Blogger profile: Dominique Brulé

Works in Marketing for NFC at Thales. Blogs on all matters NFC, TSM and ecosystems. Lucky to live in Nice, not only for the sunshine but also to be among the first regular NFC phone users in the world.

Website: http://www.gemalto.com/telecom


Blogs by this author

Orange and Barclaycard bring contactless payments to the UK

If you were following the news last Friday you’ll have seen that major advances have been made in introducing mobile phone contactless payment systems. Indeed, as reported by Vlad Savov at Engadget (alongside many others), Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’ NFC mobile payments in the UK. The demand is there for contactless payments. […]

Consumer attitudes to NFC

Despite all the recent hype around mobile payments and NFC with announcements from Orange and Barclaycard in the UK and Google Wallet launching in the US with Citi and MasterCard there is still a certain amount of skepticism. Consumer attitudes vary quite radically, depending on when they were surveyed and where they live.

Mobile phones as room keys – whatever next?

With the constant growth of contactless applications, one wonders what other areas of our everyday lives one day could be NFC-enabled.
Would you have thought of using your phone to open you hotel room or unlock and start your car?

Earlier this year we saw the first demonstrations of NFC being used as a car key, for both accessing and starting the vehicle. It may not be too long before we see the same system being adopted for commercial, or even residential, premises.

Is software eating NFC?

An interesting debate has been open on NFC mobile payments services moving from hardware to software-based solutions. But with the risk of an increase in fraud is still a main concern. We feel that software coupled with hardware-based authentication might be the answer.

Discuss the drivers of NFC with us at NFC World…

Near Field Communication is a hot topic in the news at the moment. Wherever you look, you see another story about a  shop using NFC to enable contactless technology, or another mobile operator enabling its contactless payments with a touch of the cell phone. But what really stands out for the users? What do they […]

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