­T-Mobile has selected Gemalto's LinqUs Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform for the group-wide rollout of NFC services across major European markets. This deployment will be implemented firstly in Poland.

Gemalto provided PTC, T-Mobile's network operator in Poland, with a complete NFC solution encompassing the TSM platform and the mobile wallet software, as well as the UpTeq NFC card for mass deployment of SIM-based mobile contactless services.

PTC will start the nationwide SIM upgrade to the new UpTeq NFC card by year-end to ensure NFC-readiness for the deployment of a range of services to its 14-million subscriber base.

This program is the first nationwide NFC rollout in Poland, although the country already has over 10 million banking cards and over 90,000 contactless terminals active in the field, representing over 20% of the total point-of-sale readers.