Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Qualcomm adds NFC support to chipsets

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Qualcomm, a San Diego, Calif. developer wireless technologies, products and services, has added support for Near Field Communication technology to certain chipsets in its product portfolio.

The move will help Qualcomm accelerate the commercial availability of mobile handsets featuring the short-range technology. The company is also engaged with NFC solutions providers to develop reference designs based on Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem chipsets. [end] 

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