As of April 2011, 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 wallet
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)