As of April 2011[update], several hundred trials of
near-field communication have been conducted. Some firms have moved to full-scale service deployments, spanning either a single country or multiple countries.
Multi-country deployments include
Orange's roll-out of NFC technology to banks, retailers, transport, and service providers in multiple European countries,[1] and
Airtel Africa and
Oberthur Technologies deploying to 15 countries throughout Africa.[2]
Africa
Kenya
Public transport: The
Nairobi-based Citi Hoppa bus company has partnered with Beba[3] to offer NFC enabled proximity cards for fare payments. Citi Hoppa staff use the
Huawei Sonic NFC enabled phone to process these transactions.
Airline Smart Pass: SAS
Scandinavian Airlines introduces an NFC-based Smart Pass for frequent flyers, and the aviation industry's adoption of NFC is now truly underway.[33]
Mobile payments, marketing: Banka Koper, Cassis International, Inside Contactless, System Orga, Mobitel[44]
Spain
Mobile shopping: Telefónica, Visa, La Caixa (Sitges)[45]
Public transport: Bankinter, Ericsson, Empresa Municipal de Transportes (Madrid);[46] Vodafone, Entidad Publica del Transporte (Murcia)[47]
Event product payments: Mobile World Congress, GSMA, Telefónica, Visa, Samsung, Giesecke & Devrient, Ingenico, ITN International, La Caixa[48]
Employee payment, building access: Telefónica Espana, La Caixa, BBVA, Bankinter, Visa, Samsung, Oberthur, Autogrill, Giesecke & Devrient[49]
Sweden
Airline Smart Pass: SAS
Scandinavian Airlines introduces an NFC-based Smart Pass for frequent flyers, and the aviation industry's adoption of NFC is now truly underway.[33]
Community Marketing and Business Rating: Google Places: Portland, OR; Austin, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Madison, WI; Charlotte, NC.[78]
Public transit: Visa, New York City Transit, NJ Transit, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Chicago Transit Authority, LA Metro (Los Angeles, CA)[79]
Asia
China
Mobile payments: China Unicom, Bank of Communications, China UnionPay[citation needed]
Consumer services: KDDI, Toyota, Orient Corporation, Credit Saison, Aiwa Card Services, MasterCard, Nomura Research Institute, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Toho Cinemas, Dai Nippon Printing, NTT Data, T-Engine, IBM, Japan Remote Control Co., Hitachi, Gemalto[90]
Full real time Multi-Currency NFC system linked to New Zealand, Tonga, Australia, Fiji and Samoa, including
BPay: (
KlickEx,
Digicel and
Verifone)[104]
Middle East
Israel
Rav Kav - An electronic ticket used in all public transportation companies over
Israel. was first introduced in August 2007 by the
Ministry of Transportation of the state of Israel, first offered on August 28, 2007 by Kavim bus company, and since January 2009 used as nationwide payment method in all public transportation companies, includes: all bus companies,
Israel Railways and the
Jerusalem Light Rail.
Kasper, Timo; Dario Carluccio; Christof Paar (May 2007). "An Embedded System for Practical Security Analysis of Contactless Smartcards". Information Security Theory and Practices. Smart Cards, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 4462. Berlin: Springer. pp. 150–60.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72354-7_13.
ISBN978-3-540-72353-0.
As of April 2011[update], several hundred trials of
near-field communication have been conducted. Some firms have moved to full-scale service deployments, spanning either a single country or multiple countries.
Multi-country deployments include
Orange's roll-out of NFC technology to banks, retailers, transport, and service providers in multiple European countries,[1] and
Airtel Africa and
Oberthur Technologies deploying to 15 countries throughout Africa.[2]
Africa
Kenya
Public transport: The
Nairobi-based Citi Hoppa bus company has partnered with Beba[3] to offer NFC enabled proximity cards for fare payments. Citi Hoppa staff use the
Huawei Sonic NFC enabled phone to process these transactions.
Airline Smart Pass: SAS
Scandinavian Airlines introduces an NFC-based Smart Pass for frequent flyers, and the aviation industry's adoption of NFC is now truly underway.[33]
Mobile payments, marketing: Banka Koper, Cassis International, Inside Contactless, System Orga, Mobitel[44]
Spain
Mobile shopping: Telefónica, Visa, La Caixa (Sitges)[45]
Public transport: Bankinter, Ericsson, Empresa Municipal de Transportes (Madrid);[46] Vodafone, Entidad Publica del Transporte (Murcia)[47]
Event product payments: Mobile World Congress, GSMA, Telefónica, Visa, Samsung, Giesecke & Devrient, Ingenico, ITN International, La Caixa[48]
Employee payment, building access: Telefónica Espana, La Caixa, BBVA, Bankinter, Visa, Samsung, Oberthur, Autogrill, Giesecke & Devrient[49]
Sweden
Airline Smart Pass: SAS
Scandinavian Airlines introduces an NFC-based Smart Pass for frequent flyers, and the aviation industry's adoption of NFC is now truly underway.[33]
Community Marketing and Business Rating: Google Places: Portland, OR; Austin, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Madison, WI; Charlotte, NC.[78]
Public transit: Visa, New York City Transit, NJ Transit, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Chicago Transit Authority, LA Metro (Los Angeles, CA)[79]
Asia
China
Mobile payments: China Unicom, Bank of Communications, China UnionPay[citation needed]
Consumer services: KDDI, Toyota, Orient Corporation, Credit Saison, Aiwa Card Services, MasterCard, Nomura Research Institute, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Toho Cinemas, Dai Nippon Printing, NTT Data, T-Engine, IBM, Japan Remote Control Co., Hitachi, Gemalto[90]
Full real time Multi-Currency NFC system linked to New Zealand, Tonga, Australia, Fiji and Samoa, including
BPay: (
KlickEx,
Digicel and
Verifone)[104]
Middle East
Israel
Rav Kav - An electronic ticket used in all public transportation companies over
Israel. was first introduced in August 2007 by the
Ministry of Transportation of the state of Israel, first offered on August 28, 2007 by Kavim bus company, and since January 2009 used as nationwide payment method in all public transportation companies, includes: all bus companies,
Israel Railways and the
Jerusalem Light Rail.
Kasper, Timo; Dario Carluccio; Christof Paar (May 2007). "An Embedded System for Practical Security Analysis of Contactless Smartcards". Information Security Theory and Practices. Smart Cards, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 4462. Berlin: Springer. pp. 150–60.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72354-7_13.
ISBN978-3-540-72353-0.