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Friday 13 May 2011
NFC-enabled handset shipments to boom, says IHS iSuppli
The decision by three major US wireless carriers to partner with leading credit card companies on a mobile commerce initiative will boost the market for embedded payment technology...
Tuesday 3 May 2011
China market: NFC handsets to be available in 2H11
Nokia, Taiwan-based HTC as well as China-based vendors Lenovo and TCL Communication Technology have been developing handsets with NFC (near field communication) functionality through...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: NFC and mobile payment to spearhead M2M development
During a February 14 Mobile World Congress (MWC) press event, ST-Ericsson CEO Gilles Delfassy indicated that Internet devices will increase to 50 billion units. This means that in...
Thursday 9 December 2010
NFC handset sales to gain momentum in 2011
Sales of NFC (Near Field Communication)-enabled handsets are expected to gain momentum starting 2011 as branded handset vendors including Nokia, Samsung Electronics, RIM as well as...
Thursday 11 November 2010
Handset testing becomes increasingly more complicated, says CGC executive
With smartphones becoming functionally more powerful and supporting a growing list of communications standards, testing certification is increasingly more complicated, said Chen Hengzhong,...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Wireless ICs expected to exceed 2 billion units in 2010, says ABI Research
Global shipments of short range wireless ICs (Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4, Wi-Fi) are expected to surpass two billion units this year, increasing approximately 20% compared to 2009...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
CHT plans to roll out NFC handsets during Taipei flora expo 2010
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is likely to team up with HTC (High Tech Computer) to roll out NFC (near field communication) handsets for use during the nearly six-month Taipei International...
Wednesday 19 November 2008
GSM Association supports SWP interface for NFC functionality
The board of the GSM Association (GSMA), at a meeting on November 17 in Macau, China, announced its support for SWP (Single Wireless Protocol) as the interface standard between NFC...