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SMS in Micropayments
Mobipay your Bus Ticket - 17 June 2004
Mobipay payment system via mobile phone will
be extended to Spanish public transport before
the end of 2004, reports
near near future
"Users will be able to pay for their bus, metro
or tram ticket via their handset, a confirmation
message will be displayed on their screen and
serve as e-ticket.
The m-payment system is already accepted on
several taxi networks or fastfoods, cinemas and
bookshops."
Mobile Ticket Service for Dutch Railways
- Feb 6 2004
Dutch Railways International have announced
the trial a mobile ticket service available for
ICE International travellers heading from
Amsterdam to Cologne/Frankfurt in Germany. The
pilot system will mean travellers from Holland
no longer have to line up to buy their train
ticket, if they have access to a mobile phone
and an Internet connection. After having booked
a ticket on the website of NS International, the
consumer receives an SMS-ticket on his mobile
phone. Once in the train, the conductor will
check the unique code in the SMS.
Yahoo Business
Buying ice-cream by SMS - Dec 18 2003
Since this summer, food giant NestlÈ in
partnership with French mobile operator Orange,
has been selling ice cream by text messaging, in
a test project involving between 300 and 400 ice
cream dispensers placed in community swimming
pools, shopping malls and other public places.
To order an ice cream from the vending
machine, the customer need simply to send an SMS,
indicating the code under the flavour of ice
cream he would like to purchase. The ice cream
will then drop down on to a shelf and the
customer received a confirmation message of
payment.
From:
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Cell Phones Now Debit Cards in South
Korea - Oct 13 2003
In one of South Korea's latest efforts to
establish itself as a technology trendsetter,
the country's three telecom giants, major credit
card companies and several banks have been
working for a year to enable Koreans to pay for
everything from groceries to gasoline by cell
phone. Handsets have a debit card inside, and
pushing its "hot key" beams the information to
complete the transaction, according to
Silicon Valley.com via
Smart Mobs
"Instead of handing over credit or debit
cards that get swiped, users type their passcode
on the phone keypad, point the device at a
special receiver on a checkout counter and press
a key. It's as simple as operating a TV remote."
M-Parking a Huge Success in Vienna -
Oct 11 2003
Just one week after its introduction in
Vienna on 1 October, m-parking has become the
most popular m-commerce project in Austria. By
Day 7, a total of 20,604 m-parking applications
had been received, a milestone which was not
expected to be reached until April 2004,
according to
BWCS via
Fiercewireless.
"The m-parking system, which is being
financed by the City of Vienna and provided by
Siemens and Mobilkom Austria, allows users to
pay for parking via their mobile handsets.
Similar teleparking schemes have been
successfully trialled in Singapore and
Australia".
SMS-Enabled Chocolate Vending Machine
- Aug 8 2003
An SMS-enabled (Cadbury) chocolate vending
machine launched today in Mumbai, India, reports
The Hindu.
A BPL mobile customer only needs to send a
message to a short code number displayed on the
LCD panel of the machine; the machine then
displays the customer's mobile number and asks
for the choice of chocolate. When the chocolate
has been dispensed, the customer receives an SMS
confirming the transaction.
A similar vending machine exists in
Switzerland for dispensing coca cola, in a
partnership with mobile operator Swisscom.
London Traffic Tax - Feb 26 2003
On February 17, London initiated a new plan
to ease traffic congestion which cripples the
city, "bringing into operation the largest
congestion charging scheme the world has ever
seen", according to the Mayor.
A tax of £5 ($8.00) is now being asked of
motorists who drive into the city every day
under the surveillance of 800 cameras in and
around an eight-square-mile, which monitors
their licence plates.
Payment can be made through a call center,
online, at one of 1,500 retail outlets, or by
SMS.
Transport for London, publishes a weekly
summary of traffic improvement with this new
scheme. For more info, read
The Guardian
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