Isreali teleco, credit card co. partner for NFC payments

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Starbucks and Square want your phone to be your wallet Reuters Blogs (blog) GPS mobile payments are at the opposite end of the conceptual spectrum from NFC, and therein lies their power. NFC is specifically designed to work only over tiny distances – a few centimeters – the better to avoid mishaps that might occur if you were ... See all stories on this topic »

Isreali teleco, credit card co. partner for NFC paymentsNFCNews (blog)The partners will establish a "customers club" for Cellcom subscribers, whose members will receive a mobile version of an ICC credit card that can be used to make contactless mobile payments on an NFC-enabled smart phone. Club members will also be ...See all stories on this topic »

Inside peek at Olympic contactless payment trials NFCNews (blog) To those staff who were not yet familiar, Warman noted that NFC payments were often met with a "quizzical look," with one staff member observing that tapping and paying with a mobile phone "is like the future." Warman went on to observe that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Isis, it's not you; it's your business model Mobile Payments Today (blog) A well thought out direct-to-consumer strategy, and a Google Wallet decoupled from its NFC moorings (or bypassing the traditional carrier distribution model that is the accepted norm for mobile payments), can even slip under Apple's watchful eyes ... See all stories on this topic »

Printed wireless power chips could be the kickstart that NFC needs ExtremeTech If you follow the mobile computing scene, you're probably well aware that NFC — near field communication — is meant to be the next big thing. In fact, NFC and its sister RFID have been the next big thing for years — but for some reason, they've just ... See all stories on this topic » ExtremeTech