Together with ISO, CEN, public transport organizations and the GSMA NFC working groups, the NFC Forum has created one common standard. “The NFC Forum Analog Technical Specification v2.0, published in June 2016 was aligned with ISO/IEC 14443 and ISO/IEC 18092. That’s a huge milestone”, Hunter adds proudly. The corresponding NFC Forum test specification and test cases have been introduced to the GSMA TS.27 NFC Handset Test Book and added to the GCF (Global Certification Forum) Work Item 236 in June 2016. Starting in 2017, mobile device vendors will be required to certify devices according to the new test specifications. Ralph Kamp, Product Manager for NFC Forum Solutions at Comprion emphasizes, “We are the first to have managed the approval on time. The validated Comprion solution can already be used for device certification.”
The automated Comprion solution for NFC Forum-approved compliance testing consists of the UT³ Platform terminal tester and an integrated 6-axis robot from Kawasaki.
