The NFC Forum, the industry group promoting the...
The NFC Forum, the industry group promoting the use of near-field communication (NFC) technology, launched analog testing as part of its certification program, the group said Thursday (http://bit.ly/1BQzyLc). Its analog certification will be the “first detailed evaluation” of the radio…
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frequency (RF) performance of an NFC device, it said. “Consistent RF performance is essential to smooth and swift NFC interactions, fulfilling NFC’s promise of a seamless experience for the consumer,” it said. The testing “milestone” comes at an opportune time, it said, citing IHS estimates that global shipments of NFC-enabled mobile phones will surge fourfold through 2018, when they'll reach shipments of 1.2 billion units and be 63 percent of all mobile phones shipped. “When a device is certified as compliant with NFC Forum specifications —- and the analog specification in particular -— it provides consumers with a better assurance that NFC’s easy touch interface will deliver the comfortable and consistent experience they expect,” the group said. Though dozens of companies belong to the NFC Forum at various levels of membership, its founding “sponsor” members are Broadcom, Google, Intel, MasterCard, NEC, Nokia, NXP, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, STMicroelectronics and Visa.