Articles in the NFC Category
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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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 General, NFC, Reports on 7 April 2006
Their study shows consumers like the convenience of contactless payment using Near Field Communication.
To read more about it:
- BusinessWire
- Payments News
Posted in Discussions, General, NFC, Platforms on 7 April 2006
Mobey Forum has completed an extensive evaluation on the future development of the mobile
financial services business ecosystem (pdf)
Posted in NFC on 5 April 2006
ABI Research Dissects Four Factors Critical to Near Field Communications Markets in 2006.
- Handset availability
- A uniform application programming interface (API)
- Interest and initiatives from mobile operators
- The success of contactless payment trials
Read more:
- BusinessWire
- Payments News
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms on 4 April 2006
NTT DoCoMo is offering two plans to make highly secure purchases from small to large amounts using their phones as DoCoMo-issued credit cards.
Related news:
- Payments News
- JCN network
- Wireless Watch Japan
- Digital World Tokyo
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 28 March 2006
DoCoMo’s Osaifu-Keitai (phones with wallet functions) will be used for a variety of practical mobile services at LAWSON convenience stores beginning by April 30th.
Source: Wireless Watch Japan
Related news: JCN Newswire
