All handsets based on chip giant Intel’s current smartphone reference device will carry embedded secure elements in addition to supporting applications on SIM cards.

The newly announced successor to Samsung's best selling Galaxy S II features NFC as standard and includes a new file transfer service that enables users to easily connect together two devices via NFC and automatically transfer...

(UPM, Helsinki, 2 April 2012 at 9.00 EET) – UPM's sale of RFID business to SMARTRAC N.V. was completed on 31 March 2012 following clearance by all competent authorities. The RFID business consisting of three companies in...

SMARTRAC N.V., the leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders and inlays, today announced an agreement with OTA Training, the creator of the most comprehensive series of globally delivered RFID education...

The packaging industry must properly embrace active and intelligent packing or face the prospect of going out of business in the next decade, declared the head of a new trade body dedicated to the technology.

Join NFC World's editor and speakers from SMARTRAC, Nokia and Tapit for an in-depth guide to making the most of NFC in marketing and promotion.

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Wired magazine and Lexus have teamed up to create what they say is the first mass-produced print ad embedded with a near-field communications, or NFC, tag.

The global appetite for contactless technologies shows no sign of abating as the 2012 Contactless Intelligence Contactless & Mobile Awards (formally known as the Contactless Monkey Awards) hono...

Using a consumers NFC Phone to get service fast in Stores and Restaurants. All this, no available to retailers by Narian Technologies and Near Field Communication Technology, now found in millions of phones today.

On Friday, Juniper Research published its latest report projecting that NFC will drive mCommerce to new heights during the next 36 months. Juniper...

Walmart and Target are among a group of two dozen retailers working on the introduction of an NFC mobile wallet which would compete directly with Isis and Google Wallet, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The annual National Retail Federation Big Show will again be at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Cener in New York City. The show is an opportunity for retailers fresh off the 2011 holiday season to see the latest offerings from...

A bottle of Bodegas Torres wine is on offer to the first two hundred MWC attendees who visit the stands taking part in the treasure hunt and use their NFC phone, or a QR code app, to scan wine bottles.