NFC World » IMS Research http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 35m NFC phones shipped in 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/18/311981/35m-nfc-phones-shipped-in-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/18/311981/35m-nfc-phones-shipped-in-2011/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:25:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11981 The number of NFC handsets shipped worldwide in 2011 will total 35 million, according to IMS Research. Sales will accelerate over the next twelve months to reach 80 million handsets by the end of 2012,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/17/37427/ims-920m-nfc-chips-to-ship-in-2015-2/feed/ 0 One in five mobile phones to feature NFC by 2012 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:45:08 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3823 OPINION: Licensing deals signed by Innovision will see NFC functionality being built into 15% to 20% of the handsets shipped in 2012, says the company, as leading mobile phone chipset manufacturers look for low cost ways to add NFC into mass market mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/04/33823/one-in-five-mobile-phones-to-feature-nfc-by-2012/feed/ 0 IMS forecasts 785 million NFC chips to ship in 2015 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33802/ims-forecasts-785-million-nfc-chips-to-ship-in-2015/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33802/ims-forecasts-785-million-nfc-chips-to-ship-in-2015/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:49:17 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3802 NFC chip shipments will reach 785 million units in 2015, according to a new report from IMS Research, more than double the 300 million units recently predicted to ship that year by ABI Research. "The NFC market...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/06/02/33802/ims-forecasts-785-million-nfc-chips-to-ship-in-2015/feed/ 0 12.5m extra locations to accept contactless payments by 2013 http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/13/32318/12-5m-extra-locations-to-accept-contactless-payments-by-2013/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/13/32318/12-5m-extra-locations-to-accept-contactless-payments-by-2013/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:17:52 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2318 The number of locations that accept contactless payments is set to increase by over 12.5 million by the end of 2013, according to the latest data from IMS Research. According to 'The World Market for...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/13/32318/12-5m-extra-locations-to-accept-contactless-payments-by-2013/feed/ 0 NFC handset delays still to be expected says IMS Research http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/12/3471/nfc-handset-delays-still-to-be-expected-says-ims-research/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/12/3471/nfc-handset-delays-still-to-be-expected-says-ims-research/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:03:55 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=471 NFC handset availability will start to ramp up in 2010 but handsets using the GSM Association's preferred Single Wire Protocol approach to NFC won't be around in volume until 2011 and beyond.

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