NFC (Near Field Communications)

Published by: IDATE

Published: Nov. 1, 2008 - 70 Pages

Table of Contents

Report on Key Findings

1. What is Near Field Communication Technology?

1.1. The development of short range wireless technologies

1.2. The emergence of NFC Technology

1.3. Regulation

1.4. Integration of NFC chipsets in Mobile Phones

1.4.1. NFC phones

1.4.2. Phone Architecture

1.4.3. The Connectivity and Packaging Trend

2. The NFC Market

2.1. A global handset market on the increase

2.2. A slow NFC adoption

2.3. Main NFC solution providers

3. The NFC Applications

3.1. Mobile Payments

3.1.1. Development of Contactless payments

3.1.2. Mobile NFC Payment Trials

3.1.3. The mobile payment Value chain

3.1.4. Which business model?

3.1.5. Competing technologies

3.2. Mobile Ticketing

3.2.1. Successful trials

3.2.2. The mobile ticketing Value chain

3.2.3. A growing trend of mobile ticketing

3.3. Smart Poster trials

4. What does NFC need to take off?

4.1. The Business Model Question

4.1.1. Banking and Credit Card Companies

4.1.2. Mobile Operators

4.1.3. Third Party Models

4.2. New applications could drive the NFC market

4.2.1. Bluetooth as a key enabler

4.2.2. Peer to Peer Services

4.2.3. Emerging Services

4.3. Towards global adoption

4.3.1. The Korean Example

4.3.2. The Japanese Example

4.4. What Choice of Application for operators?

5. Main Associations and Solutions Providers

5.1. Associations

5.1.1. NFC Forum

5.1.2. GSM Association

5.2. Companies to follow in the NFC ecosystem

5.2.1. NXP

5.2.2. Sony

5.2.3. Oberthur

5.2.4. Gemalto

5.2.5. ST Micro Electronics

5.2.6. Giesecke & Devrient

5.2.7. Inside Contactless

5.2.8. Nokia

5.2.9. Visa

5.2.10. Vivotech

Figures

Figure 1: The Use of a NFC phone for a mobile transaction

Figure 2: NFC Passive Mode Operation

Figure 3: NFC Active Mode Operation

Figure 4: NFC Protocol Arrangement

Figure 5: Example of available NFC phones - Nokia 6131 (2006), 6212 (2008) and Samsung D700 . 13

Figure 6: Mobile Phone Architecture for NFC Integration

Figure 7: Volume of Bluetooth-enabled handsets (in millions units)

Figure 8: Worldwide Handset Shipments (in Million Units)

Figure 9: Handset Providers’ Market Share

Figure 10: NFC-enabled Handset Market Forecast

Figure 11: Cumulative Shipments of FeliCa IC

Figure 12: Cumulative shipments of FeliCa IC by 2007

Figure 13: Moversa Product Presentation

Figure 14: Mobile Payments and Ticketing Technologies

Figure 15: Major Worldwide NFC trials and deployments

Figure 16: The Mobile Payment Value Chain Players

Figure 17: IrFM Application for transaction

Figure 18: Bank Centric Model

Figure 19: Operator Centric Model

Figure 20: Third Party Model

Figure 21: Nokia NFC enabled headset

Figure 22: Parrot NFC enabled Music system

Tables

Table 1: Wireless Connectivity Technologies

Table 2: Mobile Payment Trials

Table 3: The Mobile Payment Value Chain

Table 4: Mobile Ticketing trials

Table 5: The Mobile Ticketing Value Chain

Table 6: Smart Poster Trials

Table 7: Pros and Cons of the Bank Centric Model

Table 8: Pros and Cons of the Operator Centric Model

Table 9: Pros and Cons of the Third Party Model

Table 10: Bluetooth and NFC technology comparison

Abstract

• Which evolution for the NFC technology?
• How will the introduction of NFC chipsets mobile phones revolutionize how consumers interact with their environment?
• After Asia, especially Japan for mobile wallet application, is the NFC technology gaining ground in North America and Europe?
• What are the drivers of the NFC market?
• More than Payment and Ticketing applications, what are the next key NFC Applications: Smart Posters, Peer to peer,...?
• NFC future outlooks: market and forecasts up to 2012?

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