NFC trials & pilots in the US
In New York, MasterCard and Citibank are testing NFC as a replacement for paper tickets.
Cingular is testing Nokia’s 6131 NFC phone, which it plans to offer to consumers. Cingular hasn’t announced a timetable for the new phone.
Northern California’s Bay Area Regional Transit is wired with NFC readers that will let owners of enabled phones bypass the ticket booth.
In Dallas, Nokia and MasterCard have given 500 consumers NFC phones to test at local 7-Eleven convenience stores.
In January, HSBC Credit Card Services gave 200 of its employees NFC-enabled phones that work at any New York City PayPass location such as McDonald’s and 7-Eleven.
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about 4 years ago
Yep. I am part of the NYC Mobile trial sponsored mainly by Citibank, MasterCard, Cingular and Nokia. Here is the website.
http://www.mastercard.com/us/paypass/mobile/index.html
We have a prototype Nokia 6131 NFC phone. I can use it any any merchant that accepts MasterCard PayPass — movie theatres, 7-Eleven, Duane Reade, CVS, McDonalds, and some select independant merchants too.
Despite some slow merchant readers and some shocked cashiers, the phone works great and is very very convenient. I always carry my phone in my pocket so no need to pull out my wallet any more at these select merchants.