Turkcell and Huawei Select NXP Technology to Launch First NFC-Enabled Smartphone in Turkey

NXP Semiconductors N.V. NXPI earlier today announced that Turkcell TKC has selected the PN544 near field communication radio chip for Turkcell's recently launched T20 smartphone. The T20 handset, manufactured by Huawei, is one of the world's first commercially available low-cost Android NFC-enabled smartphones. This NFC-enabled mobile phone will allow consumers to perform a variety of secure contactless transactions from convenient payments, data sharing, public transport, event ticketing and access control, while providing a secure, flexible and interoperable canvass to create the next experience in mobile-on-the-go.