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Near Field Communication in the Real World: Turning the NFC Promise Into Profitable, Everyday Applications
White Papers Now that international standards have been agreed and published for Near Field Communication (NFC), the market is set for widespread adoption of the technology in a whole range of applications. Innovision sees three key areas of application for NFC...
[November 16, 2006, 0:00]
White Paper: Near Field Communication
White Papers Near Field Communication (NFC) offers tremendous potential, not only because it can roll out for mass adoption, but because of the number of different ways in which it can be used to make life easier.
[March 29, 2008, 0:01]
'World's smallest' RFID reader supports a magic touch
News A UK company has developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader that supports Near Field Communication (NFC), a new standard that will allow electronic devices to interact when touched together.
[May 26, 2004, 14:45]
Singapore to start wireless-payment trials
News Both trials will be based on near-field communication (NFC), a short-range wireless connectivity technology commonly deployed in a chip and embedded in handsets such as mobile phones. Singapore's two largest mobile service providers will soon kick...
[September 4, 2007, 16:33]
TfL trials hi-tech travel-information system
News London's Blackfriars station is the site of a three-month trial using near field communication (NFC) technology embedded in "touchpoint" posters to transmit travel advice to the public. Transport for London is testing the potential for near field...
[August 28, 2007, 13:05]
Bluetooth and wireless groups get in sync
News Alliance and the Near Field Communication Forum to develop standards, expanding its relationships with other competing wireless networking technology groups such as ultrawideband developers. Near Field Communications (NFC) is designed for secure...
[December 13, 2005, 10:05]
Behind the scenes at chip firm NXP
News Normally, near-field magnetic induction communication relies on a transmitter modulating a magnetic field, which is then picked up and demodulated by a receiver. The company's research and development focuses on radio frequency identification (RFID...
[July 10, 2009, 11:39]
NFC tech predicted to reach tipping point by 2013
News Near-field communication (NFC) mobile wallet devices will remain limited next year — except in the Far East and China region, where they are already established — but the number of devices shipping will begin to ramp up from 2010 onwards...
[July 21, 2008, 8:12]
Nokia targets firms with smart RFID kit
News Nokia's product is based on Near Field Communication (NFC), a version of RFID that can act as an authentication mechanism. The Nokia Mobile RFID Kit is aimed at enterprises in the security, services, utilities and health care sectors whose...
[February 22, 2005, 16:10]
Visa unveils credit card with own PIN pad
News Alzetta told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, the transition from contactless payment cards to near-field communication (NFC) mobile devices is also firmly on Visa's long-term agenda and to that end the company has entered into an agreement...
[November 11, 2008, 7:38]
Sponge's fibres inspire high-tech cables
News The research findings, to be published on Thursday in the journal Nature, are part of a burgeoning scientific field that is mining nature for new techniques to create better technology. Biomimetics, as the field is known, has already yielded such...
[August 21, 2003, 10:15]
Nokia to launch RFID phone kit with a magic touch
News Nokia has launched its first product that supports Near Field Communication (NFC), an emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that could have significant implications for mobile commerce.
[November 3, 2004, 13:58]
Barclays unveils 'wave and pay' for cabs
News Barclays and Computer Cab have teamed up to develop a near field communication (NFC) payments system for taxis, where passengers can pay for a fare by pressing their NFC-equipped credit or debit card against a reader, in the same way many...
[April 30, 2007, 9:44]
Wireless alliance touts 'magic touch' RFID technology
News The creation of the Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum was announced at the CeBIT trade show on Thursday morning. Nokia, Sony and Philips have formed an alliance to drive the adoption and use of a new wireless technology based on radio-frequency...
[March 18, 2004, 12:05]
Philips and Sony produce Wi-Fi and Bluetooth rival
News The consumer-electronics giants have agreed to jointly create a radio frequency technology, called Near Field Communication (NFC), as well as jointly manufacture consumer devices that will use it. Philips and Sony announced on Thursday that they...
[September 6, 2002, 14:12]
Home Office steps up mobile fraud measures
News The Home Office has announced the move as part of a series of measures agreed with the mobile phone and banking industries to cut the potential for crime created by new near-field communication (NFC) technology.
[August 28, 2009, 12:44]
Manchester City FC kicks off mobile-ticket trial
News The trial was launched on the same day a European Telecommunications Standards Institute standard for Near Field Communication (NFC) applications to reside on mobile phone SIM cards was ratified, according to an Orange spokesman.
[October 23, 2007, 10:30]
Wireless standards are 'a complete and utter mess'
News There are a number of incompatible networking technologies, such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Ultrawideband and Near Field Communication (NFC), which have some similar uses but are better tuned for different situations.
[May 26, 2005, 19:20]
ZigBee clears ratification hurdle
News Jansen also suggested that other technologies such as Near Field Communication (an advanced RFID technology) could be a successful rival to ZigBee. Intelligent sensor networks moved a little closer to commercial deployment on Tuesday with the...
[December 15, 2004, 16:20]
Wireless credit card in development
News It is compatible with "Near Field Communication" -- a short-range radio technology co-developed by Philips with Sony -- which allows devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, handhelds and personal computers to swap data.
[May 29, 2003, 11:20]
