AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As a result of the success of its Open NFC™ commercial-grade NFC
protocol stack, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced,
open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it is
making the Open NFC protocol stack more widely available, placing the
full source code and full API documentation on SourceForge.net for free
download. The source code for the core Open NFC version 3.5 software –
including Android, Windows Mobile, Linux and Java (JSR-257) editions –
and API documentation will be available on SourceForge.net starting May
15, and a web site with more information on Open NFC can be found at www.insidecontactless.com/opennfc.
As the only provider of Open NFC software in the industry, this move
extends INSIDE’s software stack as the de facto open solution for NFC
enablement on mobile devices.
“INSIDE’s Open NFC software has received support from a broad array of
participants in the NFC ecosystem, including major handset
manufacturers, developers and carriers, and we are already in discussion
with major industry players to support Open NFC as the de facto standard
NFC stack for the Android, MeeGo, Linux and Windows Mobile platforms,”
said Philippe Martineau, executive vice president of the NFC business
line for INSIDE Contactless. “Open NFC offers a number of benefits to
these stakeholders, including an open, consistent API across all NFC
hardware, faster time to market and greater flexibility. Now, with this
source code release, Open NFC is the undisputed de facto NFC protocol
stack solution in the industry.”
According to Martineau, INSIDE’s Open NFC protocol stack will be
proposed to the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) as the reference
implementation for Android to sit on top of the hardware abstraction
layer, and the company expects to release an NFC chip simulator and
board to developers by the end of the third quarter of 2010.
The Open NFC protocol stack brings proven, high quality, well-documented
NFC software into the open source arena, providing a complete NFC
middleware solution for mobile phones, embedded products and other
devices. It benefits device makers, software developers as well as
others in the mobile ecosystem in several ways, providing greater
impetus to implement NFC solutions across a broad range of consumer
products. Open NFC supports the trend toward open platforms in the
mobile industry, and INSIDE welcomes contributions from the developer
community.
Open NFC supports several levels of functionality, from low-level RF
control to high-level NFC Forum tag handling, peer-to-peer
communications as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi pairing, interactions with
single-wire protocol SIMs and other secure elements and compatibility
with smart cards and RFID tags based on Felica, Mifare and ISO 14443
standards.
About INSIDE Contactless
INSIDE Contactless leads the market in open-standard contactless
innovation. The company has delivered more than 350 million contactless
platforms worldwide, and its contactless payment and Near Field
Communication (NFC) solutions power the next generation of payment,
transit, identity and access control applications. INSIDE’s work in
contactless standards and its 65 families of patents, including
essential NFC patents, play a leading role in establishing industry
direction. INSIDE is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, with
offices in Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Warsaw, Seoul, and San Francisco.
For more information, please visit www.insidecontactless.com.
