Compatibility of the iPhone 5 with NFC implied by a MasterCard manager?

We know
How muchAppleinsists on keeping his secret
upcoming products and their features. This is why the
partners of the apple firm are usually silent when it comes to
to even mention the existence of a partnership.

As a result, the words ofEd McLaughlin, responsible for
new payment solutions atMastercard, evoking the
NFC (seeces articles) and mobile partners have
attracted the attention of journalists:

It was in fact during an interview with
FastCompany icithat he indicated that he did not know "any" manufacturer of
mobile phones that are not in the process of implementing the NFC PayPass solution of its
company in its terminals. What about Apple then?

Pressed to indicate whether Apple was one of these manufacturers, he replied
that some partners did not want the information to be communicated
("Now, when we have discussions with our partners, and they ask us not to
disclose them, we don’t."), andhalf confession;-).

The question is important since the subject of NFC (Near Field
communications) integrated into phones for payment (but not
only) washeavily discussed last yearand is
already supported by Google terminals. But despite this, the deployment and
the critical mass is far from being reached to reach the big
public.

It is obvious, and Ed confirms it in the interview, that NFC support by
Apple would be an important step to make NFC a more solution
broadcast.

2012 will therefore perhaps not be the year of NFC "everywhere" but if Apple
join the dance withand
iPhone 5 or 6equipped, this could, with the consumer base
concerned, be aa real accelerator for this technology which
(very long) term should make the blue card disappear as it is
knows.

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.