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Articles Tagged ‘NFC’


Inside Contactless releases open-source NFC protocol stack

February 5, 2010

Contactless chip technology provider Inside Contactless is making its Open NFC commercial-grade NFC protocol stack available in a free and open source edition.


NFC will get commercial launch by 2011: Study

January 20, 2010

Near field communication—NFC—will begin to replace traditional wallets and purses starting in 2011, according to research by SJB Research.

Mobile payments for virtual goods to grow exponentially in 2010: Boku

January 5, 2010

Mobile payments for virtual goods and services sold via online gaming and social-networking sites will continue to grow in 2010, according to a Boku executive.

Chicken-and-egg scenario has stagnated NFC rollout

December 24, 2009

For years, mobile near field communication has been touted as one of the most promising mobile technologies for the banking industry. Will NFC take off in 2010?

Gemalto, Nokia align for NFC payments

November 19, 2009

Gemalto, a provider of digital security, announced that its Near Field Communication SIM card products are compatabile with Nokia’s contactless mobile devices.

Zenius enables NFC contactless payments on GSM phones

November 18, 2009

Near Field Communication software company Zenius Solutions has launched an NFC add-on software product for GSM phones enabling interactive NFC capability on mobile phones currently in market.

Mobile money on the rise in Europe: Frost & Sullivan

November 16, 2009

New research from Frost & Sullivan predicts that the mobile money market in Western Europe will grow to between $6 and $7 billion.

Citi launches NFC payments pilot in India

November 13, 2009

Citi Tap and Pay, a contactless credit-card payments platform based on Near Field Communications technology, has rolled out in India.

NFC represents a $110B opportunity: Juniper

November 10, 2009

Juniper Research forecasts that one in every six mobile subscribers worldwide will have a Near-Field-Communication-enabled mobile device by 2014 and that NFC represents a $110 billion opportunity.

$6B in revenue for mobile coupons by 2014: Juniper Research

November 4, 2009

Mobile coupon redemption revenues will hit $6 billion by 2014, according to a new study by Juniper Research.