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EAT to offer contactless payment nationwide
Wave and pay across the UK 2 November 2009 11:28 GMT
Barclaycard has announced another high street retailer is to roll out a contactless payment system for its OnePulse cards.

Sandwich, soup and cofee shop EAT is to offer wave and pay transactions across its entire chain of 100 stores from mid-November.
Boots to trial contactless payment
London'n'Liverpool stores to offer Mastercard PayPass systems 14 May 2009 15:03 GMT
Boots is the latest retailer - and arguably one of the largest to date - to announce it is to trial a contactless payment system.

The high street chain is teaming up with MasterCard and RBS WorldPay for 15 stores in London and six in Liverpool to let MasterCard's...
NXP announces industry standard NFC chip
New contactless payment handsets due in Q3 11 May 2009 13:56 GMT
Contactless payment with your mobile phone is a step closer to wider adoption as an industry development that sees a universal platform created for the technology, has now been announced.

Philips' NXP has unveiled what it says is the world's first truly industry...
Nokia launches NFC-enabled 6216 classic
SIM-based contactless transactions are go 23 April 2009 9:41 GMT
Nokia has announced a new Near Field Communication (NFC) device, and its third to date, the Nokia 6216 classic.

It's Nokia's first SIM-based NFC device which means operators can build NFC services on to the SIM card, so the launch of this phone may help consumer...
Orange and Barclaycard team up for contactless phone payments
Wave and pay partnership 9 March 2009 9:42 GMT
Orange and Barclaycard have announced a partnership to develop "a range of mobile, financial and payment services that will change the way we pay".

The companies will launch co-branded products and services that will let their combined 28 million customers use...
Barclays announces contactless debit cards
Three million to be issued by the end of the year 7 January 2009 10:26 GMT
Barclays has announced it is to offer contactless Visa debit cards to its customers.

From March, most Barclays debit cards that are issued or reissued will have contactless technology built in as standard.

Barclays says this will mean more than...
Pret A Manger to roll out contactless payment
As Barclaycard announces millionth RFID-enabled card issued 27 November 2008 17:15 GMT
Pret A Manger has announced it is to offer contactless payment facilities following a successful trial in London.

The sandwich shop chain said it will roll-out the integrated contactless electronic point-of-sale systems to 171 UK stores.

Due to...
GSMA calls for more NFC-enabled handsets
Lack of decent phones holding back contactless payment 18 November 2008 11:04 GMT
The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, is calling for full NFC functionality to be built-in to commercially available mobile handsets from mid-2009.

The group, backed by industry partners who have carried out successful "Pay-Buy-Mobile" trials,...
Parrot Specchio digi photo frame launches
Designer effort gets NFC, hard-core PR waffle 24 October 2008 12:37 GMT
Parrot has launched another "designer" digital photo frame, the Parrot Specchio by contemporary French artist Martin Szekely.

The Parrot Specchio becomes a mirror when it is turned off, allowing the PR blurb to waffle thusly: "Like a precious jewel, its beauty...
BMW and NXP launch world's first multifunctional car key
Contactless key as credit card 22 October 2008 13:29 GMT
BMW and NXP Semiconductors, a Philips company, have unveiled a prototype of the world's first "multifunctional" car key.

The prototype product features contactless payment, personalised access control, and advanced functionalities including public transport...
O2 reports results of NFC Wallet trial
78% would 2 September 2008 14:30 GMT
O2 has released the results of its NFC-based "Wallet" trial and the findings look positive for the future of contactless payment in the UK.

In Europe's largest ever such experiment the O2 Wallet trial took place over 6 months and involved 500 guinea pigs that...
Parrot launches first NFC-enabled speaker
Enjoy touch pairing with the new Party 16 April 2008 11:50 GMT
Parrot has announced the launch of Parrot PARTY Black Edition, what they claim is the first commercialised speaker system to integrate Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

Where in the past pairing phones with Bluetooth devices has involved navigating...
NFC-enabled Nokia 6212 classic announced
Phone from the future 15 April 2008 10:21 GMT
Nokia has introduced the Nokia 6212 classic featuring integrated Near Field Communication (NFC).

The 3G handset will allow owners to share content, access services and information as well as conduct payments and ticketing with one tap of the device, such as...
Young Toys launches Zeki "kid-phone"
Toy phone for toddlers 25 February 2008 9:34 GMT
Launched in Korea from Young Toys, the new "Zeki" is a "kid-use digital toy phone".

Through Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, the Zeki can communicate with the parent's phone over up to 80 metre distance and data can be exchanged too.

As...
Oyster scheme to offer a watch
Timepiece to join cards and phones for Tube payment 29 January 2008 10:48 GMT
The cashless payment scheme Oyster is to launch a new way to pay for London transport users, it is being reported.

As well as the Oyster cards, the Barclaycard-flavoured Oyster cards and a new Nokia/O2 phone trial, the scheme will extend the contactless payment...
Nokia unveils new eco phone concept
Engineers think green 12 December 2007 13:03 GMT
Nokia has made a new bid to cut down on its environmental footprint with its latest eco concept.

The Nokia Eco Sensor Concept has been conceived by the clever chaps at the Nokia Research Center.

It is a two-part device, which lets users stay connected...
O2, Nokia to start Tube-Phone trials
"First true pilot of NFC" sees Oyster-enabled mobiles 28 November 2007 10:42 GMT
O2 has officially announced the launch of the rumoured "Tube-Phone" as a 6-month trial across London.

500 O2 customers will be given the already-launched Nokia 6131 NFC handset installed with the "O2 Wallet" and 200 quid pre-loaded by the nice folk at Visa,...
Mobile phone payments to be used by 52 million by 2011
470 million NFC-enabled handsets worldwide by 2011 30 October 2007 14:00 GMT
New forecasts from Juniper Research show that around 52 million consumers will adopt new mobile technologies
such as NFC (Near Field Communication) and other physical mobile payment methods to pay for everyday goods and services by 2011.

They say, this...
Wireless USB to see 1.1 specification
Will be finalised in 2008 1 October 2007 10:12 GMT
The Wireless USB Promoter Group – including such companies as HP, Intel, LSI Corporation, Microsoft, NEC, NXP Semiconductors, and Samsung – have announced that they are developing the Wireless USB 1.1 Specification.

Obviously building on the Wireless USB 1.0...
02 Wireless Festival goes high-tech
Swarovski crystal NFC-enabled VIP wrist bands 4 June 2007 12:58 GMT
This year's O2 Wireless Festival is going high-tech with the use of Near Field Communication that will give Oyster card swipe functionality to mobile phones, making it possible for people to wave their handsets to pay for purchases, download content or even share information....
CES 2007: Nokia launches 6131 NFC, N76, and N93i
NFC provides tap and go payment and ticketing 8 January 2007 11:35 GMT
In addition to the N800 Internet Tablet, Nokia also launched new mobile phone models and Bluetooth headsets.

The 6131 NFC phone is the first to feature Near Field Communications, which supports data transfer and payment and ticketing with a tap of the device...