Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

UPM, Winckel launch NFC tag store

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

UPM RFID and Waldemar Winckel have announced that their NFC tags will be available for purchase through the Winckel’s new Touch2go online store.

According to UPM, the Touch2go store will provide small companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs access to a variety of NFC products for use in marketing, loyalty applications or customer promotions.


Winckel’s offerings, which feature NFC inlays from UPM, include adhesive or hang tags, posters, postcards and on-metal tags.

Winckel also supplies NFC labels through its “identytag” series and offers consulting services for NFC solutions under their “identysys” business line.

Click here to learn more about Touch2go. [end] 

Mobile operator Digicel Pacific Limited has announced the deployment of VeriFone’s mWallet services and NFC-enabled payment systems in the Kingdom of Tonga.

Starting this week, Digicel subscribers in the the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa will be able to receive NFC tags that are linked to their mobile phone numbers and VeriFone’s contactless payment acceptance systems. Customers can affix these tags to their phones to tap and pay at over 50 merchants in Nuku’alofa.

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Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a San Francisco based start-up that offers an NFC-enabled mobile marketing and loyalty rewards service for small businesses and merchants.

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Identive Group has released a cloud-based NFC tag management platform that enables advertisers, retailers and organizations to deliver targeted content and services to customers’ NFC-enabled mobile devices.

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Identive Group will be showcasing its near field communication solutions for students and campuses during the National Association of Campus Card Users Annual Conference in Seattle, Wash.

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