Valencia commuters to test NFC wristbands for public transport
By Rian Boden • 22 September 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Some 100 commuters across the Spanish city of Valencia are preparing to trial NFC wristbands for public transport payments across buses, the metro and parking stations for bicycle rental. It will be conducted by transport operators EMT Valencia, MetroValencia and Valenbisi in collaboration with EIGE, a low income housing program. More
Lenovo launches NFC transport payments in Beijing
Commuters in Beijing can now use Lenovo X3 smartphones to make NFC mobile payments across public transportation services. The option has been launched by the handset maker in collaboration with Oberthur Technologies (OT) and transportation card provider Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co (BMAC). More
Translink announces contactless ticketing for Northern Ireland
Public transport operator Translink has announced plans for contactless payments across its bus and rail services in Northern Ireland. The move comes as part of a £45m (US$60m) investment by the Northern Ireland Executive and will, says Translink, "transform travel and lead to an increase in the number of people using public transport". More
NFC transport payments to pilot in Adelaide
Commuters in Adelaide, Australia will begin trialing NFC mobile and contactless card payments for transportation in 2017, according to tender documents issued by South Australia's Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) and seen by ITNews... More
Rail operator to trial BLE payment
UK railway operator Chiltern Railways is to pilot an automatic fare payment system to detect when a passenger boards a train and exits a station... More
Transport for NSW seeks bright ideas
By Rian Boden • 23 August 2016 • Updated 5 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Transport for New South Wales (NSW) has launched the Future Transport Beacon Innovation Challenge, asking for ideas from "tech savvy visionaries" to enable new use cases for a network of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons at Chatswood Station... More
LTA signs up Mastercard for account-based contactless ticketing in Singapore
By Rian Boden • 26 July 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has signed a partnership agreement with Mastercard to begin piloting a new account-based ticketing system that will let commuters pay for their train and bus journeys using their existing contactless debit and credit cards. More
Marseille gets SMS payments for on-street parking
PARTNER NEWS: Motorists in Marseille, France, will soon be able to pay for the time spent in a parking bay by sending an SMS when they enter and another one when they leave, charging the payment to their mobile phone bill. More
TfL to license contactless ticketing system across the globe
Transport for London (TfL) is to begin licensing its contactless ticketing system to other major cities across the globe as part of a deal worth up to £15m with Cubic Corporation's business unit Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS). More
Vodafone Wallet launches NFC mobile ticketing in Albacete
Commuters in the Spanish city of Albacete can now add their PayBus Albacete transport card to the Vodafone Wallet app and validate their journeys by tapping their NFC device against a contactless terminal on board. More
MTA goes live with Masabi mobile ticketing
By Rian Boden • 6 July 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Passengers on New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) can now pay for tickets and have them validated on their smartphone... More
300m will use contactless ticketing on mobile and wearables by 2021
By Rian Boden • 22 June 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com
The number of consumers using contactless ticketing on mobile or wearable devices will approach 300m by 2021, Juniper Research predicts... More
Euro 2016 fans to get NFC wristbands for transport in Lille
By Rian Boden • 9 June 2016 • Updated 21 January 2019 • nfcw.com
PARTNER NEWS: Football fans at Euro 2016 will be able to pay for their journeys on the Transpole transport network in the French city of Lille with a tap of their wrist using an NFC transport ticketing wristband being rolled out by digital security giant Gemalto and public transit operator Keolis Lille. More
Commuters in Helsinki get direct carrier billing for transport ticketing with Gemalto
PARTNER NEWS: Finnish commuters travelling on the Helsinki transport network can now use their mobile phone to pay for public transport beyond the central tram and metro systems and have the cost of the ticket charged to their mobile phone bill. More
Mobile ticketing market to see major growth
The global mobile ticketing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 16% between 2016 and 2020, according to Technavio... More
TfL rolls out contactless on Thames river buses
By Rian Boden • 23 May 2016 • Updated 20 January 2019 • nfcw.com
UK commuters travelling on MBNA Thames Clippers River Bus services can now pay using contactless cards following an expansion of Transport for London's (TfL) services... More
Dallas commuters get NFC travel card and cash top-ups
By Tom Phillips • 17 May 2016 • Updated 20 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Commuters across the US city of Dallas and surrounding areas can now pay for travel using a GoPass NFC card launched by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Blackhawk Network... More
NFC Forum moves closer to interoperable NFC ticketing
By Rian Boden • 3 May 2016 • Updated 20 January 2019 • nfcw.com
The NFC Forum and the Global Certification Forum (GCF) have entered into a cooperation agreement in a step towards providing interoperable contactless public transport access and ticketing using a broad range of NFC-enabled devices worldwide... More
Gemalto named as leading mobile ticketing vendor
PARTNER NEWS: Digital security giant Gemalto has been awarded the "leading position among mobile ticketing vendors" by Juniper Research for the second consecutive year... More
New South Wales to get contactless travel
Australian commuters across New South Wales will be able to pay for public transport with their contactless credit and debit cards from next year, the NSW Government has announced... More