC) will begin to replace traditional wallets and purses from 2011, according to a new research report published today. |
FBT Media Ltd
14 Jan 2010 |
| Cash remains king but here comes the new wave
Contactless payment, in which cards are waved across a reader to pay instantly for small items, is perhaps the most plausible threat to cash yet. |
Mobile-Financial.com
05 Jan 2010 |
| Mobile data traffic explosion tops mobile and wireless industry trends for 2010
Mobile data traffic is set to explode in 2010 putting strains on current 3G networks and causing network providers to reconsider pricing plans. |
The Independent
16 Dec 2009 |
| Christmas shopping with your smartphone
Forget writing a list and checking it twice - when it comes to getting the best festive buys, your smartphone is the most impressive bargain-hunter around. |
The Independent
09 Dec 2009 |
| 20 mobile trends and future technologies
Speculating on what's to come five years from now and highlighting how much the technology has already changed, Tauschek pointed out that smart phones are as much about the OS as they are about the hardware. |
Reseller News
07 Dec 2009 |
| 59% of consumers want to use their phone to make purchases at the point of sale
The majority (59%) of consumers are interested in using their phone like they would a credit or debit card at the cash register to make a purchase, according to a new survey conducted by StrategyOne for Firethorn, a mobile commerce specialist owned by Qualcomm. |
Near Field Communications World
01 Dec 2009 |
| Survey shows how users want more on mobiles
More than 50 percent of the respondents would like to use their mobile device as an electronic wallet to pay for retail goods and public transport services. A mobile device equipped with NFC (Near Field Communication) wireless technology would support such functionality. |
EETimes
30 Nov 2009 |
