In 2013, the world will already be 700 million users of services NFC

Analytical company Juniper Research reported that it is projected that by 2013 mobile payments based on NFC technology will benefit 700 million people worldwide. The maximum growth market mobile devices, chips and services based on NFC will be observable from 2011 to 2013. In the meantime, this area is only beginning to evolve and major constraints here two, experts note: insufficient prevalence of mobile phones with NFC support and slow introduction NFC-terminals in shopping malls and other public places where access to them could get the mass of visitors.

The main findings of the study Juniper Research:

• The total number of NFC-phone users by 2013 will reach 700 million
• There are currently dominates the Japanese market system FeliCa, to date has sold 50 million mobile phones with such an opportunity
• By 2013, the leading regions in the NFC will become North America, Western Europe, the Far East and China, annual growth in supply NFC-phones in each of these regions is 25%