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EU Regulators Accept Apple Commitments to Open NFC Access to Rivals


The European Union has accepted commitments from Apple to open its mobile payments system and give competitors access to the iPhone's NFC...

And Apple will not prevent developers from combining NFC payments with other use cases, for instance transit cards, access control, concert tickets, digital identity credentials. The settlement means Apple will avoid a potential fine by the EU that could have been as high as 10% of the company's global annual revenue. The original source of this information is British newspaper The Telegraph, which six weeks ago reported that Face ID component supplier Coherent was considering selling or repurposing a manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, a small town in...

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