Mobeam, Samsung Partner For Light-Based Barcode Transmission

Mobeam and Samsung have partnered to make the Samsung Galaxy S4 the first mobile phone to integrate mobeam’s light-based barcode transmission technology.

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    “Mobeam’s vision is simple — to make mobile commerce work with existing point of sale technology. Making cutting-edge smartphones work with barcodes might not sound sexy, but it means consumers now have the ability to ‘beam’ items such as coupons, loyalty cards, gift cards and event tickets at millions of locations – something that was previously impossible,” Chris Sellers, CEO of mobeam, said in a press release.

    PYMNTS.com spoke to mobeam about their technology at Mobile World Congress in Februray. 

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