• Point and Pay Through Mobile Phone

    Point and Pay Through Mobile Phone

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 12, 2008 1111 hrs IST

    Recharge prepaid connections, pay bills, book movie tickets and access digital content by just pointing your mobile phone to a store near you

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Innovative telecom solutions are coming your way, imagine being able to download video clips, games and animations in minutes by just pressing a button on your mobile phone and pointing it to a store near you.

eCogNito -- an end-to-end mobile transaction platform is running a pilot along with Airtel to bring contact-less transactions. This will enable Airtel customers to recharge prepaid connections, pay bill, book movie tickets and access digital content.

eCogNito, a SIM based network agnostic application features a printed electronics technology called Active Poster (AP). AP is essentially a through-the-glass terminal service that can be mounted on a retail shop with a glass front, converting it into a 24x7 storefront. The customers will also be able to touch their handsets to 'target icons' on APs placed in cafes, music shops, multiplexes, fast food restaurants. This will automatically set-up local, high-speed free data connections using multiple short-range wireless connectivity technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and download rich media content like videos, and games to their handset.

The new service will work with "millions of existing handsets in-use" and Airtel has reportedly signed up 2,60,000 customers.

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(3) Comments
puneet
,panipat, on Jun 03, 2009 08:44 PM
send me the details.
Ankita Chheda
,Mumbai, on Aug 22, 2008 10:52 AM
To add on from now on you can also pay for your Intercity bus tickets and receive the ticket on your mobile phone via recently launched service by Ticketvala.com through Airtel's mchek option
Joe
,Chennai, on Aug 12, 2008 02:54 PM
How does the payment take place? NFC?

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