A first communication apparatus for executing a communication between the first communication apparatus and another communication apparatus, comprising: first communication means for executing a communication between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus by a Near Field Communication, NFC, protocol; acquisition means for acquiring from said other communication apparatus information of communication protocols available at said other communication apparatus using the executed NFC communication; selection means for selecting a desired communication protocol from the communication protocols that can be used by the first and said other apparatuses; exchange means for exchanging, over the executed NFC communication, information necessary to a communication between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus using the desired communication protocol; switching means for switching the communication protocol from the NFC protocol to the desired communication protocol, said switching comprising: sending a request to said other communication apparatus for switching the NFC protocol to the desired communication protocol, receiving a response from said other communication apparatus, terminating the NFC communication, and thereafter executing the communication by the desired communication protocol between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus based on the communication information exchanged by the exchange means. first communication means for executing a communication between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus by a Near Field Communication, NFC, protocol; acquisition means for acquiring from said other communication apparatus information of communication protocols available at said other communication apparatus using the executed NFC communication; selection means for selecting a desired communication protocol from the communication protocols that can be used by the first and said other apparatuses; exchange means for exchanging, over the executed NFC communication, information necessary to a communication between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus using the desired communication protocol; switching means for switching the communication protocol from the NFC protocol to the desired communication protocol, said switching comprising: sending a request to said other communication apparatus for switching the NFC protocol to the desired communication protocol, receiving a response from said other communication apparatus, terminating the NFC communication, and thereafter executing the communication by the desired communication protocol between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus based on the communication information exchanged by the exchange means. sending a request to said other communication apparatus for switching the NFC protocol to the desired communication protocol, receiving a response from said other communication apparatus, terminating the NFC communication, and thereafter executing the communication by the desired communication protocol between the first communication apparatus and said other communication apparatus based on the communication information exchanged by the exchange means.