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Nokia, NFC Danmark deploy NFC-enabled smart posters

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Nokia and NFC Danmark have teamed up to launch an NFC-enabled smart poster campaign in Telia stores across Denmark.

Customers of Telia, a major Nordic mobile operator, can now user their NFC-enabled N9 phones to tap icons on the posters (pictured) to instantly download mobile apps.


In addition to the posters, Nokia and NFC Danmark have also launched an NFC-enabled pinball machine and an NFC-enabled vending machine - a world’s first, according to NFC Danmark.

Click here to see a video demonstration (in Danish) of the smart poster in action. [end] 

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