Tech Mahindra Forays Into Enterprise Device Testing With An NFC Lab

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?