The latest data from eDigitalResearch have revealed that consumer awareness has doubled in a year. eDigitalResearch has just released its latest Mobile Payment Index, which has revealed that as a growing number of brands, businesses, and device manufacturers are investing into NFC technology, consumer awareness is now rapidly on the rise. In fact, in the last 12 months, consumer awareness of near field communication tech has more than doubled. The report from eDigitalResearch has indicated that 53 percent of the survey participants had used their smartphone or tablet for making…
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NFC technology enabled devices will reach 500 million next year
Half a billion devices will be equipped with these chips by the year 2014. The number of NFC technology enabled devices that will allow smartphones and tablets to transmit data such as credit card and other payments information will break the 500 million mark by the end of 2014, says a recent report. The latest study from ABI Research has shown that the number of these devices is growing fast. The ABI Research report has indicated that even by the end of this year, there will have been 285 million…
Read MoreNFC technology will be enabled in approximately 1.95 million devices in 5 years
Most of these gadgets will be smartphones, according to recent research. It is believed that by the end of 2013, NFC technology will have completed its trial phase and will begin to be included a much broader range of different devices. This will continue over time until there is a tremendous spike in the availability of enabled gadgets. In fact, according to the research outlined in a mobile commerce news report by ABI Research, by 2017, there will have been 1.95 billion devices enabled with NFC technology that have been…
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