Articles Archive for April 2006
Posted in USA on 27 April 2006
Another mobile payment scheme launched in the US.
To read more about it:
- Payments News
- Cyphermint
- PrimeZone
- Official website of PayCash Mobile
Posted in NFC on 27 April 2006
Le site Service Mobiles (Site) présente brièvement NFC. Il propose aussi d’aller voir une video sur le site officiel du NFC forum (video).
Pour en lire plus: Services Mobiles
Posted in Japan, NFC, RFID, Videos on 21 April 2006
Wireless Watch Japan provides a video about the NTT DoCoMo mobile phone DCMX credit card function.
To see the video: Click here
Posted in NFC, Platforms, SMS, USA on 14 April 2006
From Business Wire:
MobileLime(R), the first U.S.-based company to turn the mobile phone into a marketing, loyalty and payment device, today announced that its Mobile Wallet was selected as the 1st place winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA WIRELESS 2006 for the Consumer Messaging Application (SMS/MMS) category.
Read more:
- Business Wire
- Payments News
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 12 April 2006
From Payments News:
Digital World Tokyo reports on plans by three of the largest taxi fleet operators in Tokyo to begin accepting payments made by cell phones equipped with Sony’s Felica chip and using either BitWallet’s Edy system or East Japan Railway’s Suica system.
Read more:
- Payments News
- DigitalWorld Tokyo
Posted in Discussions, NFC, USA on 11 April 2006
From Payments News:
Ryan Kim reports for the San Francisco Chronicle on last week’s CTIA Wireless 2006 conference and the mobile payments initiatives launched by PayPal and Obopay as well as trials underway exploring the use of near-field communication (NFC) chips embedded in cell phones.
Read more:
- Payments News
- San Francisco Chronicle
Posted in Discussions, Japan, Korea, NFC, Reports on 11 April 2006
From Payments News:
Mercator Advisory Group has announced its latest research report - Predicting Mobile Payment Success in Asia - that explores the relationship between technology, payments, and strategy, as it relates to the success of mobile commerce markets in Asia.
Read more:
- Payments News
- Mercator
Posted in NFC, RFID on 10 April 2006
MoreRFID:
Wireless Dynamics Inc., a leading provider of NFC and RFID SD products, announces the SDiD 2010, the first NFC (Near Field Communications) and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Reader/Writer in mini-SD Card form factor.
Read more
Related website: Wireless Dynamics Inc.
Posted in NFC, Platforms, USA on 10 April 2006
From the RFID Journal:
A usability test performed by Philips showed that U.S. residents might embrace NFC, but an ABI Research report says the technology needs a stronger, more uniform infrastructure
To read more: RFID Journal
Related news: Payments News
Posted in NFC, Platforms, SMS on 10 April 2006
From ePaynews.com:
During 2006, Visa Europe is to pilot contactless payments in several EMV card-using countries, including the UK, to leverage EMV infrastructure with a view to commercial roll-outs in 2007. To support these pilots, merchants in Europe will have to add contactless card readers to their EMV-based POS infrastructure and encourage customers to use contactless [...]
Posted in Platforms, RFID, USA on 7 April 2006
The solution will make the management of contactless payments with mobile phones secure, economical and flexible for participating financial institutions as the new process eliminates the time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually, which has been the method used for mobile payment trials until now.
Read more:
- BusinessWire
- Payments News
