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Simpay brings mobile phone payments to 70 million users in 20 countries

Tuesday, March 1, 2005 in Library


Payment by cell phone is about to get a big boost from an association of Europe’s largest mobile phone operators. In February, after two years of testing, Simpay announced specific launch dates for its payment product.

“Simpay launches in Spain in Quarter Two of this year, and in Belgium and the UK by Quarter 4, 2005,” said Jim Wadsworth, Simpay’s chief marketing officer. Further announcements are expected later this year for launches in other European counties in 2006.

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