By eWEEK
‘Virtually all’ future BlackBerry devices will have built-in Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, in response to the growing demand for mobile payments.
According to Stephen Bates, managing director of Research In Motion (RIM) in the UK, the NFC capability will be enabled in “virtually all” of its upcoming mobile products, including tablets.
“The opportunities are endless,” Bates said at a Westminster eForum on smartphones, tablets and apps, adding that NFC “creates new businesses, new markets and new revenue streams”.
“We don’t know how it’s going to pan out, but we’re in the process of building an ecosystem,” he said. However, the company has yet to confirm the official rollout date of its NFC-enabled devices.
NFC refers to a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology. It is used in payment systems such as London Transport’s Oyster card.
Last year, market research firm iSuppli predicted that NFC adoption will expand throughout 2011. Its report suggested that 13 percent of the 220.1 million handsets expected to be sold in 2014 will come with mobile payments capability.
“This is the mobile payment revolution on the verge of being unleashed by NFC technology,” said Jagdish Rebello, communications and consumer electronics analyst at iSuppli. He also suggested that 2012 would be the turning point for the technology, citing “a critical mass of planned trials”.
‘Virtually all’ future BlackBerry devices will have built-in Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, in response to the growing demand for mobile payments.
According to Stephen Bates, managing director of Research In Motion (RIM) in the UK, the NFC capability will be enabled in “virtually all” of its upcoming mobile products, including tablets.
“The opportunities are endless,” Bates said at a Westminster eForum on smartphones, tablets and apps, adding that NFC “creates new businesses, new markets and new revenue streams”.
“We don’t know how it’s going to pan out, but we’re in the process of building an ecosystem,” he said. However, the company has yet to confirm the official rollout date of its NFC-enabled devices.
NFC refers to a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology. It is used in payment systems such as London Transport’s Oyster card.
Last year, market research firm iSuppli predicted that NFC adoption will expand throughout 2011. Its report suggested that 13 percent of the 220.1 million handsets expected to be sold in 2014 will come with mobile payments capability.
“This is the mobile payment revolution on the verge of being unleashed by NFC technology,” said Jagdish Rebello, communications and consumer electronics analyst at iSuppli. He also suggested that 2012 would be the turning point for the technology, citing “a critical mass of planned trials”.
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