GSM group: Phones need NFC for mobile payments Archives Published: November 18, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Phone manufacturers must build NFC (Near Field Communications) functionality into mobile handsets in order to speed adoption of mobile payment systems, the GSM Association said Tuesday. FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles PARCO Gunvor Partners With Excellence Delivered For RISE With SAP S/4HANA Digital Transformation Wired August 30, 2025 Zong And ZTE Partner To Launch AI-Powered AIR RAN For Pakistan’s First Autonomous Network Wired August 29, 2025 D-Link Pakistan And Silicon Technologies Host Tech Meetup In Islamabad Wired August 29, 2025 CHT Pakistan Implements SAP S/4HANA With Excellence Delivered To Enhance Efficiency Wired August 28, 2025