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German Telcos Plan to Launch Payment Trial with Stickers
By: Dan Balaban Three major German mobile operators plan to launch a trial of their own payment brand using contactless stickers in three cities before the end of the year, NFC Times has...
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German Telcos Announce Plans for NFC Payment Joint Venture
Aug 18 2011 By: Dan Balaban German mobile operators Telekom Deutschland, Vodafone Germany and Telefónica Germany today announced an agreement to form a joint venture to expand their mpass mobile...
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MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom to Partner on NFC Payments
Jul 2 2012 By: Dan Balaban MasterCard Worldwide and Germany-based Deutsche Telekom group have signed a partnership agreement that will help the telco launch a prepaid PayPass application for its...
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Deutsche Telekom Plans Move into Payments Market with NFC Phones and PayPass
By: Dan Balaban Deutsche Telekom intends to make its move into the payments market at the physical point of sale in direct competition with banks, with an NFC payments commercial launch planned in...
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German Telco to Roll Out PayPass Stickers; Drops Plan for New POS Acceptance...
By: Dan Balaban Telefónica Germany has announced it is moving forward with its planned expansion of the telco-owned e-commerce payment scheme mpass to the physical point of sale, but has apparently...
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Telefónica Germany to Introduce NFC Payments Next Month, But Begins with Test
By: Dan Balaban Telefónica (O2) Germany has announced it will launch its NFC-enabled O2 Wallet in mid-February, beginning as a “friendly user test” on two Android smartphones that will enable users...
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Vodafone Gears up for NFC Payment Launch in Spain and Other Markets
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland Vodafone Spain’s recent announcement of the planned launch of its co-branded prepaid NFC payment service SmartPass, could be the first NFC payment rollout from Vodafone,...
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E-Plus Joins Other German Telcos in Launching NFC Wallet and Prepaid Payments...
By: Dan Balaban Germany’s third largest mobile operator, E-Plus, has launched NFC payments with a prepaid wallet card, joining other German telcos, which have also launched prepaid payments...
View ArticleGermany: No. 3 Telco Launches Wallet and Payments Application, Following Rivals
Scope: Rollout Status: In progress Germany 51.2277 6.77346 Launch: Jul 2014 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: E-Plus (Base) Service Provider (application): E-Plus/Wirecard (MasterCard...
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Vodafone’s Proxy-Card Service Likely to Face Difficult Market
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive – Vodafone Group’s proxy-card NFC mobile-payments offer, which is designed to enable subscribers to add their credit and debit cards to their Vodafone Wallets as...
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