All new SIMs to be NFC compatible in 2013
SFR is launching a prepaid contactless payments card in France, in partnership with Mastercard.
The service is being positioned by SFR as a first step on the road to full mobile contactless payments.
A statement from the company said: "Mastercard and SFR signed a partnership agreement in July 2012 to develop contactless mobile payments and NFC. SFR Paycard is the first brick in SFR's mobile payments services"
SFR said that from January 2013, all new customers will be equipped with NFC compatible SIMs.