26

Nov

2012

Last week at The Fonecast: 26th November 2012

HP says Autonomy deal was spiced up

Author: The Fonecast

Mark Bridge writes:

It’s time to ‘ketchup’ with last week’s biggest mobile industry news stories - and where better to start than with HP’s claims of ‘saucy’ behaviour?  It’s launched an investigation into last year’s acquisition of UK company Autonomy, claiming the software company had ‘spiced up’ its valuation. Condiment-based puns aside, it’s a serious matter that could see key players from the deal charged with cooking the books.

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Nov

2012

New research suggests 2013 will be a big year for NFC

Author: The Fonecast

ABI Research says 2013 will see NFC leaving its ‘trial phase’, with 285 million NFC-enabled devices expected to be shipped worldwide.

That figure will have increased almost seven-fold by 2017, when a total of 1.95 billion NFC devices are forecast to be shipped.

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Oct

2012

Vodafone and Gemalto working together on NFC mobile payments

Author: The Fonecast

Vodafone has chosen digital security company Gemalto to help manage its rollout of contactless mobile payments worldwide.

Gemalto will provide and operate Vodafone’s global Trusted Service Management platform and will help the operator deploy NFC services solutions.

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Oct

2012

Visa Europe, RBS and NatWest bring NFC mobile payments to iPhone customers

Author: The Fonecast

RBS and NatWest have launched an NFC mobile contactless payment service for bank customers with an Apple iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S.

The service, which is called TouchPay, has been developed with Visa Europe and uses a protective iCarte cover that incorporates NFC technology.

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Sep

2012

Orange Quick Tap goes mainstream with its first Android device

Samsung Galaxy SIII joins the Quick Tap portfolio

Author: The Fonecast

The Samsung Galaxy SIII is the first Android smartphone available with Orange’s Quick Tap contactless payment service.

Customers will be able to load money onto the phone using any UK MasterCard or Visa card and can then pay via NFC technology.

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