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Date: 31st Jan 07
New consortium is formed for speedy deployment
of Near Field Communications (NFC)
The bill payments at shopping malls to
issuing bus and train tickets can happen without passing any
cash or swiping credit card, it's through communication of
transactions from contactless payment card or through mobile
phones installed with such devices and system. The technology
driving this field is called Near Field Communications (NFC).
This means communication with in a short distance of few meters.
In Europe already many industries are employing contactless
applications in transport ticketing. Your phone will become
your cash wallet.
To drive the standards and increase the speed of deployment
of these technologies; a consortium is formed by European
companies. The members of this consortium are,
Motorola, NXP Semiconductors, Auto-ID-Lab St. Gallen, Banca
Popolare di Vicenza, Bull, Baker&McKenzie, Consorzio Triveneto
S.P.A., Consult Hyperion, Deloitte, Fornax, Libri, Safepay
Systems, Sun Microsystems, T-Systems, as well as the Budapest
University of Technology and Economics and Budapest Tech John
von Neumann Faculty of Informatics.
The technology is not a big issue for NFC,
however the issues such as security, business rules, specs
and standards will be addressed by this consortium and bring
a single platform for easy adoption and implementation.
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