A different type of deployment for near field communications will be rolled out in Salt Lake City in early to mid 2012 — different that is, from the projects rumored to be under way at Apple, Google and Amazon. Officials of the city and Isis, a mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, announced they have entered into an agreement with the Utah Transit Authority to make the entire transit system mobile-fare-payment enabled. When it rolls out in 12 months or so, it will be the first such deployment in the U.S., Isis said.
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Salt Lake City to Give NFC Payment System a Go
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 7, 2011 09:19 AMA different type of deployment for near field communications will be rolled out in Salt Lake City in early to mid 2012 — different that is, from the projects rumored to be under way at Apple, Google and Amazon. Officials of the city and Isis, a mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, announced they have entered into an agreement with the Utah Transit Authority to make the entire transit system mobile-fare-payment enabled. When it rolls out in 12 months or so, it will be the first such deployment in the U.S., Isis said.