, 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, and Airtel Africa and Oberthur Technologies deploying to 15 countries throughout Africa.
Africa
Kenya
Public transport: The Nairobi-based Citi Hoppa bus company has partnered with Beba to offer NFC enabled proximity cards for fare payments. Citi Hoppa staff use the Huawei Sonic NFC enabled phone to process these transactions.
Libya
Mobile payments: LPTIC, Al Madar, Libyana
South Africa
Public transport: Aconite, Proxema Mobile payments: Absa
Europe
Austria
Public transport: Mobilkom Austria (A1), ÖBB, Vienna Lines
Belgium
Mobile payments: Belgacom, Mobistar, Base Paper vouchers study: IBBT, Clear2Pay/Integri, Keyware, Accor Services
Croatia
Public transport (ZET, Zagreb) Payment (Erste Bank Croatia, MasterCard PayPass system)
Czech Republic
Mobile payments: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Komerční banka, Citibank Europe, Globus, Visa Europe, Baumax, Cinema City, Ikea NFC Access Control: IMA ltd. developed in 2009 a standalone access control system PATRON-PRO programmed by NFC enabled phone.
Denmark
Mobile payment vending machines: NFC & SMS payment, Coca-Cola and Microsoft, NFC Danmark.
France
Home healthcare: ADMR, Extelia, Inside Contactless, Abrapa Field service: Orange France Event ticketing: Stade de France, Orange Museum services: Centre Pompidou National NFC infrastructure: Paris, Bordeaux, Caen, Lille, Marseille, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Nice, French Government Nice, Ville NFC: Gemalto, Oberthur Technologies, multi-bank (BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale) with MasterCard, Visa Europe, Veolia Transport Loyalty programs: La Croissanterie, Rica Lewis, Game in Nice Public transport: Veolia Transport in Nice
Germany
Public transport (selected regions): VRR, RMV and Deutsche Bahn (combines the companies' previous HandyTicket and Touch & Travel programs) Mobile workforce management: ENAiKOON Mobile payment: Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Germany, Telefónica 02 Germany Health insurance card: All public health insurance providers NFC-based Card Game
Hungary
Event ticketing: Sziget Festival, Vodafone Hungary
Ireland
Loyalty program: AIB Merchant Services (Allied Irish Bank, First Data), Zapa Technology
Italy
Mobile payment: Telecom Italia. Public transport: ATM (Milan), CAP autolinee (Prato). Contactless payment cards: Intesa Sanpaolo, MasterCard, Gemalto. Anti-counterfeiting: Tag Over.
Lithuania
Mobile payments: Mokipay
The Netherlands
Public transport: OV-chipkaart Commercial services: T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN, Rabobank, ABN Amro, ING. Employee payments: Rabobank, Multicard
Norway
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. Payments with MobilePay by Danske Bank. Public transport tickets in most cities.
Poland
Mobile payments: Polkomtel, Bank Zachodni WBK; PTC, Inteligo; Orange, Bank Zachodni WBK
Romania
Public transport: Metrorex, RATT and RATB Guard patrol monitoring: nLogix
Russia Public transport: Yekaterinburg Metro and MegaFon Public transport: Moscow Metro and Mobile TeleSystems
Slovenia
Mobile payments, marketing: Banka Koper, Cassis International, Inside Contactless, System Orga, Mobitel
Spain
Mobile shopping: Telefónica, Visa, La Caixa (Sitges) Public transport: Bankinter, Ericsson, Empresa Municipal de Transportes (Madrid); Vodafone, Entidad Publica del Transporte (Murcia) Event product payments: Mobile World Congress, GSMA, Telefónica, Visa, Samsung, Giesecke & Devrient, Ingenico, ITN International, La Caixa Employee payment, building access: Telefónica Espana, La Caixa, BBVA, Bankinter, Visa, Samsung, Oberthur, Autogrill, Giesecke & Devrient
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. Hotel keys: Choice Hotels Scandinavia, Assa Abloy, TeliaSonera, VingCard Elsafe, Venyon (Stockholm) Transportation: Pay as you go in Southern Sweden with NFC enabled "Jojo cards"
Switzerland
Phone service kiosk: Sicap, Swisscom Mobile wallethttp://www.tapit.ch
Turkey
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası and Turkcell, NFC is used on mobile payment all over Turkey with Yapı ve Kredi Bankası credit cards via mobile phones using Turkcell sim cards Mobile payments: Yapi Kredi, Turkcell, Wireless Dynamics; Avea, Garanti Bank, Gemalto Device testing: Visa Europe, Akbank
United Kingdom
Contactless payment: Transport for London Transport study: Department for Transport, Consult Hyperion Mobile payments: Waspit, Yates; Barclaycard and Everything Everywhere (Orange, T-Mobile)
North America
Canada
Contactless Payment Cards: MasterCard Paypass, Visa PayWave Mobile wallet: Tim Hortons TimmyME BlackBerry 10 Application; Zoompass, offered by Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus (Enstream) Public Transit: Presto card, Compass Card (TransLink) TAPmeTAGS Opens In Canada: Offered by Synaptic Vision Inc.
United States
Device trial: Bank of America, Device Fidelity; US Bank, Device Fidelity, FIS, Montise Mobile payments: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile; Adirondack Trust; Community State Bank; Bankers Bank of the West; PayPal; Bank of America; US Bank; Wells Fargo; Blackboard; Google Wallet; Apple pay. Community Marketing and Business Rating: Google Places: Portland, OR; Austin, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Madison, WI; Charlotte, NC. 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)
Asia
China
Mobile payments: China Unicom, Bank of Communications, China UnionPay Mobile transport ticketing: China Unicom
Hong Kong (China)
Contactless Payment/Public Transit: Octopus card
India
Mobile banking: A Little World; Citibank India Tata Docomo, MegaSoft XIUS (Hyderabad) PayMate have partnered Nokia to deploy NFC payment solution for mass market in India through Nokia NFC enabled handsets. Tagstand partnered with Paymate to deploy an NFC marketing campaign for Nokia and the movie Ra-One in priority partner stores across India. jusTap! has tied up with CineMAX to implement NFC campaign using nfc enabled smart posters at the movie theaters in Mumbai jusTap! partners with Game4u to launch the first of its kind retail in‐store experience using NFC across India
Japan
Consumer services: Softbank Mobile, Credit Saison, Orient Corporation 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 Consumer services: NTT Docomo and KT Social networking: Mixi
Malaysia
Clixster Maxis FastTap Touch n Go
Philippines
Consumer and commercial services: Jollibee Happyplus Card Xcite Republic: J Centre Mall
South Korea
Consumer and commercial services: KT solo and with NTT Docomo Cross-border services (with Japan): SK Telecom, KDDI, Softbank Mobile payment: SK Telecom, Hana SK Card Guided shopping: SK Telecom
Singapore
Mobile payments:MasterCard, DBS Bank, StarHub, EZ-Link, Gemalto
Sri Lanka
Public transport: Dialog Axiata Public transport: Mobitel Contactless Payment Cards: Hatton National Bank & AirtelDialog Axiata Contactless Payment Cards: Sampath Bank
Thailand
Mobile payments: Kasikorn Bank, AIS, Gemalto, AIS mPay Rabbit
Vietnam
Australasia
Australia
Mobile payments: m Payments Pty Ltd Contactless Micro Payment Cards: m Payments Pty Ltd Contactless Payment and Loyalty: m Payments Pty Ltd Mobile payments: Visa and ANZ Banking Group Mobile payments: PayPass and Facebook and Commonwealth Bank Australia by Commbank Kaching
New Zealand
Full real time Multi-Currency NFC system linked to New Zealand, Tonga, Australia, Fiji and Samoa, including BPay: (KlickEx, Digicel and Verifone)
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. The First NFC news&shop website
South America
Brazil Mobile payments: Oi Paggo, Paggo from Oi, Germalto's Upteq N-Flex
See also
FeliCa MIFARE M-Pesa Near and far field Object hyperlinking Poken RFID RuBee Single Wire Protocol TransferJet Wii U GamePad
Notes
References
Further reading Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology and Measurements
External links A day at MIT with Near-Field Communication (vimeo.com)