Stagecoach, one of the UK’s largest bus and rail operators, has partnered with mobile operator Everything Everywhere to trial NFC payments in Cambridgeshire, UK. The trial, dubbed “the UK’s first Government-standard commercial deployment of mobile contactless transport ticketing,” enables a small group of bus users to receive, store and validate their bus tickets using their […]

Transport for London (TfL) has hit a speed bump on its plan to implement contactless “wave and pay” technology across its transport network, according to Computerworld UK. The transport originally made plans in October 2010 to introduce contactless payments ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games this summer. However, due to “complexities with the technology” […]

Cubic Transportation Systems announced that Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH (RMV), one of Europe’s largest transport associations, has sold more than one million mobile phone transit tickets with Cubic’s smart phone app and mobile ticketing solution. With its head office located in Hofheim, RMV oversees transit services in the Frankfurt, Germany, region, including 153 transit operators that accept […]

France’s Toulouse-Blagnac Airport is gearing up to test a new service that lets passengers check-in, access their departure gates and pass through other controlled areas using just an NFC-enabled mobile phone. The trial, which involves partners SITA, Orange, and BlackBerry, will launch this summer with 50 selected passengers using their BlackBerry smart phones equipped with […]

Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE has partnered with Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, to offer a new SIM-based NFC mobile device for the Turkish market. The Turkcell T11 handset (aka the ZTE Racer II) can be used to pay for both highway toll payments and items at the point of sale with a simple tap against […]

The Invercargill City Council announced it will equip its passenger transport buses with new electronic ticketing machines in the hope that it leads to the introduction a new smart transit card system, according to The Southland Times. The council last year decided to investigate the installation of smart cards which could be used to pay […]

Parkmobile USA has announced that its mobile payments solution is now available on all parking meters throughout Oakland, Calif. Oakland drivers can now pay for parking with their mobile phone using the Parkmobile app on iPhone, Android, Windows 7, and Blackberry smart phones anywhere in the city. Users can also pay for parking by tapping […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) released a statement concerning a glitch in its Clipper card system, and the blame for overcharging certain AC Transit passengers, according to SFExaminer.com. Traditionally, AC Transit passengers who make bus transfers are only charged 25 cents for their second leg, even if they split up that journey with a trip […]