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9th February 2005 - Nokia today introduced a new product
for secure mobile contactless payments and ticketing.
The world's first Near Field Communications (NFC) product
for payment and ticketing will be an enhanced version
of the already announced Nokia NFC shell for Nokia 3220
phone. It delivers the promise of NFC based services,
covering service discovery, payment and ticketing. The
Nokia NFC shell will provide the first opportunity for
consumers, mobile operators and service providers to
benefit from an easy, touch-based access to services
and content.
With the Nokia NFC shell for payment and ticketing,
the consumer can conduct local transactions with a mobile
phone, simply by touching a point of sales device or
ticket gate. Consumer's payment credentials, such as
debit and credit cards, and transport tickets are securely
stored in the integrated smart card chip of the Nokia
NFC shell. The Nokia NFC shell for payment and ticketing
is compliant and interoperable with contactless smart
card infrastructure. Hence additional investments are
not required.
"Visa is always looking for exciting, first-rate
innovations that advance the field of contactless payment
and we are pleased to join forces with Nokia in this
pioneering effort," said Jim Lee, senior vice president,
Product Technology and Standards, Visa International.
"The development of the Nokia NFC shell serves
as a natural extension of Visa's contactless card and
phone programs around the world. Moreover, it aligns
well with Visa's commitment to enabling payments anywhere,
anytime, through any device."
"We are pleased that Nokia is developing technology
that will support MasterCard® PayPass(TM) contactless
payment technology in a mobile handset. This is a natural
extension to the successful PayPass market trial that
we carried out together in Dallas, Texas in 2003. MasterCard's
research has consistently shown that consumers are interested
in using their mobile phones for making convenient payments
in the future," said Richard Fletcher, senior vice
president, Mobile and Wireless Centre of Excellence,
MasterCard International.
In the first live NFC-based public transport ticketing
showcase of its kind, Nokia 3220 mobile phones will
be tested within the local bus network in the city of
Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany. For the trial Nokia
is collaborating with the regional public transport
authority, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV). The
mobile phone offers customers a quick and convenient
way to use the public transport network. "NFC enables
us to securely store and electronically control tickets
in mobile phones. To us another important feature of
the project is, that the NFC enabled phones are compatible
with the contactless smart card infrastructure already
installed in Hanau," said Peter Preuss, Head of
Strategy and Innovation at RMV.
"Secure payment and ticketing functionalities add
true value to consumers everyday life," said Petri
Vesikivi, Director, Nokia Ventures Organization. "With
this new innovative product, mobile operators can provide
payment and ticketing applications to the phone together
with service providers such as banks and transportation
companies. We are excited about this opportunity and
keen on starting first commercial deployments."
The Nokia NFC shell for payment and ticketing will be
available in mid 2005. The product will be distributed
to consumers through operators, and as such it will
not be generally available as a traditional enhancement.
The Nokia NFC shell for payment and ticketing will be
demonstrated at the Cannes 3GSM World Congress 2005
at Nokia main stand (A9, Hall 1).
About Visa
Visa is the world's leading payment brand generating
more than US$3 trillion in annual card sales volume.
Visa has unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries.
The Visa organization plays a pivotal role in developing
innovative payment products and technologies to benefit
its 21,000 member financial institutions and their cardholders.
Visa is a leader in Internet based payments and is pioneering
the creation of u-commerce, or universal commerce-the
ability to conduct commerce anywhere, anytime, and any
way. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.
About MasterCard International
MasterCard International is a leading global payments
solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative
services in support of our global members' credit, deposit
access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related
payment programs. MasterCard International manages a
family of well-known, widely accepted payment cards
brands including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®
and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses
in over 210 countries and territories. The MasterCard
award-winning Priceless® advertising campaign is
now seen in 97 countries and in 47 languages, giving
the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope.
For more information go to www.mastercardinternational.com.
About RMV
RMV is one of the largest regional public transport
authorities in Europe, providing its services to the
five million inhabitants in the state of Hessen, Germany.
RMV is responsible for organization and co-ordination
of the regional rail services as well as for integrating
long distance, regional and suburban rail services in
to an overall mass transit system. Incorporating 147
public transport companies, RMV also combines the complete
rail system with the regional and local bus systems,
taxi services and other modes of transportation. The
integration includes public transport planning, traffic
management systems, tariffs & ticketing, promotional
strategies and programs, financial controlling and administration,
training and other operational aspects in the context
of public transport.
About Near Field Communication (NFC)
NFC technology evolved from a combination of contactless
identification (RFID) and interconnection technologies.
NFC operates in the 13.56 MHz frequency range, over
a distance of typically a few centimeters. NFC technology
is standardized in ISO 18092, ISO 21481, ECMA (340,
352 and 356) and ETSI TS 102 190. NFC is also compatible
to the broadly established contactless smart card infrastructure
based on ISO 14443 A, i.e. Philips MIFARE® technology,
as well as Sony's FeliCa card. www.nfc-forum.org.
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