An NFC mobile-payment launch in Canada has been widely expected this year, with the country boasting one of the highest usage rates of contactless cards and among the highest penetration of contactless POS terminals; and with Rogers an early backer of NFC technology. Canadians appear to be taking to contactless card payment more than in most countries. MasterCard has said 10% of transactions with MasterCard-branded cards are contactless in Canada. Since 2005, Canadian consumers have conducted more than 240 million PayPass credit transactions with contactless cards or stickers, by far the highest number of contactless credit transactions of any country during the period, according to MasterCard. By one estimate, contactless point-of-sale terminals make up 20% of total POS terminals in the country.