Support for the five applications forming NFC forum set up SIG organization

The Proximity Wireless Communications Forum (NFC Forum) aggressively expands NFC applications. Aiming at global NFC appliance application opportunities, NFC Forum helps manufacturers to layout NFC applications and expand the NFC market by setting up five special Interest Organizations (SIG), such as Consumer Electronics (CE), medical care (Tiyatien Care), mobile payment, retail and transportation.

NFC Forum President Koichi Tagawa says the NFC Forum's establishment of the five NFC application sig organizations will make NFC ecosystems more complete.

NFC Forum President Koichi Tagawa said that as NFC commercialization continued to expand globally, the demand for study, guidance and support for NFC applications by relevant supply chain manufacturers was increasing, and the NFC Forum set up five NFC application sig organizations to help make NFC ecosystems more complete, And new NFC apps are easier and faster to market.

It is understood that the five NFC applications in addition to their respective development of their application models and technical aspects, but also in the completeness of the various NFC solutions, interoperability, the best implementation, as well as the future potential market demand for mutual cooperation; and the establishment of NFC application sig organization, will make the NFC forum a major force to drive NFC solutions for a variety of NFC vendors.

As for the five NFC application sig organizations that can assist supply chain vendors in their projects, this includes allowing the market to know more about NFC applications and helping vendors to complete NFC application planning; On the other hand, SIG organization can collect the business requirements of vendors to drive or revise new technical work and accelerate the development of NFC device certification. And according to market demand, the establishment of regional planning.

NFC Forum noted that 2012 global NFC mobile phone sales have exceeded 100 million units, estimated 2013 global NFC mobile phone shipments will reach 300 million units. Therefore, the NFC Forum, after the development of standards and certification, through the establishment of five SIG organizations to further promote the various NFC application molding.