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A new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World, allows business executives to get up to speed quickly and easily with the current status and future developments in NFC tags, phones, secure elements, mobile wallets, OTA platforms, contactless terminals, TSMs and more. More

A new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World, sets out the current state of play in the international NFC market, explains the critical factors for success, identifies the issues that remain to be resolved and analyses the opportunities for growth in the year ahead. More

NFC World's domain name has changed from 'nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com' to the much shorter 'nfcworld.com'. More

NFC has truly arrived. The last few weeks have seen the announcement of Google's Wallet service, the launch of a national payments system in the UK from Orange and Barclaycard, news that France will launch... More

NFC is taking off and South Korea is one of the fastest moving markets. We're now looking for a Korean-speaking freelance journalist or researcher to work with us on reporting developments in the local NFC... More

The new white paper introduces a number of concepts that are fundamental to understanding the NFC market opportunity and includes details of ten of the most important findings from our NFC Business Models research report. More

"We're committed to making sure that, as the market expands, our readers continue to get the best and most timely coverage," says editor Sarah Clark as she welcomes Christopher Brown to the NFC World editorial team. More

"The companies that succeed will be those that take the time to gain an understanding of the needs of each of the parties involved and then design an infrastructure that provides a win:win:win solution for all," according to our new 'NFC Business Models' research report, which officially launches today. More

Just a short housekeeping message: I wanted to let you know that the pre-publication special offer on our latest research report, NFC Business Models, expires tomorrow. This report sets out the latest thinking on how... More

A new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World, sets out the latest thinking on how to develop successful NFC business models and explains the options available to mobile network operators, handset manufacturers, financial institutions, third party service providers — and their potential customers. More

Banks and mobile network operators are set to go head to head in a bid to control the market for NFC mobile payments services, according to a new research report published today. "NFC mobile phones... More

A new research report by Sarah Clark, Near Field Communications World's editor, examines the barriers to commercial adoption that still exist, explains how they will be overcome in the year ahead and forecasts where and when the first commercial deployments will take place. More

A new market research report that sets out the road ahead for the NFC market in 2010 and beyond is now available from SJB Research, publishers of Near Field Communications World. NFC: The Road to... More

Financial services analyst Celent predicted last month that a rollout of NFC across the US would see financial institutions gaining extra revenues of just $1.83 per customer per year. Could that be true? More

Work is now almost complete on the Asia-Pacific section of The NFC Report, the new research report being written by Near Field Communications World's editor, Sarah Clark. Now, our attention is turning to the Americas... More

OPINION: We've been burning the midnight oil for the last few weeks here at NFCW, putting the finishing touches to the website for our new research project, The NFC Report.  More

The first sections of a new research report by Sarah Clark, editor of Near Field Communications World, are now complete. Sample pages can now be viewed free of charge on The NFC Report's website — and NFCW readers who order the report by 31 July can save 15% on the usual pre-publication price. More