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TMCNet:  Research and Markets Adds Report: NFC Mobile Phones Contactless Smart 
Cards

[April 21, 2008]

Research and Markets Adds Report: NFC Mobile Phones Contactless Smart Cards

(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "NFC Mobile Phones
Contactless Smart Cards" to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:

Contactless smart cards are the largest RFID sector by far and the
business is booming. From the $6 billion China national ID card scheme
to the large sales of transport cards and tickets, transport-based
purse cards replacing cash and secure access cards, this is a sector
with many profitable suppliers, issuers and outlets.

This major new report compares and contrasts contactless smart cards
and tickets with NFC and other methods of using the mobile phone to
replace the card or ticket. It has 80 figures and tables and four
appendices of further information. It forecasts progress for the next
ten years with contactless smart cards, tickets and RFID enabled
phones, from technology to applications, numbers and values. It is put
in the context of smart cards prepaid cards and mobile phones as a
whole. The surprising conclusion is that there will be rapid growth in
sales of all three alternatives for at least ten years. We present a
detailed analysis from the mix of microprocessor vs. memory cards by
application, to regional differences and the performance of the major
schemes and suppliers, user reactions and business opportunities.

Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89031

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Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News

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