All Nokia Smartphones to be NFC-enabled from 2011
- Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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All Nokia smartphones released by the company from 2011 will come with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology built in, according to Near Field Communications World (NFCW).
The announcement was made by Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s executive vice president for markets, at the Mobey Forums 10th anniversary meeting in Helsinki this morning.
Nokia was one of the first handset-makers to release an NFC-enabled phone, but has been quiet about its plans for NFC in recent months. 
In March this year, Barclaycard head of innovation marketing Sarah Mansfield revealed that the financial services firm would enable mobile NFC contactless payments before the end of 2010 in a partnership with UK mobile operator, Orange, but refused to be drawn on who would be making the phones.
