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Thursday, February 24, 2005
Pay with your phone - Japan-style
"Felica is the main technology in the Suica card, which allows Japan Railway commuters to pay their fare and buy at outside shops and restaurants without any physical contact. More than 10 million Suica cards have been issued."
A newsletter provided some more info (this time between KDDI and Felica):
* 'FeliCa' is the contactless IC card system developed by Sony, and a registered trademark of Sony Corp.
* FeliCa technology complies with International Standard ISO/IEC 18092 telecommunications standards.
* 'Mobile FeliCa' is the platform uniting 'FeliCa' with mobile devices enabling electronic money and identification, ticketing and ticketless train fares, etc..
* 'Ezweb' is the registered trademark of KDDI.
And at IEC's site: "ISO/IEC 18092:2004 defines communication modes for Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol (NFCIP-1) using inductive coupled devices operating at the centre frequency of 13,56 MHz for interconnection of computer peripherals."
Hence, it's a fully standardized solution, and could therefor be used worldwide.
Yahoo! News - Vodafone to install contactless swipe cards in Japanese mobile phones
A newsletter provided some more info (this time between KDDI and Felica):
* 'FeliCa' is the contactless IC card system developed by Sony, and a registered trademark of Sony Corp.
* FeliCa technology complies with International Standard ISO/IEC 18092 telecommunications standards.
* 'Mobile FeliCa' is the platform uniting 'FeliCa' with mobile devices enabling electronic money and identification, ticketing and ticketless train fares, etc..
* 'Ezweb' is the registered trademark of KDDI.
And at IEC's site: "ISO/IEC 18092:2004 defines communication modes for Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol (NFCIP-1) using inductive coupled devices operating at the centre frequency of 13,56 MHz for interconnection of computer peripherals."
Hence, it's a fully standardized solution, and could therefor be used worldwide.
Yahoo! News - Vodafone to install contactless swipe cards in Japanese mobile phones
