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Innovision, NXP announce joint NFC marketing agreement

Monday, May 18, 2009

UK-based Innovision Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors have announced a joint marketing and licensing agreement relating to NFC. The deal brings together Innovision intellectual property, known as Gem, with NXP’s firmware, software and secure elements, such as the SmartMX.

NXP’s endorsement and licensing of Innovision’s property is expected to expand the company’s addressable market to include applications such as payments. [end] 

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