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61% of Fortune 500 companies plan to incorporate sales and commerce capabilities into their mobile offerings, according to a Kony Solutions study. In addition to sales and commerce functions, informational resources (75%), brand awareness (61%) and customer service and support (56%) were other key components of their mobile strategy. While retail companies clearly were the top [...]

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A new report published by IMS Research forecasts that the number of NFC IC shipments will reach 785 million in 2015. Some of the major problems which have blighted market development include a lack of available NFC handsets; limited contactless terminals and infrastructure; unclear business models and disagreements between the different stakeholders. According to report [...]

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The pre-commercial mobile contactless roll out will take place in Nice before the summer 2010. For the first time, French mobile operators will market mobile contactless offers (including NFC-enabled mobile handsets) to the 500,000 residents of the Nice metropolitan area. These subscribers will be the first European citizens to access a variety of mobile contactless [...]

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MasterCard has teamed up with local transport agencies in New York and New Jersey on a six month contactless payments trial. Participants will be able to pay for train and bus journeys by tapping their cards or waving mobile devices in front of readers. MasterCard is working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Port Authority [...]

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Polish mobile operator PTC partnered Inteligo bank and MasterCard to launch the first NFC payment pilot in Poland. The trial started on 20 May and will run for four months involving 100 PTC and Inteligo customers, VIPs and journalists. Participants can make payments using a Samsung S5230N NFC phone in various retail outlets, including cafes, [...]

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