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Report shows the rampant growth of the NFC mobile applications market

Jesse Collins
Mobile commerce Risks

A new report from Markets and Markets, a market research firm, paints a promising picture for the future of NFC technology. NFC has been around for several years but has only recently become a technology of consequence. It has provided advertisers with a new way to engage consumers who are growing increasingly reliant on mobile technology. NFC has also helped birth the new industry of mobile commerce. As such, the market for NFC applications, such as mobile wallets, has become more valuable. In 2011, the market saw revenue growth of…

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Freescale Semiconductor and Inside Secure team to make new NFC-enabled prepaid electricity meter design

Jesse Collins
Electricity Meters

Freescale Semiconductor, a leading manufacturer of micro-technologies, and Inside Secure, a mobile technology company specializing in NFC, have come together to create a new contactless, prepaid utility meter design. The design aims to bring more security to the world of electronic meter products as well as help modernize the utilities industry. Prepaid electricity meters are quite popular throughout the world, but have been the target of fraud in the past. Both companies claim that the new design system will be much more reliable in terms of safety. The design is…

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ACS announces new virtual transit card plan in Pennsylvania powered by NFC technology

Jennifer Goula
NFC Technology

A new transit card plan is coming to Pennsylvania this week, backed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. The plan comes from Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), an information technology and business process service provider and subsidiary of Xerox. The new transit cards will feature NFC technology, allowing users of public transportation to their smart phone rather than a paper or plastic ticket. The transit cards are, essentially, a virtual alternative to more conventional options. The cards will be used throughout the state’s busses, subways and train networks. ACS has launched…

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Japan Airlines adopts NFC-enabled boarding passes to better serve consumers

Sam Lambert
Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines has announced that it will be launching a new NFC-based service that will help consumers board planes faster. The airline has partnered with mobile operations company KDDI in order to create NFC-enabled boarding passes. Japan Airlines is not the first to adopt this type of boarding pass. Last year, Scandinavian Airlines began experimenting with similar boarding passes they called Smart Pass. Now, the Japanese company is looking to expound on this idea and make it popular with travelers. The Smart Passes will be able to track travelers wherever…

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ViVOtech brings NFC-based mobile marketing software to retailers

Jesse Collins
mobile commerce and NFC technology

ViVOtech – a software and systems company that uses near field communication (NFC) based technology – used their time at the NRF Annual Convention & Expo to launch their ViVOtouch mobile marketing software platform. This newly unveiled product is designed to provide retailers with the ability to offer consumers personalized content, loyalty programs, and discount opportunities, as it provides a real-time, interactive NFC-based shopping experience for customers whose mobile devices are enabled with this technology. By using ViVOtouch, mall operators, retailers, discount coupon services, and service providers are capable of…

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