Monday, June 27, 2011

DoCoMo Begins Phone to Phone Payments Internationally

NTT DoCoMo announced the ability to make direct payments from a DoCoMo mobile phone to the numbers of foreign operators. The service will be available on i-mode compliant phones through the service "SMART Money," and the first foreign operator to act as a partner, will be the Philippine mobile operator PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company).

MasterCard also is working with Smart Communications, the wireless arm of PLDT, to support mobile payments and transfers.

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