STMicro Unveils NFC Controller for New Android-Based Smartphone

STMicroelectronics

, a global semiconductor leader supplying customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced that its Near Field Communication (NFC) controller is being used by NEC CASIO Mobile Communications in the exciting G'zOne CA-201L smartphone, based on Android. The phone is initially targeted to the operator LGU+ in Korea. ST's NFC controller IC supports all NFC use cases, and can coordinate multiple NFC secure apps stored in several secure locations, such as the SWP -SIM^[2] and SWP-microSD Card or Embedded Secure Element. The corresponding NFC software stack from Stollmann E+V GmbH, running on the terminal host, supports all Google Android versions, including the latest Jelly Bean operating system.