New Zealand Tries Pairing NFC With Transit

By  |  April 30, 2012
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Auckland Transport, Telecom New Zealand and Westpac are among a half dozen firms involved in a New Zealand-based pilot evaluating the feasability of NFC in transit payments, NFC World says.

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    Gemalto, Thales, and Paymark are also involved in the service test, which allows transit customers to buy tickets with an NFC-enabled phone.

    The trial is extremely limited for now, with 30 total users — each employed by one of the six companies — participating in initial tests.

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