OREANDA-NEWS. February 09, 2011. From February 2011, KDDI Corporation, SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., Credit Saison Co.,Ltd., Orient Corporation, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., and T-Engine Forum will start collaborative operation tests of mobile NFC services [1], which can be used both in Japan and Korea.

Since July 7, 2010, KDDI, SOFTBANK MOBILE have discussed with SK Telecom on realization of services that utilize mobile NFC technology and are adoptable both in Japan and Korea, as well as mutual usage of facilities. Based upon the discussions by mobile carriers and service operators in Japan and Korea, inner operation tests of following services will be conducted in the two countries.