Category Archives: Touch-NFC

Another report that claims big numbers; this time by Juniper Research — see NFC Mobile Payments to Reach US$75 Billion by 2013 (via Payment News). 2013, or five years from today, seems about right for the NFC sweet spot (or … Continue reading →

The GSMA Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative is alive and moving forward w.r.t. NFC standardization, in this case, w.r.t. secure elements for NFC applications. Developed by the 45 operators globally supporting the GSMA’s Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative, the requirements will help handset manufacturers to develop … Continue reading →

See my latest article — an introduction to the NFC API for Java… Near-field Communication (NFC) is characterized as a very short-range radio communication technology with a lot of potential, especially when applied to mobile handsets. Imagine yourself using your … Continue reading →

NFC is a technology that not only is being deployed today, but that will be found on mostly every mobile phone in the future. And with this comes security and hacking concerns. I just found an interesting presentation by Collin … Continue reading →

Richard Humbach, Nokia Emerging Business Unit on Mobile payments and banking with NFC (4:51min) ceo

The NFC Forum has mandated that the four tag types be operable with NFC devices. The NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) specification and four Record Type Description (RTD) specifications were released in 2006. These specifications are also available for download … Continue reading →