Korea-Japan NFC coupon service goes live April 1
15 March, 2012
category: NFC
Korea’s KT and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have announced that their international NFC coupon service will go live on April 1.
The first product to come out of last year’s agreement between the two telecos, the NFC “roaming” coupon service will enable KT subscribers traveling to Japan to use NFC coupons at select stores within Japanese airports and shopping malls in downtown Tokyo.
In addition to coupons, NFC roaming service users will be able to access maps and other tourist information by tapping their phones against special posters deployed in airports and other information centers.
By the first half of next year, DoCoMo subscribers visiting Korea will be able to use the same roaming coupon service as well as make payments at participating merchants, according to KT.