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"NFC is a nascent industry in which all participants want to set up the conditions and obtain the greatest market share during the early stages," new analysis from Frost & Sullivan has found. "However, NFC commercialisation will not take place if such approaches are taken." More

The GSMA has issued a statement outlining a commitment by leading global mobile network operators — many of whom have not previously been involved in NFC — to launch commercial services in 2012. "The operator community is focused on driving the standardised deployment of mobile NFC, using the SIM as the secure element to provide authentication, security and portability," says the announcement.  More

The Asia-Pacific mobile payments market is set to double to US$3.6bn by 2015, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. SMS payments, which accounted for nearly 82% of total transactions in 2009, are... More

The mobile money market in Western Europe is set to grow to between 4 and 5 billion Euros by 2013, according to a new forecast by Frost & Sullivan. 'Money in Mobile -- European Transactions'... More

The contactless and NFC infrastructure specialist has been granted a broad patent covering the over-the-air provisioning of payments cards, loyalty cards and other non-payments cards to NFC phones — and has also secured an extra US$8.6m in funding. More