Tweet   (RFID World Canada) The inaugural NFC Bootcamp held in Toronto April 3 and 4, 2013 at the Marriott Downtown was an exciting event for all who attended.  The sold-out event attracted a wide range of participants from start-ups wanting to learn more about how the technology works to global organizations exploring how to [...]

Tweet Customers can use the ”Parking République” parking garage in Metz, France without a parking ticket or cash. Drivers simply identify themselves by means of the NFC-Sticker from Schreiner PrinTrust attached to their cell phone when entering and exiting the facility. The NFC-Sticker thus proves its capabilities as a multi-talent yet again. As a means [...]

Tweet MasterCard announced the launch of NFC (Near Field Communication) payment services in Brazil, using MasterCard’s Mobile PayPass technology. The project, launched in partnership with Itaú, TIM, Redecard, and Gemalto, will provide consumers with greater convenience and speed when shopping, through a more secure, intelligent and simple payment option. Using Mobile PayPass, a consumer can [...]

Tweet Incipio®, designer and manufacturer of mobile device accessories and DeviceFidelity, Inc. a vendor in plug and play NFC mobile solutions announced a technology and co-marketing partnership to bring to market a brand new range of premium NFC enabled accessory products for iOS based devices. Incipio is widely recognized for consistently creating ingenious protective solutions [...]

Tweet The GSMA today announced the NFC Experience at Mobile World Congress, an interactive experience through which exhibitors, vendors, and attendees use mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to exchange information and conduct transactions. The GSMA also announced several new keynote speakers for the Mobile World Congress conference programme, as well as new sponsors participating [...]

Tweet ABI Research forecasts that a total of 1.95 billion NFC-enabled devices will ship in 2017—a combination of both handsets and CE Devices. The lion’s share of NFC enablement will continue to be focused in the handset market, although we are expecting a surge of NFC functionality included within CE devices, for simple pairing of [...]

Tweet The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has published the NFC Controller Interface (NCI) specification, which is available to the public for download at no charge. NCI is a major new specification, created from the ground up, that defines a standard interface within an [...]

Tweet (RFID World Canada) To better reflect the rapid growth of the NFC platform and our expectation of future innovations, the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce our renamed RFID / NFC and Sensor Technology Forum. NFC stands for Near field communication and is a set of standards for smart-phones and similar mobile [...]

Tweet HID Global, a company that specializes in secure identity solutions announced its industry and logistics RFID tag solution combined with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has been selected by Bodega Norton winery in Argentina to refine its harvesting process. HID Global provided cutting-edge expertise to automate age-old processes, enabling the winery to enhance and [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Two new products from Texas Instruments (TI) that were announced this morning at Metering Europe conference. The new products help Smart Meter developers simplify designs, complexity and reduce system costs. The first product is an innovative smart meter system-on-chip (SoC) that offers the ultimate level of integration to simplify design, increase flexibility and [...]