HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson will all introduce mobile devices equipped with near-field communications (NFC) technology that supports Isis' NFC standards, Isis said in a statement on Tuesday.
This is the first show of public support Isis has received from manufacturers.
Like Google Wallet,, Isis uses near-field communication (NFC) chips in upcoming smartphones to enable mobile payments. But spokesman Jaymee Johnson promises one huge difference when Isis finally launches in the spring of 2012: diversity.
"It's safe to say that when Isis launches we'll have multiple payment networks, multiple issuers, multiple handsets, multiple operating systems, multiple manufacturers," Johnson told me in an interview earlier this month.
Google Wallet,, on the other hand, launched on Sprint Nexus S phones. Google and Isis both encourage other players in the finance and phone industries to join their respective ecosystems.
"Isis' NFC and technology standards are consistent with preexisting global standards," Johnson said in a statement. "The device makers named in today's announcement are building toward the standards, which essentially detail how banks and other service providers can securely provision payment credentials in the secure element."
NFC-equipped devices on Sprint, which has aligned itself with rival mobile payments platform Google Wallet, will not work with Isis just yet. But Sprint still has time to choose—Isis is only debuting a pilot test in the spring of 2012 in Austin and Salt Lake City.