Worldwide shipments of cell phones with built-in NFC capability will rise to 220.1 million units in 2014, up by a factor of four from 52.6 million in 2010. In 2014, 13 percent of cell phones shipped will integrate NFC, up from 4.1 percent in 2010, according to researchers at iSuppli
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
NFC Explosion Sets Stage for Mobile Payments Growth
Technology by itself does not always enable creation of new markets. But technology often is required for such new markets to form. If so, then the growth of near field communications capability in mobile phones is going to create the underpinning for a new mobile payments business, though many would not be at all surprised if mobile advertising, promotion and marketing emerged as a key driver of the value proposition for users.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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