The report suggests that the company’s mobile payments solution will be based on NFC (Near Field Communications) technology, meaning that new phones with NFC hardware would also have to be released.

NFC stands for "near field communication," and it's a technology that allows you to trigger actions on your phone by tapping the back of the device to another NFC-enabled point of contact.

And these phones will likely take a new spotlight as holiday deals discount them even more, but there's a big tradeoff to ...

Near Field Communication software company Zenius Solutions has launched an NFC add-on software product for GSM phones enabling interactive NFC capability on mobile phones currently in market.

Smartphones increasingly rely on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for convenience and connectivity, but ...

Upon learning that the Nexus S smartphone was equipped with a Near Field Communications NFC) radio, [Eric Butler] decided he would put the newly released Gingerbread SDK to good use. Focusing ...

Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like.

The Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB + NFC makes hands-free unlocking more accurate than ever, thanks to the use of ultra-wideband ...