Smart posters and mobile marketing programmes have used more than half the NFC tags shipped to date and will account for 70% of shipments in 2016, according to a new report from ABI Research... More
Forecast
35m NFC phones shipped in 2011
The number of NFC handsets shipped worldwide in 2011 will total 35 million, according to IMS Research... More
New report compares the prospects for mobile payments technologies
NFC-enabled mobile wallet solutions will become US consumers’ dominant mobile payments option for retail purchases while digital wallet applications will be most popular for mobile ecommerce payments, according to a new report from Parks Associates. More
NXP: Our NFC now designed into 90 devices
NXP technology has been designed into more than ninety unique devices, the chip maker’s CEO told analysts during a conference call for its Q3 earnings — up from sixty devices in July. More
1.2bn NFC chips to ship in 2015
More than 1.2 billion NFC chips will ship annually by 2015, according to a new forecast from In-Stat... More
M-coupons to be worth over $43bn
The total redemption value of mobile coupons will exceed US$43 billion globally by 2016 — an eightfold increase from $5.4bn this year — as they are increasingly delivered by mobile apps, according to a new report from Juniper Research... More
ABI: Four in ten NFC phones to have multiple secure elements
Of the 552m NFC handsets set to ship in 2016, 227m will feature more than one secure element, according to a new forecast from ABI Research, pushing the value of the NFC chip market that year to more than US$1bn. More
ABI forecasts NFC spend
More than US$100bn will be spent worldwide using NFC in 2016 according to NFC Mobile Payments, a new report from ABI Research... More
Report forecasts use of biometrics to secure mobile transactions
“The conditions are now right to create a strong market,” says Goode Intelligence which forecasts that the current global user base of four million mobile biometrics users will grow to 39 million by 2015. More
ABI: 85% of POS terminals to support contactless payments in 2016
85% of terminals shipped worldwide will be contactless-enabled in 2016, driven by increased proliferation of contactless cards and, especially, rapid adoption of NFC-enabled cell phones, ABI Research predicts... More
NXP cuts NFC mobile phone production forecast
NXP technology has been designed into more than sixty NFC handsets under development by a number of phone manufacturers, the chip maker’s CEO has told analysts, but no more than 40m NFC phones are now expected to be produced this year — down from a previously forecast 70m to 100m units. More
ABI: One billion contactless payments cards to ship in 2016
One billion payment cards with contactless capabilities will be shipped globally in 2016, up from just 170 million in 2010, according to Payment Cards, a new report from ABI Research... More
Gartner: Mobile payments growth is slower than expected
More than 140 million people will use mobile payments services of one type or another this year, but Gartner believes mass market adoption of NFC payments is still at least four years away. More
Consumers to spend $50bn a year via NFC phones by 2014
The value of payments made via mobile phones worldwide will reach US$670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year, according to a new forecast by Juniper Research... More
Juniper: NFC payments to hit $50bn in three years
NFC mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly US$50bn worldwide by 2014, according to market forecasters Juniper Research... More
iSuppli increases NFC phone forecast on back of Isis plans to work with payments industry
The decision by the consortium behind the Isis mobile payment system to open up the service to the likes of Visa and Mastercard will provide a significant boost to the market for mobile phones with NFC functionality, according to research by IHS iSuppli... More
IMS: 920m NFC chips to ship in 2015
The market for NFC chips is set to reach 920m units in 2015, according to a new forecast from IMS Research... More