Near Field Communications World » Austriamicrosystems http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, RF SIM, contactless, RFID, mobile, payments and more Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:58:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 NFC Forum gets new board member, adds more associateshttp://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2008/12/30/3459/nfc-forum-gets-new-board-member-adds-more-associates/ http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2008/12/30/3459/nfc-forum-gets-new-board-member-adds-more-associates/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:22:50 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=459 Membership of the NFC Forum is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. Handset manufacturers, mobile service providers, payment services providers, chip makers, solution developers, municipalities and academic institutions have all recently joined up.

GROWING FAST: The NFC Forum has announced a slew of new members

GROWING FAST: The NFC Forum has announced a slew of new members

Inside Contactless has announced that it has upgraded its membership of the NFC Forum. The technology company has now joined HP, MasterCard, Microsoft, NEC, Nokia, NTT Docomo, NXP, Panasonic, Renesas, Samsung, Sony and Visa as a top tier 'Sponsor Member' and has joined the association's Board of Directors.

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory has joined as a Principal Member alongside a long list of new Associate Members including American Banknote, Arygon, Atrua Technologies, Austriamicrosystems, China Mobile, Collis, Comprion, Human Chain, Integri, ITN International, JSC People's Bank of Georgia, Kyocera Wireless, LGAI Technological Center, Mobile Payment Systems, Polaric, Sagem Mobiles, Toro, Toshiba, Tranzfinity, Trusted Logic, TwinLinx, Velo Information Technology (Shanghai), Venyon, Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV), Visa Europe and Vocalink.

A number of organisations have also joined the NFC Forum as Non-Profit members. They include Cartes Bancaires, the City of Oulu, In-Q-Tel, INSO (Vienna University of Technology) and MBDS (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis).

"As one of the pioneers of NFC technology, Inside Contactless brings great insight and expertise to the NFC Forum board of directors," said Koichi Tagawa, chairman of the NFC Forum. "We extend them a warm welcome, along with our new Principal and Associate members, whose diverse businesses, ideas, and perspectives further enrich the global NFC ecosystem."

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