mobile wallet
Mobile wallets in 1 in 5 handsets by 2018, Juniper Research finds
A new report from Juniper Research has found that 1 in 5 mobile handsets will have mobile wallet functionality by 2018, against less than 1 in 10 at the end of last year.
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Mobile phones turned into wallets by Giesecke & Devrient
Munich, Germany – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is introducing SmartTrust Portigo, a mobile wallet solution for NFC services and beyond which brings the functions of an electronic wallet onto a common platform. Portigo is a framework that allows the deployment of various services.
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Vodafone and CorFire launch new m-wallet services, Gemalto to manage Voda's global NFC m-payments
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — CorFire™, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA, is providing mobile wallet capabilities to Vodafone Group, enabling Vodafone’s customers to use their smartphones to conduct a number of transactions,
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iPhone 5 dodges NFC as a mobile wallet technology and plays for time on Passbook
(Reuters & additional reporting) — Any lingering hopes among proponents of NFC that Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5 (pictured) might spring a pleasant surprise were dashed on Friday when the new device emerged without the technology. This non-move had been trailed beforehand but backers of NFC as a leading mobile payment technology may still
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Mobile payments alliance for smartphones led by Shell, Target, Wal-Mart and 7-Eleven
An alliance of 14 retailers has been set up to create a ‘mobile wallet‘ on your phone that will better similar attempts by Google and mobile network operators. The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) comprises Wal-Mart, Shell, Target, 7-Eleven and other large retailers.
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Telefónica selects Giesecke & Devrient to deliver NFC solutions across Europe
Telefónica’s new Digital unit and Giesecke & Devrient have reached an agreement to establish a single European-wide platform for Near Field Communication (NFC) services.
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Turkcell, Huawei and NXP combine to launch Turkey’s first NFC-enabled smartphone
Istanbul, Turkey – Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL) working with NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) have selected the PN544 Near Field Communication (NFC) radio chip for Turkcell’s new T20 smartphone.
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M2M Wholesale – Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Those who recall last year’s YouTube video of the car thief thwarted by a GPS system may not realize it, but they witnessed a real-live example of M2M in action. Stopped at an intersection, the crook suddenly felt the engine die.
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