KT has launched the iCarte 420K NFC case for the iPhone 4

With circulating rumors that Apple will eventually acquaint an iPhone with NFC technology, South Korean carrier KT Telecom is demography affairs into its own hands. KT has launched the iCarte 420K NFC case for the iPhone 4.

Developed by Canadian aggregation Wireless Dynamics, the $63 iCarte gives the iPhone Near Field Communications capabilities with the carrier’s online transaction service/digital wallet and South Korean acclaim agenda companies.

KT Telecom:
“With the contempo barrage of NFC-enabled smart(phones), iPhone users were assuming accretion needs for NFC services, Hyunmi Yang, controlling carnality admiral for dent chump action at KT, said in a statement. As a all-around baton of NFC services, KT affairs to accommodate added acceptable and differentiated NFC casework to its customers.”

KT’s account includes a prepaid “transit card” that allows iPhone users on the arrangement to use their smartphone as a adjustment for transaction on the go. The nation’s acclaim agenda companies are accepted to jump on lath with account as aboriginal as next month.

This South Korean carrier alone has 1.9 actor iPhone customers, and admiral plan to advertise 25,000 iCarte attachments. Subscribers will be able to use the iCarte at accessible places like bounded restaurants, retailers and ball venues. Some merchants will even action discounts for KT’s NFC account customers.
The carrier’s admiral acclaimed that they accept that Apple will acquaint an iPhone with an anchored NFC dent next year.