TWINLINX MYMAX NFC STICKER RUNNING WITH THE NEW WINDOWS® PHONE RELEASE OFFERING AN UN PRECEDENTED NUMBER OF USERS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO NFC (Near Field Communications)
Aix-en-Provence France, 21st September 2009. TWINLINX a leading provider of innovative NFC technology announced today that following a recent cooperation with Microsoft France, its MyMax NFC sticker is now running with the new Windows® phone planned for release on October 6th this year. The development also ensures backwards compatibility with the earlier Windows mobile 6.1 version.
MyMax® is a thin electronic sticker designed to upgrade existing and future Bluetooth phones with NFC functionality therefore opening up the way for the rapid market development and mass deployment of NFC applications including payment, transport, loyalty, access control, and smart posters.
¨ NFC has attracted a great deal of interest over the last few years with many pilots being run throughout the world, however the market adoption is not moving due to the lack of NFC phones and mature applications, even if we believe the forecasts of 20% penetration by 2012-2013, it will not be sufficient for a mass roll-out¨ said Steve Lewis, Twinlinx VP marketing.
By being independent from the phone and the complex NFC ecosystem, MyMax unlocks the current situation where few NFC phones are available. The distribution model is also simplified as a sticker can be marketed and sold through different channels and does not rely on convincing people to change their phones to get access to NFC.
¨ We are delighted to work with Microsoft to extend the use of MyMax with the new Windows® phone release¨ said Jacek Kowalski Twinlinx founder and CEO ¨ One of the major advantages of developing applications with Windows® phone is the uniformity across different phone platforms, it means that we can now offer MyMax NFC solution to over 35 million existing Windows® phone users and also give assurance to phone manufacturers and MNO’s that their new models supporting Windows® phone will have an NFC ready solution¨ .
« We are very excited to have the opportunity to partner with Twinlinx on such an innovative and smart technology as MyMax, says Nicolas Petit, Director, Mobile Communications Division at Microsoft France. By introducing an easy way to turn each and every Windows Mobile powered phone into a full-fledged NFC-enabled device, MyMax brings to the mass market and corporations a unique solution to fully benefit from NFC applications, while relying on a consistent mobile software Microsoft platform. This technology will increase even further the possibilities offered by your Windows phone.”
MyMax running with Windows® phone will be demonstrated in Paris on the Microsoft booth #B40 at the forthcoming IP convergence trade show in Paris on the 6-7-8 October and also at the Cartes & Identification show on the 17-18-19 November at the Twinlinx Booth 4L 117
About Twinlinx:
Created in 2006 by Jacek Kowalski ex founder and CEO of Inside Contactless, Twinlinx is a company focused on the development of innovative solutions designed to accelerate the growth of NFC applications and markets. It’s highly acclaimed product ¨ MyMax¨ a thin electronic sticker designed to add NFC to Bluetooth phones promises to have a significant market impact and growth as it becomes available in volume production in 2010.
About Microsoft:
“Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.”
