The NFC Forum is also celebrating the announcement of four newly published technical specifications.

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Its state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) performance exceeds requirements established by EMVCo and the NFC Forum.

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Additionally, Broadcom's standards-based software stack implements NFC Forum specifications, including NFC Controller interface (NCI), to support multiple operating systems.

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