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Photos: Caen's NFC pilot in action

How the French have embraced the wireless lifestyle

Tags: nfc, caen

By Jo Best

Published: 20 April 2006 10:45 GMT


The city of Caen in Normandy is the home of the largest near field communications (NFC) trial. Some 200 of the town's inhabitants have been using the technology in their everyday lives, at shops and around a dozen other locations in the city.

The Abbaye des Hommes, once home to William the Conqueror's men, has gone all high-tech for the trial with its own NFC point.

Photo credit: Jo Best


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