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Near Field Communication (NFC) promises to revolutionize the ways in which people access and use information. Soon, NFC-enabled devices will enable mobile payment, loyalty, interactive advertising, ID authentication, transit fare collection, and other uses.

Solutions for the NFC Ecosystem

INSIDE has developed solutions for key members of the mobile telecommunications ecosystem:

  • Mobile handset manufacturers turn to INSIDE for its mature, open products; comprehensive commercial-grade open source software stack; and expertise in NFC integration for service delivery, handset design, and user interface design.
  • Mobile Network Operators can deliver innovative consumer retail, transport, payment, access control, and loyalty services with INSIDE’s NFC technologies are fully compliant with standards such as Single Wire Protocol (SWP).
  • SIM card manufacturers can leverage dedicated SIM solutions that enables mobile network operators to capture new revenue opportunities from a vast installed base of NFC-capable devices.

Proven and Flexible Technology

INSIDE owns essential NFC patents, and its NFC solutions are based on third-generation silicon. Features such as battery-off or powered-by-the-field operation; low-power card detect; and support for SWP and Host Controller Interface (HCI) enable design and development of innovative new products and services. A mature NFC controller supports multiple architectures for UICC and embedded Secure Element.

Multiple Standards-compliant Interfaces 


INSIDE NFC solutions include standards-based interfaces for host, SE, and RF standard cards:

  • Host interfaces: I²C®
  • SE interfaces: SWP, UICC interoperability with leading SIM card manufacturers, and additional digital interfaces for SE (DCLB)
  • RF standard: ISO 14443 (A,B); Felica; ISO15693; card mode; reader and peer-to-peer modes

Firmware

ETSI-compliant firmware for SIM and the application processor enables customers to upload new firmware for product enhancements and changes to regulatory compliance. It also supports a wide range of use cases, combining several power management options and test features.

Integration Support


INSIDE delivers complete solutions—from silicon to Open NFC™ (NFC software stack) for integration with the baseband/application processor software. An efficient, high-quality integration support team helps simplify technology integration in mobile handsets. INSIDE’s NFC software stack is also available free of charge under an Apache v2.0 license to support open source development. Last INSIDE offers a development and evaluation kit to ease and simplify integration.

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