Most of the buzz around near field communication has to do with payments with a bit reserved for marketing and loyalty possibilities. What’s going unnoticed is that the same technology can be used for physical access control to open doors at the office, at a hotel or even at home.
Daniel Berg, vice president and general manager at ASSA ABLOY Mobile Keys, says use of the mobile device as a key is going to increase exponentially as more devices are equipped with NFC. “We’ve been happy to see all the news from different phone manufacturers that they are finally rolling out compatible phones,” he says.
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Article on smart phones & access control.