Comments on: Is NFC ripe for adoption, or has it missed the boat? http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2008/12/12/3402/is-nfc-ripe-for-adoption-or-has-it-missed-the-boat/ The near field communication news source - NFC, RF SIM, contactless, RFID, mobile, payments and more Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Google http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2008/12/12/3402/is-nfc-ripe-for-adoption-or-has-it-missed-the-boat/#comment-302 Google Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:23:20 +0000 http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=402#comment-302 It's like comparing apples and oranges - remote and proximity payments. Each has its own uses and solves a different set of problems. SMS based server wallet accounts have been around for atleast eight years in Asia. Mobile payments have existed much before NFC came on the scene. NFC does not compete with those sms based legacy systems but rather complements them. Maybe research companies have their own motive to periodically inflate and then deflate different technologies to create business for their publications. But if it ends up confusing the market as in this case, these agencies should put someone more knowledgable on research tasks. It's like comparing apples and oranges - remote and proximity payments. Each has its own uses and solves a different set of problems.

SMS based server wallet accounts have been around for atleast eight years in Asia. Mobile payments have existed much before NFC came on the scene.

NFC does not compete with those sms based legacy systems but rather complements them.

Maybe research companies have their own motive to periodically inflate and then deflate different technologies to create business for their publications.

But if it ends up confusing the market as in this case, these agencies should put someone more knowledgable on research tasks.

]]> By: Chris http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2008/12/12/3402/is-nfc-ripe-for-adoption-or-has-it-missed-the-boat/#comment-284 Chris Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:16:51 +0000 http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=402#comment-284 It would be interesting to survey readers or your newsletter for their expectation for when: A: In which year will 25% of phones in Europe have NFC? (250M phones in Europe in 2007) B: In which year will the number of NFC transactions reach 10% of SMS (note 1.7 trillion SMS sent world-wide in 2007 according to Gartner) It would be interesting to survey readers or your newsletter for their expectation for when:
A: In which year will 25% of phones in Europe have NFC? (250M phones in Europe in 2007)
B: In which year will the number of NFC transactions reach 10% of SMS (note 1.7 trillion SMS sent world-wide in 2007 according to Gartner)

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