Near-field communication (NFC) could be the breakthrough technology of 2011, some analysts predict.

NFC allows for a wide variety of data transfers over a short distance, and is currently most frequently used to take mobile payments.

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, manufacturers are looking to capitalise on the technology already in use by Google and Nokia.

Speaking in Barcelona, Google’s chief executive officer Eric Schmidt said that mobile payments and NFC technology are set to take the mobile world by storm in 2011.

Google are due to launch a range of new Android smartphones that are equipped with the technology in order to make waves in the industry. 

NFC is also rumoured to be a feature on Apple’s next generation of the iPhone.

It remains to be seen which other manufacturers will adopt this technology for the next wave of smartphones to hit the high street.

Jamie Stokes is Marketing Assistant at Total Ltd – a business to business service provider, delivering genuine solutions across all core telecommunication services, based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Total Ltd is a business that brings together and unifies all the component parts. For up to the minute business telecommunications news, please view the Total Ltd blog

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