by Pivot
Tag: NFC
Mobile Proximity Payment Forecast: Over 1 Billion Users by 2019
Ovum has issued a bullish mobile proximity payment forecast. The category is the smallest segment of the mobile payments market, but the fastest growing, the research firm notes. The number of people worldwide using near-field…
Apple Watch Requires an iPhone; iPhone 6 Carriers Include the Big Four
Connected multi-purpose devices have been making strides toward obsoleting single-purpose products one by one (viz. cameras, CD players, radios, books and e-readers). The latest device in high-tech firms’ sights is the wristwatch — but if…
Near Field Communication Forum and Bluetooth SIG to Coordinate Efforts
November 12, 2013 — WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association responsible for…
AT&T’s 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference: A Digital Life Update
In this “Part 2” post about the AT&T 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference, we look at AT&T’s forthcoming Digital Life home automation and home control offerings, several other connected market initiatives, and provide a peek…
NFC Forum Releases Standard Interface for Near-Field Communications
Formed to advance development and adoption of near-field communication (NFC) technology, the NFC Forum has published and made available free for public download a new specification for an NFC controller interface (NCI) that “defines a…
ABI: Next-Gen Wi-Fi Will Dominate on Mobile Devices
The new IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi protocol will begin to dominate in mobile devices, supplanting earlier 802.11b, g and n protocols in the next two to three years, according to a new report from ABI Research.…
Google Looks to Expand Empire to Mobile Wallets
Billing it as “the next generation in mobile commerce,” Google, Citibank, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint introduced and demonstrated Google Wallet at an event in New York on May 26. Using Near Field Communications (NFC),…
Sprint and Google Partner for Mobile Wallet
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), May 26, 2011 – Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today a partnership with Google to launch Google Wallet, an application using near field communication technology (NFC) to make your phone your wallet.…
Wireless Consortium Wants to Replace Credit/Debit Cards with Mobile Phone
AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless today announced they will build Isis, a nationwide mobile electronic commerce network that the partners anticipate will eliminate the need for consumers to carry and use debit cards,…