The NFC Forum has signed agreements to work collaboratively with organizations representing three different industries in Asia.
The NFC Forum sign agreements with the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association(APSCA), the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), a division of the National Retail Federation (NRF), and the Open Mobile Alliance.
"It is gratifying to formalize partnerships with organizations representing these important global sectors/ The interest in collaboration from this range of industries -- retailing, smart cards, and mobile services -- demonstrates how widely the value of NFC technology is recognized, and it points to the far-reaching benefits consumers can expect from broad adoption of NFC. We look forward to working together with our new partners and to the synergies our joint efforts will deliver," said NFC Forum chairman Koichi Tagawa.
Each agreement executed by the NFC Forum is tailored to the interests of the participating organizations and their members.
APSCA is a non-profit, independent association that provides information, consultancy, guidance, and networking to organizations in the smart card industry in the Asia Pacific region.
ARTS is a retailer-driven international membership organization dedicated to developing best practices, technology standards and educational programs through collaboration and partnerships exclusively for retail.
The Open Mobile Alliance is the leading industry forum for developing market driven, interoperable standards for mobile service enablers. The Co-Operation Agreement with the NFC Forum asserts the two groups' common objectives to establish and promote global standards in the wireless telecommunications and Internet domain.