>One thing you can't do with Cmode at this time is to purchase
>a Coke and charge it to the mobile phone bill - which is what
>the hype is often about: using the mobile phone as a purse.
>I guess the reason for this is security.
One area in which the GSM world is ahead of DoCoMo? To my recollection you
can use SMS to buy cokes (and, here in Singapore, various local brews) from
vending machines in many trials around the GSM world. The Infocomm
Development Authority (IDA) is also developing standards for cross operator
billing system interfaces.
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Received on Wed Sep 5 12:59:02 2001