As the number of mobile-payment users grows to surpass 375 million by 2015, demand for devices with near-field communication (NFC) grows as well. Recent research from In-Stat forecasts that adoption of this technology will push global annual shipments of NFC chips to more than 1.2 billion units by 2015. Fast and contactless communication, reliable data transfer and ease of use are some of the factors that make NFC, a revolutionizing technology which is disruptive to the mobile payment and physical access control markets, attractive. Access control, file sharing, ticketing and loyalty programs are emerging, according to Frost ...
