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Nokia: NFC oyster payments mainstream by 2012
2 years ago
Nokia is pushing for NFC (Near field communication) tech inside mobiles, hard. It wants to get you casually swiping your handset over a payment point, Oyster card style, to wirelessly pay for train trips, snacks and more, and now it says the kit will be standard by as soon as 2012.
Nokia needs to up its game in a big way next year, but one tech area it’s good to see Espoo leading the way in is mobile NFC tech, so you can use your phone as a wallet to buy small items quickly and easily. We’ve seen it built into Nokia handsets like the 6216 Classic, and it’s a major feature of the new Symbian, but now the Finnish phone giant is talking roll out times.
Symbian getting Oyster tech built in!
As part of that roll out, Nokia will launch the kit across a range of its phones as soon as next year, a source told the publication. “In Q3 and Q4 of next year we will see Nokia going into NFC in a big way. They will be bringing forward a lot of phones with embedded NFC,” the source claimed.
This is the first we’ve heard about a timeline for Nokia’s NFC kit shipping across its whole line, but with a new look Symbian promised for around the same time, we’re hopeful it’s the start of a resurgence for the company, design wise.
According to a report in Mobile Magazine:
Nokia Industry Collaborations VP Mark Selby told Mobile: “Nokia is anticipating multiple NFC-enabled devices, which won’t all be at the high end of the market. Our plan is to see NFC in lots of devices, not just smartphones.”
Selby declined to say when or how many NFC devices Nokia plans to launch, but said he anticipated that UK consumers will be widely using NFC devices by 2012.
One source close to Nokia said: “In Q3 and Q4 of next year we will see Nokia going into NFC in a big way. They will be bringing forward a lot of phones with embedded NFC.”
Orange and Barclaycard team up on NFC phone payments
Orange have teamed up with Barclaycard in a scheme which makes use of NFC (near field communication) technology which will see Orange customers able to make payments in selected stores and train stations simply by waving your handset near a barcode-style reader.
The pair said they will work together to launch new mobile products and services with the aim of "widespread adoption" of payments by phones by 2012. "Today you pay for things by cash or on your credit card. Tomorrow, you’ll use your mobile to buy the things you want," says head of Orange UK Tom Alexander.
This isn’t the first NFC mobile phone venture – Transport for London teamed up with Nokia, O2 and Barclays in 2007 in a trial which saw 500 handsets being able to make payments for train and tube tickets as you would with an Oyster card. However, a Barclaycard spokeswoman said that "at the moment the [only NFC] partnership [Barclaycard has] is with Orange."
The proliferation of 3G and internet-enabled handsets in the UK means that customers will be able to check their bank accounts online using their phones, allowing them to move money across and keep an eye on their finances as well as making payments; the spokeswoman also added that the two companies are also looking at introducing ‘SMS money’, so customers can ‘text’ cash to each other.
Last October, HSBC introduced a free online banking service for BlackBerry-wielding executive clients, allowing them to view real-time balances and transactions for the past seven days on sterling accounts, as well as view the balances of any foreign currency accounts.
Analyst house Juniper Research predicts that NFC-enabled handsets and mobile payments will have a large part to play in the development of mobile phones over the next three to five years.
Orange, Barclaycard team up for payment services
2 years ago
by admin
in Mobile Payments
Orange, Barclaycard team up for payment services
Mobile operator Orange UK said Monday that it has teamed up with Barclaycard to develop a range of mobile payment services based on NFC (Near Field Communications).
The forthcoming co-branded products and services will allow consumers to use their mobiles to pay for goods and services at retailers using contactless technology, by waving their handset against a reader.
Future services are likely to include ticketing, transport, mobile banking and rewards. MasterCard is providing the payment capabilities for the transactions.
Tom Alexander, CEO of Orange UK, said: "Today you pay for things by cash or on your credit card. Tomorrow, you’ll use your mobile to buy the things you want, whether that’s on the high street or the internet. These are the services that will change the way we live and work for the better, and are evolving the way we interact with each other and the way that companies serve us.
