Rhys Blakely (Times online) explains that the Transport for London (TfL) have ambitious plans to extend the use of their Oyster card to other types of purchases (small items such as newspapers).
However, they “admitted that technical and financial partners had not yet provided an acceptable blueprint that would make the system acceptable to retailers without [...]

Des badges péages virtuels pour autoroute peuvent être achetés par mobile en envoyant un SMS, ce service est à la disposition des abonnés des opérateurs mobiles Pannon et T-Mobile en Hongrie.Valable quatre jours, l’insigne D1 peut être acheté facilement de n’importe quel endroit et en envoyant un SMS. Source cellular-news.com
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Peppercoin has presented a prototype of a contactless mass transit fare collection system at APTA Fare Collection Workshop. It enables consumers to use their existing credit or debit card as their transit pass for the first time.
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Jan Kuczynski reported on the Wireless World Forum that Mobile Suica was not as easy as hoped.
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The upcoming trial by MasterCard and Citibank of PayPass card will be accpted at twenty-four New York City subway stations.
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Rail Japan officially launched the Mobile Suica payment scheme. It is a combinaison of the Suica (contactless card) and the mobile phone. It will be used to pay transportation fares and other types of purchases.
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There is a trial in Mumbai, India to test SMS local train tickets.
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