At Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, NXP was showing off its “concept café” of the future, turning its booth into a demo lounge showcasing a full range of NFC applications and services.

Near Field Communications was a big deal this year at Cartes 2011. Here’s why. And yes, that really is an NFC controlled motorbike!

NXP Semiconductors N.V. have revealed that the city of Istanbul, Turkey, has selected NXP’sMIFARE DESFire™ EV1 contactless microcontroller to power the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) element of its redeveloped public transportation system. The Istanbulkart project, developed by systems integrator Belbim, is one of the largest and most diverse AFC projects within the EMEA region. It unites [...]

At the Mobile World Congress this year, NXP Semiconductors N.V. and automotive supplier Continental showcased a technology concept car that demonstrated how Near Field Communication (NFC) technology introduces new ways for people to interact with their car.

Identive Group, Inc., a provider of products, services and solutions for the identification, security and RFID industries, will be demonstrating the market’s first NFC tag based on NXP Semiconductor’s new NTAG203 chip at the NFC World Congress exhibition in France this week (Booth #19). Identive’s new Smartag NFC product is available in poster label, pairing [...]