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Global Near Field Communication (NFC) Market By Product Type (Auxiliary NFC, Non-Auxiliary NFC), Device Type (Smartphone & Tablet NFC, PCs & Laptop NFC), Application (Mobile/Contactless payment, Information Sharing, User Authentication & Access Control, Healthcare)

Published Date : 02-06-2016

Pages: 251

Formats: PDF

NFC-enabled contactless/wireless communication allows a user to establish a wireless connection between smartphone and other NFC-enabled devices to send information. This technology generally maintains interoperability between different wireless communication devices such as Bluetooth and other NFC standards including FeliCa. This technology is primarily used in smartphones, laptops, and tablets for short range data exchange (up to 10 cm or less). Increasing smartphone penetration, convenient sharing and security of information and growing contactless/mobile payments application are acting as the major growth drivers for the market. Products with NFC technology are costlier than Bluetooth and other radio frequency identification (RFID) technology products.

Thus, high price has been observed as one of the restraints for the global NFC market. Based on the product type, the global NFC market is segmented into auxiliary and non-auxiliary NFC type. Auxiliary NFC products are subdivided into NFC based sim card and others (NFC card, NFC Cover). Non-auxiliary type is sub-segmented into NFC Chips, NFC Tags and NFC Reader. NFC reader garnered maximum revenue in 2014. The global NFC market, based on device type, is segmented across smartphone & tablets, pc & laptops and other devices (Infotainment, headsets).

Further, the market covers different NFC applications that include mobile/contactless payment, information sharing, user authentication & access control, healthcare, and others (service initiation, ticketing, advertising/marketing, and inventory management). Among all these applications, mobile/contactless payment is the most popular application segment that has contributed maximum revenue in 2014 of the total market; whereas, healthcare and others would be the most lucrative applications, growing with a CAGR of 45.6% and 43.4% respectively.

Based on region, NFC market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. North America remained the dominant region in the global NFC market in 2014. The report covers the analysis of key stake holders of the NFC market. Key companies profiled in the report include Infineon Technologies AG, Apple Inc., SONY Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, NXP Semiconductors N.V., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Broadcom Corporation, Texas Instruments Incorporated, STMicroelectronics N.V. and INSIDE Secure.

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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Segmentation
1.2.1 Global NFC Market, by Product Type
1.2.2 Global NFC Market, by Device Type
1.2.3 Global NFC Market, by Application
1.2.4 Global NFC Market, by Geography
1.3 Methodology for the research
Chapter 2. Market Overview
2.1 Market Definition
2.2 Objective
2.3 Market Scope
2.4 Drivers, Restraints and Opportunities
2.4.1 Market Drivers
2.4.1 Market Restraints
2.4.2 Market Opportunities
Chapter 3. Market By Product Type
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Auxiliary NFC Market
3.2.1 NFC Enabled SIM Card Market
3.2.2 Others (NFC Covers, NFC Covers) Market
3.3 Non-Auxiliary NFC Market
3.3.1 NFC Chips Market
3.3.2 NFC Tags
3.3.3 NFC Reader Market
Chapter 4. Market By Device Type
4.1.1 Smartphone & Tablet NFC Market
4.1.2 PC?s & Laptop NFC Market
4.1.3 Other NFC Device Market
Chapter 5. Market By Application
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mobile/Contactless payment
5.3 Information Sharing
5.4 User Authentication & Access Control Application
5.5 Healthcare
5.6 Others
Chapter 6. Market By Geography
6.1 Introduction
6.2 North America
6.2.1 US
6.2.2 Canada
6.2.3 Mexico
6.2.4 Rest of North America
6.3 Europe
6.3.1 UK
6.3.2 Germany
6.3.3 France
6.3.4 Russia
6.3.5 Spain
6.3.6 Italy
6.3.7 Rest of Europe
6.4 Asia-Pacific
6.4.1 China
6.4.2 Japan
6.4.3 India
6.4.4 South Korea
6.4.5 Singapore
6.4.6 Malaysia
6.4.7 Rest of Asia-Pacific
6.5 LAMEA
6.5.1 BRAZIL
6.5.2 Argentina
6.5.3 UAE
6.5.4 Saudi Arabia
6.5.5 South Africa
6.5.6 Nigeria
6.5.7 Rest of LAMEA
Chapter 7. Company Profiles
7.1 Infineon Technologies AG
7.1.1 Company Overview
7.1.2 Key Executives
7.1.3 Financial Analysis
7.1.4 Regional & Segmental Analysis
7.1.4.1 Automotive
7.1.4.2 Industrial Power Control
7.1.4.3 Power Management & Multimarket
7.1.4.4 Chip Cards & Security
7.1.5 Research & Development
7.2 Apple Inc.
7.2.1 Company Overview
7.2.2 Key Executives
7.2.3 Financial Analysis
7.2.4 Regional & Segmental Analysis
7.2.4.1 iPhone
7.2.4.2 iPad
7.2.4.3 Mac
7.2.4.4 Services
7.2.5 Research & Development
7.3 Sony Corporation
7.3.1 Company Overview
7.3.2 Key Executives
7.3.3 Financial Analysis
7.3.4 Segmental Analysis
7.3.4.1 Mobile Communication
7.3.4.2 Game & Network Services
7.3.4.3 Imaging Product & Solutions
7.3.4.4 Home Entertainment & Sound
7.3.4.5 Devices
7.3.4.6 Pictures
7.3.4.7 Music
7.3.4.8 Financial Services
7.3.4.9 All Other
7.4 Toshiba Corporation
7.4.1 Company Overview
7.4.2 Key Executives
7.4.3 Financial Analysis
7.4.4 Segmental Analysis
7.4.4.1 Energy & Infrastructure
7.4.4.2 Community Solutions
7.4.4.3 Healthcare Systems & Services
7.4.4.4 Electronic Devices & Components
7.4.4.5 Lifestyle Products & Services
7.4.4.6 Others
7.5 NXP Semiconductors N.V.
7.5.1 Company Overview
7.5.2 Key Executives
7.5.3 Financial Analysis
7.5.3.1 Segmental Analysis
7.6 Texas Instruments Incorporated
7.6.1 Company Overview
7.6.2 Key Executives
7.6.3 Financial Analysis
7.6.4 Regional & Segmental Analysis
7.6.4.1 Analog
7.6.4.2 Embedded Processing
7.6.4.3 Others
7.6.5 Research & Development
7.7 STMicroelectronics N.V.
7.7.1 Company Overview
7.7.2 Key Executives
7.7.3 Financial Analysis
7.7.4 Regional & Segmental Analysis
7.7.4.1 Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A)
7.7.4.2 Embedded Processing Solutions
7.7.4.3 Others
7.7.5 Research & Development
7.8 Broadcom Limited
7.8.1 Company Overview
7.8.2 Key Executives
7.8.3 Financial Analysis
7.8.4 Segmental Analysis
7.8.5 Research & Development
7.9 INSIDE Secure
7.9.1 Company Overview
7.9.2 Key Executives
7.9.3 Financial Analysis
7.9.4 Segmental Analysis
7.9.4.1 Mobile Security
7.9.4.2 Secure Transaction
7.9.5 Research & Development
7.1 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
7.10.1 Company Overview
7.10.2 Key Executives
7.10.3 Financial Analysis


TABLE 1 Global NFC market by Product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 2 Global NFC market by Product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 3 Global Auxiliary NFC Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 4 Global Auxiliary NFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 5 Global Auxiliary NFC Market by Type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 6 Global Auxiliary NFC market by Type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 7 Global NFC Enabled SIM Card Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 8 Global NFC Enabled SIM Card market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 9 Global NFC others Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 10 Global NFC others market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 11 Global Non-Auxiliary NFC market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 12 Global Non-Auxiliary NFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 13 Global Non-Auxiliary NFC market by Type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 14 Global Non-Auxiliary NFC market by Type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 15 Global NFC CHIPS Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 16 Global NFC CHIPS market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 17 Global NFC TAGS Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 18 Global NFC TAGS market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 19 Global NFC Reader market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 20 Global NFC Reader market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 21 Global NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 22 Global NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 23 Global smartphone &
TABLEts NFC market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 24 Global smartphone &
TABLEts NFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 25 Global PC & Laptop NFC market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 26 Global PC & Laptop NFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 27 Global Other NFC Devices market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 28 Global Other NFC Devices market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 29 Global NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 30 Global NFC market by Application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 31 Global Mobile/contactless payment market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 32 Global Mobile/contactless payment market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 33 Global Information sharing nFC market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 34 Global Information sharing nFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 35 Global User Authentication & Access Control Application market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 36 Global User Authentication & Access Control Application market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 37 Global Healthcare application market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 38 Global Healthcare application market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 39 Global Other Application Market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 40 Global Other Application Market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 41 Global NFC market by Region, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 42 Global NFC market by Region, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 43 North America NFC market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 44 North America NFC market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 45 North America NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 46 North America NFCmarket by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 47 North America Auxiliary NFC market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 48 North America Auxiliary NFC market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 49 North America Auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 50 North America Auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 51 North America NFC Enabled sim Card market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 52 North America NFC Enabled sim Card market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 53 North America other auxiliary nfc device market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 54 North America other auxiliary nfc device market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 55 North America Non-auxiliary nfc market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 56 North America Non-auxiliary NFC software market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 57 North America Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 58 North America Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 59 North America NFC Chips market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 60 North America NFC Chips market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 61 North America NFC Tags market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 62 North America NFC Tags market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 63 North America NFC Reader market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 64 North America NFC Reader market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 65 North America NFC market by device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 66 North America NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 67 North America NFC in Smartphone &
TABLEts market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 68 North America NFC in Smartphone &
TABLEts market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 69 North America NFC in PC?s & laptop?s market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 70 North America NFC in PC?s & laptop?s market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 71 North America NFC in other devices market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 72 North America NFC in other devices market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 73 North America NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 74 North America NFC market by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 75 North America NFC in Mobile/Contactless Payment market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 76 North America NFC in Mobile/Contactless Payment market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 77 North America NFC in information sharing market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 78 North America NFC in information sharing market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 79 North America NFC in User authentication market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 80 North America NFC in User authentication market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 81 North America NFC in healthcare market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 82 North America NFC in healthcare market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 83 North America NFC in other application market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 84 North America NFC in other application market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 85 US NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 86 US NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 87 US auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 88 US auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 89 US Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 90 US Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 91 US NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 92 US NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 93 US NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 94 US NFCmarket by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 95 Canada NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 96 Canada NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 97 Canada auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 98 Canada auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 99 Canada Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 100 Canada Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 101 Canada NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 102 Canada NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 103 Canada NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 104 Canada NFCmarket by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 105 Mexico NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 106 Mexico NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 107 Mexico auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 108 Mexico auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 109 Mexico Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 110 Mexico Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 111 Mexico NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 112 Mexico NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 113 Mexico NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 114 Mexico NFCmarket by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 115 Rest of North America NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 116 Rest of North America NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 117 Rest of North America auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 118 Rest of North America auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 119 Rest of North America Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 120 Rest of North America Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 121 Rest of North America NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 122 Rest of North America NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 123 Rest of North America NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 124 Rest of North America NFC market by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 125 Europe NFC market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 126 Europe NFC market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 127 Europe NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 128 Europe NFCmarket by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 129 Europe Auxiliary NFC market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 130 Europe Auxiliary NFC market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 131 Europe Auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 132 Europe Auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 133 Europe NFC Enabled sim Card market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 134 Europe NFC Enabled sim Card market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 135 Europe other auxiliary nfc device market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 136 Europe other auxiliary nfc device market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 137 Europe Non-auxiliary nfc market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 138 Europe Non-auxiliary NFC software market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 139 Europe Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 140 Europe Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 141 Europe NFC Chips market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 142 Europe NFC Chips market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 143 Europe NFC Tags market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 144 Europe NFC Tags market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 145 Europe NFC Reader market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 146 Europe NFC Reader market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 147 Europe NFC market by device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 148 Europe NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 149 Europe NFC in Smartphone &
TABLEts market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 150 Europe NFC in Smartphone &
TABLEts market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 151 Europe NFC in PC?s & laptop?s market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 152 Europe NFC in PC?s & laptop?s market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 153 Europe NFC in other devices market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 154 Europe NFC in other devices market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 155 Europe NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 156 Europe NFC market by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 157 Europe NFC in Mobile/Contactless Payment market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 158 Europe NFC in Mobile/Contactless Payment market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 159 Europe NFC in information sharing market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 160 Europe NFC in information sharing market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 161 Europe NFC in User authentication market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 162 Europe NFC in User authentication market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 163 Europe NFC in healthcare market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 164 Europe NFC in healthcare market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 165 Europe NFC in other application market by country, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 166 Europe NFC in other application market by country, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 167 UK NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 168 UK NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 169 UK auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 170 UK auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 171 UK Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 172 UK Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 173 UK NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 174 UK NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 175 UK NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 176 UK NFC market by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 177 Germany NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 178 Germany NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 179 Germany auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 180 Germany auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 181 Germany Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 182 Germany Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 183 Germany NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 184 Germany NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 185 Germany NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 186 Germany NFCmarket by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 187 France NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 188 France NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 189 France auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 190 France auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 191 France Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 192 France Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 193 France NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 194 France NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 195 France NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 196 France NFCmarket by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 197 Russia NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 198 Russia NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 199 Russia auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 200 Russia auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 201 Russia Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 202 Russia Non-auxiliary NFC market by type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 203 Russia NFC market by Device type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 204 Russia NFC market by device type, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 205 Russia NFC market by application, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 206 Russia NFC market by application, $ Million (2016-2022)
TABLE 207 Spain NFC market by product type, $ Million (2012-2015)
TABLE 208 Spain NFC market by product type, $ Million (2016-2022)


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