Morpho and INSIDE Secure have team-up to launch a first product that has the potential to bring NFC functionality to the mass market, reaching even those users who don’t have the latest smartphones. The new “SIMply NFC-Revolution” product incorporates INSIDE’s core NFC chip technology with SIM technology from Morpho and the end result is an NFC-enabled SIM card!
According to the press release we got, this is a better bridge solution than flexible antennas or contactless stickers since no external change or retrofit of a mobile device is required. All it takes is to pull out your existing SIM card and replace it with the new one, which will work even in disruptive environments (i.e. under the mobile phone’s battery).
I like the idea and can only hope major carrier groups will jump on board and start offering SIMply NFC-Revolution to their customers, eventually bringing the promises of contactless payments and contactless ticketing to life…