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Russia: Telco and Oil Company to Launch Mobile Pay at the Pumps

Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
Planned
Perm
Russia
57.9972
56.2353
Launch: 
Nov 2011
Main Application: 
Payment
Mobile Operator: 
...
Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
Planned
Perm
Russia
57.9972
56.2353
Launch: 
Nov 2011
Main Application: 
Payment
Mobile Operator: 
MTS
Service Provider (application): 
Lukoil (payment application)
Merchants: 
N/A
Users: 
N/A
NFC Handsets: 
N/A
TSM*: 
N/A
Secure Element: 
SIM
Other Vendors: 
Giesecke & Devrient (SIM cards), Sitronics Smart Technologies (SIM implementation with flexible antennas)

Customers will be able to tap their phones to pay at the gasoline pumps in the Russian city

NFC Times Take: 

MTS, Russia’s largest operator, has used the NFC bridge technology, SIMs and flexible antennas, in two other trials. Its main competitors, Vimplecom and MegaFon, are also gearing up to introduce NFC and mobile-contactless services.

 

 

 
* Trusted Service Manager: Defined loosely to include companies or other organizations securely distributing, provisioning and managing applications, generally over the air, on secure elements in NFC mobile phones; or licensing their platforms for this purpose.
N/A: Not available or not applicable.
 
Last update: Oct. 2011
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