NFC Forum

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - Jan. 12, 2012 - The NFC Forum today announced that three of its members -  INSIDE Secure, Kovio, and ViVOtech - are demonstrating applications that will change the way consumers with NFC-enabled mobile phones interact with the retail community. The NFC Forum is a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which gives retailers and manufacturers unique... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - Dec. 19, 2011 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association responsible for the development, promotion and protection of the Bluetooth specification, today announced the publication of Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC. The new document provides developers with examples of... Read More

Beaverton, Ore. October 18, 2011 Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization of healthcare and technology companies dedicated to improving the quality of personal healthcare, and the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that they will work together to expand standards-based connectivity technology in the health IT industry. Both Continua... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - Sept. 29, 2011 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has released its 16th specification, the Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol (SNEP). SNEP is an application-level protocol suitable for sending or receiving messages between two NFC-enabled devices. The new SNEP specification is available to the public for download at no charge... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - June 21, 2011 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced a newly elected Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, James Anderson of MasterCard Worldwide. The organization also announced that Mr. Anderson and NFC Forum Director Debbie Arnold will serve as panelists at the MPA Digital: Technology conference in New York on June 23. ... Read More

June 6, 2011, Boston, MA - Yankee Group today announced that the NFC Forum has signed on as a Premier Association Sponsor of this year's 4G Worldconference and expo, and that the two firms are jointly developing an exclusive, one-day summit, collated at the conference, entitled "NFC: Enabling New Revenue Opportunities."... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - March 31, 2011 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that Google, Inc. is joining the organization as a Principal member. CSR and Intel, formerly Associate Members, have raised their membership status to the Principal level. Since its founding in 2004, the NFC Forum has drawn market-leading organizations from around the world... Read More

PARIS - December 7, 2010 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today formally unveiled its Certification Program at Cartes & IDentification in Paris. The NFC Forum Certification Program gives device manufacturers a means of establishing their products' compliance with the NFC Forum's technical specifications... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - Oct. 6, 2010 - The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that it is holding a one-day Spotlight Session for Developers from 10AM to 4PM on Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. This is one in a continuing series of events that brings application developers... Read More

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - March 24, 2010 - The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced it has selected 20 finalists for its NFC Forum Global Competition 2010. Entries were received from a variety of countries throughout Asia, Europe and North America. The submissions cover a broad span of consumer and business application areas,... Read More