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June 28, 2012 01:35 pm GMT
NFC, the technology that can help turn a mobile handset into an instant, superpower payment device, has been long on promise but largely short on delivery. But today, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator Orange took a step that could see some of that potential realized: it has announcedthat it will initiate a nationwide deployment of NFC SIM cards across its home market of France, covering 27 million subscribers. Orange says that all new post-paid subscribers will be getting the new SIM, regardless of what handset they have; existing customers will need to request it. What this means is that any NFC-ready device with Orange's new SIM in it can actually be used to make transactions -- as long as a businesses has enabled the service.The GSMA mobile carrier association first endorsed the NFC SIM solution back in November 2011and this looks to be the first widescale European deployment of that -- although there are other carriers, like China Mobile, who are already offering these elsewhere. Orange, meanwhile, has only been working on local services of NFC services that worked with a limited number of handsets (the UK's QuickTap being one example).
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Vive La France: Orange Bites The NFC Bullet, Plans Nationwide SIM-based Rollout In Home Market
NFC, the technology that can help turn a mobile handset into an instant, superpower payment device, has been long on promise but largely short on delivery. But today, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator Orange took a step that could see some of that potential realized: it has announcedthat it will initiate a nationwide deployment of NFC SIM cards across its home market of France, covering 27 million subscribers. Orange says that all new post-paid subscribers will be getting the new SIM, regardless of what handset they have; existing customers will need to request it. What this means is that any NFC-ready device with Orange's new SIM in it can actually be used to make transactions -- as long as a businesses has enabled the service.The GSMA mobile carrier association first endorsed the NFC SIM solution back in November 2011and this looks to be the first widescale European deployment of that -- although there are other carriers, like China Mobile, who are already offering these elsewhere. Orange, meanwhile, has only been working on local services of NFC services that worked with a limited number of handsets (the UK's QuickTap being one example). Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/FlLfkgHDxog/
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