Near Field Communication (NFC) is a new short-ranged wireless connectivity technology that will give people easy solutions to use their devices in interaction with other devices.
The technology is an extension of the existing Smart Card standards (contactless / RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device.
It is primarily aimed at usage in mobile phones.

There are 3 main use cases for NFC:

• Card emulation mode - The NFC device behaves like a contactless Smart Card 
• Reader mode - The NFC device is active and reads a passive RFID tag, used for example for interactive and advertising propose
• P2P mode - 2 NFC devices are communicating together and exchange information

There are many applications possible, such as:

• Mobile ticketing in public transport - an extension of the existing contactless infrastructure.
• Mobile payment - the device acts as a debit/credit payment card.
• Smart poster - the NFC device is used to read RFID tags on outdoor billboards in order to get info on the movie.
• Bluetooth pairing - in the future, pairing of Bluetooth 2.1 devices with NFC support will be as easy as bringing them close together and accepting the pairing.The process of activating Bluetooth on both sides, searching, waiting, pairing and authorization will be replaced by a simple "touch" of the mobile phones.

CETECOM NFC Services

From the very start of the development of NFC applications CETECOM has specialized in providing the respective testing services for the RF part including the basic protocols as well as the regulatory part (EMC, RF, Safety).
CETECOM plays an active role in the NFC Forum which is specifying both system requirements and testing methods for NFC solutions.
In our Smart Card Laboratory an early compliance check can easily be done, saving you time and money.

Contact us for more information on our specialised testing and consulting services for NFC solutions:

• NFC testing based on applicable standards (ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 10373-6)
• Development related NFC testing acc. to tests based on NFC Forum draft standards and comparable, existing standards
• Regulatory testing for products with integrated NFC functionality