MTN Irancell, Etick to test mobile wallet in Iran
17 January, 2012
category: NFC, Smart Cards, Transit
MTN Irancell, one of Iran’s mobile operators, has teamed up with Etick Pars Intelligent Technologies and Bank Pasargad to develop a mobile wallet solution for the Iranian Market.
According to Telecompaper, Etick and Irancell plan to test a system that will enable customers to make contactless mobile purchases from a prepaid account that can be reloaded through bank transfers or cash deposits at contactless point of sale terminal.
The mobile wallet will also support transit ticketing. Starting with buses in Mashad and Ahwaz, which currently operates under a smart card-based ticketing system from Etick, commuters will be able to purchase and redeem transit passes with a tap of their mobile phone.
The partners are also looking to add support for loyalty programs and vending machine purchases.
The system is designed to work with an NFC-enabled SIM cards as a secure element, or with Gemalto’s Gemalto’s Upteq N-Flex NFC solution, which can turn standard mobile phones into NFC-enabled devices.
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