This article was originally published by RFID Update.November 2, 2004—Big news from Nokia this week as it releases its Near Field Communication (
NFC) enabled shell for the popular 3220 cell phone. Together with electronics giant Philips, the company will participate in a trial in Germany in which the new technology will allow passengers to purchase public bus tickets using their NFC-equipped cell phones. The young NFC technology is based on
RFID and has been embraced by the likes of Philips, Sony, and Nokia as the likely enabler of the "M-commerce" revolution which will see many functions of the common wallet rolled into cell phones.
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