Microsoft's NFC, Mobile Payments In Through Nokia

Looks like Microsoft will have an opening to enter the mobile payment fray through the partnership with Nokia announced Friday. Sony, Philips spin-off NXP Semiconductors and Nokia in 2004 created the NFC Forum, a consortium that works to define standards for the technology to ensure compatibility. The relationship will enable Microsoft to go head on with Google, which announced last year it would build in NFC capabilities into Android.
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