Major Japanese carriers join forces to adopt international NFC standard
NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank have created the “Japan Mobile NFC Consortium,” which will help the three carriers coordinate and adopt an international NFC standard. …
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Broadcom intros new NFC chips for mobile payments
Broadcom on Monday announced the BCM2079x family of NFC chips which it hopes will spur the mass adoption of NFC. The 40nm-based chips are smaller …
Visa ramping up move to mobile payments
Visa is accelerating its efforts to dominate the mobile payment space, Reuters reported on Monday. Visa is no stranger to mobile payments. It began trialing …
Mobile payments could balloon 76% to $86 billion this year, Gartner says
141.1 million people around the world will make mobile payments this year, a 38.2% increase from last year, Gartner said in a new report issued …
LG’s 2011 lineup leaked, includes Fantasy, Victor, Gelato, more
LG has struggled to grab consumer interest the way Samsung has with its Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones, and it doesn’t look like …
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa partner with ISIS for mobile payments
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa announced a new partnership with ISIS on Tuesday. ISIS is a mobile initiative that was formed in April of …
HP offering $50 rebate to TouchPad early adopters
If you’ve been waiting for HP’s highly anticipated TouchPad tablet, the company just sweetened the deal a bit more for you. HP recently announced that …
HP may launch new NFC-enabled tablets and phones later this year
HP is working on phones and tablets with built-in near-field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Much like Google Wallet, which …
HTC to introduce range of new tablets; NFC smartphone coming this year
HTC isn’t just planning one or two successors to its first Android tablet — the HTC Flyer — instead the company plans to deploy an …
BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 hands-on!
We’re here in Orlando at RIM’s BlackBerry World developer event and have scored some more hands-on time with the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930… and …
BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 gets official, finally touch and type
After years of waiting from BlackBerry users, the ultimate BlackBerry has finally been made official. We broke the story on the next generation BlackBerry Bold …
Amazon set to dabble in mobile payments, report suggests
According to a report filed by Bloomberg, online retail giant Amazon is toying with the idea of launching a mobile payments service. Citing two anonymous sources, the publication notes that the …
Samsung and Visa team up for NFC mobile payments at London 2012 Olympics
On Thursday Samsung and Visa announced a new partnership under which the two firms will provide an NFC mobile payment solution before, during, and after …
MasterCard certifies Gemalto’s NFC payment solution
The ability to use your phone for NFC mobile payments across borders just became a reality. Gemalto announced that it has developed the first UICC-embedded …
NFC-enabled Windows Phones could go on sale this year, report suggests
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft is working on a Windows Phone update that will bring mobile payments to its fledgling smartphone operating system. Citing two anonymous sources, the publications …
WSJ: Google to hook up with MasterCard, Citigroup in mobile payments venture
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google, MasterCard, and Citigroup are collaborating to bring mobile payments, via NFC, to Android smartphones. Citing anonymous sources, the publication writes …
The death of plastic: BGR talks NFC with MasterCard VP James Anderson
The mobile payment revolution is coming. Within the next five years, there is a very good chance you will be paying for goods and services …
Google to test NFC mobile payment system in New York, San Francisco
Leaving your credit card at the bar may soon be a thing of the past — that is, if you live in San Francisco or …
Verifone to include NFC in all new payment systems
In an attempt to combat what it is referring to as “merchant resistance,” payment solutions company Verifone has taken an unprecedented step with NFC (Near Field Communications) …
Softbank releasing NFC mobile payment stickers for iPhone 4
With near field communication technology shaping up to be the number one new feature on handsets and mobile devices starting next year, a Japanese carrier …
Official: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon to launch mobile commerce network
Today, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless officially took the wraps off of their rumored mobile payment service. Dubbed ISIS, the new “mobile commerce network” aims …
iPhone 5 to support portable computing using NFC
A new report from Cult of Mac suggests that Apple may have some nifty new features in store for the upcoming iPhone 5. Rumors that …
Nokia announces the 6216 classic NFC-enabled handset
Nokia has just announced its newest handset to support one of our favorite still-emerging technologies, Near Field Communications (NFC). Dubbed the 6216 classic, Nokia’s third …
