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Google Wallet Trials for London 2012 Olympics

­Google is reportedly planning to test its NFC based Google Wallet mobile payments service in london, UK next year during the 2012 Olympics.  more

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Samsung and Visa to Boost NFC Use in London

­Samsung and Visa has announced a joint partnership to deploy NFC based mobile payments in london in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. In london there are already more than 60,000 locations where contactless payments are accepted and contactless and electronic card payments will be available in the run-up to and during the 2012 Olympic Games.  more

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Nokia Teams up with Visa for Mobile Money Trials

Credit card processor, Visa and Nokia have announced plans to deliver Visa payment and payment-related services - including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications - for Nokia phones beginning with the Nokia 6212 Classic, expected to be available starting October 2008.  more

Related Tags: atlanta, rsa, mobile-payments, tim, chipsets, visa, mobile-money, wells-fargo, wave, barclays


700 Million Mobile Phones to be NFC Enabled Within 5 Years

A new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 700 million mobile subscribers globally will have phones equipped with NFC contactless technology by 2013. NFC will enable users to make payments with their mobile phones for relatively low value purchases (such as refreshments, tickets and food).  more

Related Tags: juniper-research, rsa, o2, mobile-payments, docomo, softbank, kddi, tickets


UK Consumers Interested in NFC Enabeld Mobile Phones

A survey carried out by O2 UK has found strong interest in using NFC enabled mobile phones to pay for consumer goods. Nine out of ten triallists were happy using NFC technology on a mobile phone and 78% said they would be interested in using contactless services if available. Convenience, ease-of-use and the status of having such an innovative device were seen as the main benefits.  more

Related Tags: o2, o2-uk, visa, barclaycard, visa-paywave, UK


O2 to Test NFC in London with 500 Trialists

UK network operator, O2 has confirmed plans to launch the UK's first large scale pilot of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology on mobile phones. The trial of the O2 Wallet paves the way for the mass market use of mobile phones to pay for purchases, access events or even be used as Oyster cards for travel around london, simply by touching the phone to a reader.  more

Related Tags: near-field-communication, o2, mobile-payments, o2-uk, text-message, visa, buses, barclaycard, UK


NFC: Technically Viable, but is it Desirable?

Near Field Communication (NFC) has tremendous potential for contactless ticketing, payments and passive door entry. The key benefits for consumers are reported to be faster transactions, no more carrying loose change, even a wallet can be discarded and everything in the future can be performed on one's mobile phone.  more

Related Tags: near-field-communication, ims-research, ims, visa, underground, new-york, value-added-services, mcdonalds, london-underground, era, mobile-wallet


Mobile Phone SIM Cards Could Work with London's Oyster Cards

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Related Tags: sim-card, gemalto, near-field-communication, semiconductors, nxp, nxp-semiconductors, mifare, public-transport


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