How does NFC work? Near Field Communication (NFC) technology allows two electronic devices to communicate wirelessly when they are in close proximity, typically within a few centimetres. NFC works by using electromagnetic radio fields to enable the exchange of data between devices. It operates on the principle of magnetic induction, where one device generates a radio frequency field, and the other device, equipped with an NFC chip, detects and responds to that field. Those few centimetres of distance between the devices will no longer inhibit the small range of NFC technology. The NFC Forum, a collaborative group founded by industry giants Sony, NXP Semiconductors, and Nokia, has recently unveiled a roadmap that promises to reshape the landscape of NFC technology by 2028.

The mission is to expand the range of NFC by four to six times

Comprised of representatives from tech powerhouses like Apple and Google, the NFC Forum has outlined five primary initiatives to propel the technology forward within the next two to five years. At the forefront of these ambitions is the mission to extend the range of the connections, which currently operates within a small distance. The goal is to expand this range by four to six times, rendering contactless payments genuinely contactless. This significant stride would not only enhance convenience but also expedite transactions, relieving users of the need for meticulous antenna alignment.

Expanding the range of NFC connections represents just one part of the NFC Forum’s plan. Another important milestone would be the advancement of wireless charging capabilities over NFC. The group aims to elevate the wireless power and charging capacity from the current 1W to an impressive 3W. Such an upgrade would unlock wireless power possibilities for smaller devices and pave the way for innovative applications that were previously not viable.

In addition to these advancements, the Forum envisions enabling multiple-purpose taps, which would empower users to perform multiple actions with a single tap. This streamlined functionality would not only enhance user experience but also open doors for new and exciting applications. As thrilling as these prospects are, it is important to manage our expectations. While the NFC Forum’s roadmap promises an interesting future, these advancements will take time to come to reality and find their way into everyday devices.

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Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun, announced the company’s NFC based mobile payment at an event last night. The mobile payment service called MI Pay joins other NFC payments such as Google’s own Android Pay, Samsung Pay, and Apple Pay.

NFC payments allows you to store card details (credit, debit, gift, loyalty, and membership cards) on your phone which you can use to pay for items or get access to places without having the physical card with you. MI pay works the same way. All you have to do is to place your NFC enabled phone (after launching the payment app) against the card reader and you’re ready to go.

Xiaomi already has a NFC-enabled phone, the Xiaomi Mi 5. So owners of this phone should soon get the service rolled out to them. The company has announced a number of banks that currently support MI Pay: China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank, Huaxia Bank, Minsheng Bank, Ping An Bank, and Industrial Bank. They’ve also announced that more banks (Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank, China Everbright Bank, Beijing Bank, and Guangdong Development Bank) will be added in September.

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Following this announcement, Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship devices such as the Mi Note 2 should come with NFC so as to get more people to use MI Pay.

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In December 5th 2012, forthcoming Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 will be held, and China Mobile announced the opening of the NFC mobile phone SIM card space, hand in the majority of industry units, enterprises, to the user through a multi-application open platform to promote the use mobile payment sing mobile wallet. The new NFC-based products – mobile wallet (on-site payment) will also be published in the conference.

China Mobile’s mobile wallet service is loaded on an NFC-enabled mobile phone SIM card users a variety of e-card application (such as a bank card, bus card, campus / business card, membership card, etc.), to provide users find, download function, use, delete applications security space services. NFC enable phone will use to using this services.

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a mobile phone carriers, non-contact IC card application on the phone to the card reader, point-to-point three application modes, mobile payment industry applications services of the redeem, electronic ticketing, identification, anti-counterfeiting, advertising a variety of applications. Where multi-application open platform is the core platform to carry out mobile wallet service, unified by a whole network of mobile e-commerce base operations support. Industry units and enterprise applications can be deployed in a multi-application open platform, users can download the client from the platform and application installation to mobile phones and SIM cards, multi-application, open platform for each application is assigned separate card space, and provide security control services to ensure the security of the application.

Far for now, China Mobile and China Merchants Bank, China Construction Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development UnionPay card application cooperation. The platform has the cooperation of the introduction of the third-party applications can be broadly divided into three categories: financial and banking, public transport, enterprise, campus card class.

Relevant sources, China Mobile released NFC application in the Worldwide Developers Conference will further open platforms and open cooperation policy in the public transport card and bank cooperation. Continues to mature and to promote in-depth as the consumer environment, there will be more and more convenient application added to the multi-application open platform for hundreds of millions of mobile users, to form a win-win solution and jointly promote the development of the industry.

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