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  • JR East Cranks up Cell-phone Tickets

    A new service using mobile phones as smart tickets for trains operated by East Japan Railway Co. began Saturday. The service, named Mobile Suica, combines the service of JR East’s Suica IC card and mobile phone service offered by NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. Once customers pay for train fees or train passes online, they can go through JR wickets in and around Tokyo by just holding their handsets over card readers on the ticket gates, according to the railway. (Mobile Suica is finally in operation! See today’s Viewpoint — Eds.) 

    The handsets will also be usable as electronic wallets as well as electronic movie tickets. Full story here.

     

    Posted: 29 January 2006 | Filed: Mobile Users, New Tech & Services | Feedback | Print |
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