Germany 's Deutsche Telekom has launched an NFC based mobile payments service that works with Android smartphones. Launches in other European countries are expected within the next few months.
A mobile app controls the service, along with an NFC-enabled SIM Card that is put into smartphones that don\'t natively support the service. The app already turns 18 smartphone models into digital wallets.
"As a result, more than two million Deutsche Telekom customers in Germany already have the technology for mobile payment," says Thomas Kiessling, Chief Product & Innovation at Deutsche Telekom. "And also on an international level we will launch mobile payment products this year. In Slovakia we will introduce our payment solution mid-May. In Hungary -- after a test phase with services like payment and ticketing -- a commercial launch is also planned for this year."
In addition to the app and a MyWallet-capable Android smartphone from Deutsche Telekom, customers need an NFC-enabled SIM card to use the digital wallet. The SIM card serves as a secure data safe for the payment data and will be shipped with every new MyWallet-capable smartphone starting now. Deutsche Telekom customers who already use a suitable smartphone can order the NFC SIM card free of charge.
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