Near Field Communication Technology or NFC jointly developed by Sony and Phillips was approved as an ISO/IEC standard on December 8 2003. It was approved as an ECMA standard earlier on.
Near Field Communication Technology holds the promise of bringing true mobility to consumer electronics in an intuitive and psychologically comfortable way since the devices can hand-shake only when bought literally into touching distance.
Essential specs:
- Works by magnetic field induction
- Maximum working distance: approx. 15cm
- Speed: 106kbps, 212kbps or 424kbps
- One-way or Two-way communication
- NFC can be used to configure and initiate other wireless network connections such as Bluetooth or WiFi
External links:
- A very descriptive PDF from Ecma-international - illustrates operation very well
- A press relese from ECMA - on the acceptance of Ecma-340 as ISO/IEC 18092
- Phillips on NFC
- Sony on NFC