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Leading operators to bring m-payments to the masses

With today's announcement that the UK's leading network operators are cooperating on NFC, the technology going even further this year than some experts would have guessed. The venture between Vodafone, Everything Everywhere and O2 could mean a lot to businesses and consumers alike, including increased contactless infrastructure, large numbers of NFC phones on the market and greater research into how NFC really can transform our daily lives.

The collaboration will bring an end to any disparate outlooks among operators, and bring the consumer even closer to being able to pay for travel on their mobile, and purchase that morning coffee with a  single touch. Not only that, but in the future, users could use their phone to access their office, exhibitions and even their own home. Vodafone UK's Chief Exec, Guy Laurence has said that in the mid term 'their [consumers'] keys may also be integrated into their mobile phone... as a digital access card'.

This is certainly very exciting news for the industry and fantastic that operators are beginning to ramp up their NFC efforts. Proxama have been working on the technology since 2005 - so only six years too early! But now with a number of years' experience, we're looking forward to what happens next!

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