Within five years 410 million people will be mobile ticketing users says Juniper Research. Bar code reading issues, lack of reader infrastructure and the availability of NFC handsets means that most of the forecast users will be using their phone to store a ticket they bought elsewhere rather than using their phone to make the purchase. NFC will only reach its tipping point in 2011-2013… More
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Dutch think tank reports on the impact of NFC and consumer data privacy issues
When it comes to designing NFC ecosystems, solutions that appear to be logical and beneficial for the actors involved may not prove to be in the customers’ best interests, says a new report by Dutch technology think tank Rathenau Institute More
Operators ready to invest in mobile commerce and coupons — but NFC is not yet a priority
A survey of mostly US-based wireless providers has put NFC a distant sixth in terms of investment priorities for 2008. By 2009, though, a more encouraging picture emerges… More