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Facing Threats, Telcos and Other Players Seek to Cut Cost and Complexity of NFC
By: Dan Balaban NFC ecosystem players are moving to simplify the costly and complex process for putting payment applications on secure elements, as they face mounting frustration at the pace of...
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MasterCard Seeks to Establish TSM Aggregation Service in Germany
By: Dan Balaban BARCELONA, Spain – MasterCard Worldwide is seeking to expand its little-used service provider TSM aggregation service from Poland to Germany, planning to announce a deal to connect a...
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Updated: Deutsche Telekom Launches Long-Awaited NFC-Payments Service
May 7 2014 By: Dan Balaban Germany’s Deutsche Telekom today launched its much-anticipated–and also much-delayed–NFC-mobile wallet, which features its own branded prepaid mobile-payments application...
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Slovak Telekom to Launch PayPass Application; Hungary’s NFC Launch Expected...
May 14 2014 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Slovakia’s largest mobile operator, Slovak Telekom, plans to follow its parent, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, in launching NFC payments using a...
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E-Plus Joins Other German Telcos in Launching NFC Wallet and Prepaid Payments...
By: Dan Balaban Germany’s third largest mobile operator, E-Plus, has launched NFC payments with a prepaid wallet card, joining other German telcos, which have also launched prepaid payments...
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Scope: Rollout Status: In progress Germany 51.2277 6.77346 Launch: Jul 2014 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: E-Plus (Base) Service Provider (application): E-Plus/Wirecard (MasterCard...
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Top 10 Misses for NFC in 2014; Project Backers Look to Recover Momentum in 2015
Jan 7 2015 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive– While the NFC industry saw a breakthrough in 2014 with the launch of Apple Pay, the year also was marked by a number of disappointments and missed...
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Telco-Led NFC Payments Continue as Niche Market, but Growth Prospects Uncertain
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Orange in Spain is the latest telco to announce the launch of a co-branded mobile-payments service using SIM cards and NFC phones, one of about 15 or so...
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Deutsche Telekom Payments Chief Departs; Telco to Revamp Struggling Wallet,...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive – Deutsche Telekom has appointed a new head of payments and plans to support host-card emulation among other technologies as it seeks to revamp its struggling NFC...
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Deutsche Telekom Casts Doubt on Future of NFC SIMs, as It Quietly Closes...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Deutsche Telekom, one of the most important backers of SIM-based NFC through the years, now questions whether the technology could ever become a...
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