Christian Kantner

After graduating in communications engineering from the Vienna University of Technology in 1997 Christian Kantner joined Ascom Business Systems in Switzerland. He was responsible for the design and implementation of data and fax protocols for the Thuraya satellite phone system. Before he joined mobilkom austria in 2003 he was working as freelancer for Ascom (Solothurn), Philips Semiconductors (Zurich) and Hughes Network Systems (San Diego,

CA) in the field of GSM and Data Protocols. He has a close relationship with the University of Applied Science in Upper Austria where he used to teach Real Time Operating Systems for several years.

In 2003 he joined mobilkom austria's TechLab, where he was responsible for finding and analyzing new trends for mobile phone operators, focusing mainly on mobile terminal technology. He has been investigating NFC technology and its possibilities since mid 2004 and got involved in NFC forum activities in 2005. He is coeditor of the NFC technical guidelines white paper published by the GSMA.

Since 2007 Christian Kantner is Product Manager for NFC in mobilkom austria's m-commerce team.

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