NFC coming out of 'trial phase' in 2013 as 285m enabled devices forecast to be shipped — ABI Research

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London, UK (BUSINESS WIRE) — ABI Research forecasts that a total of 1.95 billion NFC-enabled devices will ship in 2017, a combination of both handsets and CE devices. The lion’s share of NFC enablement will continue to be focused in the handset market, although we are expecting a surge of NFC functionality included within CE devices, for simple pairing of devices, exchange of data, and online authentication functionality. In total, 395 million CE devices will ship in 2017, predominantly into media tablets, PC accessories, and gaming consoles, says the research house.

NFC inclusion into devices other than handsets shows market development and an understanding that NFC will be about more than payments. Added value will be provided through the enablement of convenient online / offline authentication, retail and loyalty applications, reader functionality, AFC, and advertising as a host of value-added opportunities presented to service providers from which they can draw new revenue streams.

The increase in potential user base is making investment into NFC applications more justifiable. Next year ABI Research expects to see NFC come out of its ‘trial phase’. Android and WP8 are already pushing the handset market forward and now building out into other ecosystem devices with inclusion into Android tablets and Windows PCs.

Research analyst Phil Sealy (pictured below) comments, “2012 is the first time that ABI Research has raised forecasts for NFC-enabled handsets, up from 80 million units to 102 million for year-end 2012. Nine out of the top ten OEMs now have NFC-enabled handsets commercially available, with most housing an embedded secure element solution. We expect handset shipments to more than double next year, with NFC inclusion likely to become a default technology integrated into flagship handsets.”

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Phil Sealy

ABI Research’s ‘NFC’ Market Data includes coverage of handsets, CE Devices, Bridging solutions and tags. Further granularity is supplied with secure element shipments split by IC type. The data supplied covers all regions as well as country-specific information for Poland, Russia, Germany, France, Spain, UK, China, India, South Korea, Japan, Canada, USA, Brazil and Mexico. These findings are part of the NFC (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/service/nfc/) and Retail Connectivity Technologies (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/service/retail-connectivity-technologies/) Research Services.

ABI Research provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies. www.abiresearch.com

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