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Taiwan Chip Company Supplies NFC Technology to Low-Cost Phone Maker

Published: Jan 31 2012

Taiwan-based chip maker MStar Semiconductor announced today it is supplying NFC technology to Russia-based phone maker Fly for one or more handsets for the European market to be released as early as next month.

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Austrian Bank Announces Plans to Launch Mobile-Payment Service with microSDs and iPhone

Published: Jan 30 2012
Jan 30 2012 (All day)

Raiffeisen Bank International, one of Austria’s largest banks, is planning to launch contactless-mobile payment with microSD cards and an iPhone attachment.

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Samsung Confirms NFC Chip in Galaxy Note, though NFC Version Already Shipping in Korea

Published: Jan 27 2012

Samsung Electronics has confirmed it has an NFC version of its Galaxy Note, though that comes as no surprise to operators in South Korea, which have been selling the tablet-smartphone hybrid with NFC inside for about two months.

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Inside Secure Releases New Android NFC Stack; Accuses NXP of Monopolizing Market

Published: Jan 20 2012

NFC chip supplier Inside Secure has released a new version of its NFC software stack, as it seeks to break rival NXP Semiconductors’ dominance of the market for NFC chips in Android phones.

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Microsoft Requires ‘Visual Mark’ for Windows 8 Devices Supporting NFC

Published: Jan 19 2012

Microsoft is requiring device makers to include a “visual mark” for tablets and PCs supporting NFC and running the software giant’s forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.

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Japan’s KDDI Announces Plans for Small NFC Launch with Galaxy S II

Published: Jan 16 2012
Jan 17 2012 (All day)

Japan’s second largest mobile operator, KDDI, said it would launch Japan’s first mobile NFC service late this month with the Samsung Galaxy S II–though the service will start out small because of the lack of phones that support both standard NFC and Japan's proprietary FeliCa technology, as well as Japan's nearly nonexistent infrastructure of standard contactless readers.

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Spanish Bank Plans To Turn Barcelona into Contactless-Payment City

Published: Jan 12 2012

Large Spanish retail bank La Caixa will begin rolling out 1 million contactless cards along with more than 15,000 point-of-sale terminals and 500 contactless ATMs in Barcelona this month.

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GlobalPlatform and SIMalliance Seek to Build ‘De Facto Standard’ for Accessing Secure Elements

Published: Jan 11 2012
Jan 12 2012 (All day)

The SIMalliance trade group and GlobalPlatform standards organization say they are working on what they predict will become a “de-facto standard” for the way apps on NFC phones communicate with secure elements.

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Sony Unveils Pair of Android NFC Phones and ‘SmartTags’

Published: Jan 11 2012

Sony Ericsson has announced two NFC-enabled Android smartphones and NFC tags for its Xperia series, touting NFC as enabling consumers to share content, as well as “an increasing number of NFC applications.”

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Visa Announces Certification of Six NFC Phone Models for SIM-based payWave

Published: Jan 10 2012
Jan 11 2012 (All day)

Visa has announced its first certifications of NFC phones, approving six models to run its contactless application, payWave, on SIM cards.

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Intel, HP Signal Plans for Supporting NFC on Ultrabooks

Published: Jan 10 2012
Jan 11 2012 (All day)

U.S.-based Intel, as expected, is planning to incorporate NFC technology into chip designs for future ultrabook computers, the vice president and general manager of the chip maker’s PC group said Monday.

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Sprint Announces Two New NFC Phones Supporting Google Wallet

Published: Jan 10 2012

U.S. mobile carrier Sprint has announced two more phones supporting the Google Wallet, including Google’s new Android smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus.

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Infineon Confirms H2 Shipments of 20 Million Embedded Chips–Destined for BlackBerrys

Published: Dec 9 2011

Infineon Technologies said it shipped at least 10 million embedded secure chips during both the third and fourth quarters of 2011 and predicts it will continue to sell “double-digit millions” of embedded chips each quarter after that.

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Broadcom to Introduce Standalone NFC Chip as Competition Heats Up

Published: Sep 9 2011

U.S.-based chip maker Broadcom is developing a standalone NFC chip, which it could introduce before the end of the year, NFC Times has learned.

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Experts Not Surprised By Falling NFC Phone Forecast for 2011

Published: Aug 8 2011
Aug 12 2011 (All day)

NXP Semiconductors' sharply lower forecast for NFC phone shipments for 2011 comes as little surprise to many, who point to delays in handset shipments and failure by many mobile operators to firm up their NFC business plans.

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Inside Secure CEO: Greek Financial Crisis Delayed IPO

Published: Jun 22 2011
Jun 28 2011 (All day)

Inside Secure CEO Rémy de Tonnac said the chip supplier’s decision to postpone its planned initial public offering was based solely on the financial crisis in Greece and the uncertainty it is creating on world markets.

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Inside Confirms Agreement to Buy Atmel Chip Unit

Published: May 4 2010
Jul 3 2010 (All day)

Inside Contactless today announced it has agreed to purchase U.S.-based Atmel Corp.’s smart card chip unit for an undisclosed price–a move that is expected to triple Inside’s sales and give it much-needed technology to stay competitive with its larger European rivals.

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Inside Secure

Published: Oct 16 2009
Headquarters: 
France

France-based fabless chip supplier Inside Contactless had an inside track to the NFC market a couple of years ago as the first supplier of NFC chips supporting early versions of the single-wire protocol.

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