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Operator Seeks to Block British Telecom Collaboration
The mobile phone provider Three UK on Wednesday asked the European Commission to block a joint venture of Britain’s three largest operators to sell a common mobile-payment and advertising platform for...
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Vodafone and Bank of New Zealand Launch NFC Trial with Galaxy S II
By: Dan Balaban Vodafone New Zealand and Bank of New Zealand have launched an employee trial of NFC payment using the Samsung Galaxy S II.Related stories: New Zealand: Vodafone and Bank Launch...
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Scope: Trial Auckland, Wellington New Zealand -36.8474 174.766 Launch: Nov 2011 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: Vodafone New Zealand Service Provider (application): Bank of New Zealand...
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Gemalto CEO Predicts Fast Growth in TSM Business
By: Dan Balaban The chief of smart card supplier and trusted service manager Gemalto is predicting a fast-growing market for TSM services and noted the services were already contributing to...
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Vodafone Sees Payment in NFC Wallets as ‘Business Opportunity’
By: Dan Balaban Vodafone sees its planned prepaid payment service in its forthcoming NFC mobile wallets as a “business opportunity,” though it intends to enable many other applications, including...
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Deutsche Telekom Plans Move into Payments Market with NFC Phones and PayPass
By: Dan Balaban Deutsche Telekom intends to make its move into the payments market at the physical point of sale in direct competition with banks, with an NFC payments commercial launch planned in...
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Telefónica and Visa Expand Payments Partnership in Europe
By: Dan Balaban Mobile operator Telefónica group and Visa Europe have expanded their payments partnership to Telefónica’s European operations, marking the third tie-up between a major European mobile...
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MasterCard Deal with UK Operator Latest Tie-Up Between Telcos and Payment...
By: Dan Balaban In the latest tie-up between a major telco and international payment scheme, MasterCard Worldwide has announced a partnership with mobile operator Everything Everywhere, the UK’s...
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France’s No. 2 Telco SFR to Delve into Payments Market, Roll out NFC SIMs
By: Dan Balaban France’s No. 2 mobile operator SFR is the latest telco with plans to get into the payments market, today announcing it would roll out a contactless co-branded prepaid card with the...
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Vendors Announce TSM, Mobile-Wallet Supply Deals with Vodafone
By: Dan Balaban Vendors announced Monday they are supplying UK-based Vodafone Group with trusted service management services and mobile-wallet software, respectively, as the UK-based telco gears up...
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Vodafone Gears up for NFC Payment Launch in Spain and Other Markets
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland Vodafone Spain’s recent announcement of the planned launch of its co-branded prepaid NFC payment service SmartPass, could be the first NFC payment rollout from Vodafone,...
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Orange Cuts Deal with Visa to Launch Orange Cash on NFC Phones in France
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: France’s largest mobile operator, Orange, has concluded a deal with Visa to support its launch of Orange Cash in France, the latest mobile operator to announce...
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The Year Ahead for NFC: Telcos Finally Ready to Roll Out, But Alternatives to...
Jan 7 2014 (All day) By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: As 2014 unfolds, the NFC ecosystem appears as unsettled as ever, with embedded secure chips expected to compete with NFC SIMs in several...
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Vodafone Seeks to Revamp Wallet with Tokenization and Apple Pay Technology Model
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Vodafone Group is relaunching its NFC-based Vodafone Wallet with tokenized payment applications, as it seeks to attract more users and issuers to the...
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NFC SIM Shipments Show Strong Gains in 2014, but Future Growth Remains in Doubt
Apr 23 2015 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – The SIMalliance vendor group is playing up what it calls soaring growth in NFC SIM shipments in 2014, despite troubling signs for the future...
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Telco-Led NFC Payments Continue as Niche Market, but Growth Prospects Uncertain
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Orange in Spain is the latest telco to announce the launch of a co-branded mobile-payments service using SIM cards and NFC phones, one of about 15 or so...
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Top 10 Misses for NFC in 2015: SIM-Based NFC Falls Further; Apple Pay...
Jan 13 2016 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive– While 2015 was arguably the year that saw the most important rollouts yet of NFC technology, led by Apple Pay, 2015, like past years, was marRelated...
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Vodafone Quietly Kills SmartPass to Clear Way for Proxy Card Service as it...
By: Istvan Fekete and Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – UK-based Vodafone Group remains one of the major holdouts among telcos in continuing to support NFC SIM cards, as it seeks to stay...
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France’s No. 2 Telco SFR to Delve into Payments Market, Roll out NFC SIMs
By: Dan Balaban France’s No. 2 mobile operator SFR is the latest telco with plans to get into the payments market, today announcing it would roll out a contactless co-branded prepaid card with the...
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Vendors Announce TSM, Mobile-Wallet Supply Deals with Vodafone
By: Dan Balaban Vendors announced Monday they are supplying UK-based Vodafone Group with trusted service management services and mobile-wallet software, respectively, as the UK-based telco gears up...
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