GSM операторы захотели RFID в телефонах

Ассоциация операторов стандарта GSM (GSM Association -GSMA), члены которой обслуживают 40 % клиентов по всему миру, объявила о принятии NFC, как мирового стандарта для сотовой телефонии.

Итак, мобильные телефоны скоро cмогут заменить кредитные карты, ключи для автомобиля/дома/офиса, выполнять роль проездных билетов.
ZDNet выяснила:

The short-range wireless technology would be based on having a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in the handset, along with some sort of NFC software. As for cost, a GSMA spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Monday that "we don't have a figure for it but we reckon it's a relatively modest cost to add it to the handset".
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However, the timeframe for phones with integrated NFC remains unclear. The GSMA's spokesperson said the organisation was hoping to submit a white paper on the subject to the NFC Forum and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) by the end of this year. Beyond that, said the spokesperson, "it depends on how fast those particular bodies move".

Source: GSM Association Press Release 2006 - Operators Unite To Build New Mobile Market