According to the latest news, the British research firm, IMSResearch expected, as the NFC has been spread to more devices,until the end of 2012, global shipments of NFC phones will reach 80 million.IMSResearch also pointed out that so far Apple has not yet entered the market. The company released a report, the shipments of global NFC (near field communication technology) mobile phone this year may be up to 35 million, which can be described as "breakthrough year" of mobile payment technology.The senior analyst of IMSResearch,Tang Taite (DonTait) said: "Over the past 12 months, most of the leading mobile phone manufacturers have launched NFC mobile phones such as Samsung (microblogging), RIM, Nokia (microblogging) and HTC (microblogging), but Apple has not launched NFC-enabled phones yet. "Some years ago, Nokia started to promote NFC technology, but the market has developed slowly. Today, Apple's latest generation of smart phones, iPhone4S does not support the technology. It is widely believed, iPhone5 will support electronic purse applications of some forms.The report also pointed out that this year some of the NFC ecosystem vendors have announced a joint venture or cooperation programs, for example, Google launched GoogleWallet services, the OrangeUK and Barclaycard in UK launched the "QuickTap" contactless payment solutions.In addition, the British mobile operator ,Vodafone, O2 and EverythingEverywhere announced in June this year, they will use NFC technology to create a mobile payment system. In addition, the London Olympic Games and other activities will also promote the popularity of NFC technology, EverythingEverywhere, TelefonicaUK, VisaEurope and Samsung have announced the Olympic Park will provide NFC.The report also said that in the United States, Austin and Salt Lake City ISIS strategy will also promote the popularity of NFC.