NXP Semiconductor NV, Europe’s third-largest chipmaker, lowered its outlook for near-field communication chip shipments in 2011 as mobile-phone operators expand wireless payment systems more slowly than expected. NXP, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, now sees NFC deliveries at the lower end or “perhaps even slightly below” an initially predicted range of 40 million to 100 million units, Chief Executive Officer Richard Clemmer said on an analyst conference call late yesterday.

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