Tech Mahindra has officially unveiled a Near Field Communications (NFC) test lab in Bangalore.
The
lab will offer NFC Testing and Consulting services to companies that
are interested in setting up secured payment processing platforms using
the NFC Standard of communication and data transmission, shared Sirisha
Voruganti, Head, Device Testing, Tech Mahindra,
“With this test
lab, we are geared to help the Chipset manufacturers, OEMs and Service
Providers to reduce the failure rates to NIL in the field and hasten
their market growth. Our Lab focuses on troubleshooting and consulting
with global clients while providing cost-effective test solutions,”
Tech
Mahindra’s lab is ISO 17025 Accredited has already met the Wave 1 Test
Requirements as mandated by the NFC Forum. Moreover, the lab is well
equipped to even meet the upcoming Wave 2 Test Requirements. Apart from
establishing this lab, the company had acquired Type Approval Lab in
Lund, Southern Sweden from Sony. The Sweden based lab is well equipped
to provide end-to-end test solutions to device manufacturers and Global
Carriers.
Why did the company feel
the need to establish a lab just for NFC? There are labs established to
ensure mobile payments are secure. Even the apex Bank, The Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) officially launched one to ensure that Mobile based
payments take place in the most secure, yet the simplest of ways.
However,
smartphones featuring NFC communications module are growing in large
numbers. Though still in its nascent stage, NFC offers one of the
fastest modes of secure payment transactions. But perhaps it most
appealing factor is that NFC offers transactions which are relatively
petty. Consumers and buyers are often perplexed when they have to pay in
‘change’. Small transactions often require these customers to carry
coins of small denominations. NFC can easily do away with the obligation
of carrying this weighty form of currency.
With more than 400
Million phones featuring NFC already in circulation, Tech Mahindra’s Lab
might have been established just in time. What do you think?
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