Ian Morrison wrote:
>
> >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.
Ian: I am sorry my email was unclear, but it is carefully explained here:
http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/faq-cmode.html
you can purchase cokes and other flavors using the Cmode machine and your
mobile phone, however the payment is not charged to the phone bill, but
to either of two other accounts associated with your phone: a reward point
account or a cash account which is separate from you phone bill.
I am not sure whether GSM or DoCoMo is ahead in this Coke purchasing game,
but it seems to be a slightly different setup.
Gerhard Fasol
http://www.eurotechnology.com
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Received on Wed Sep 5 15:37:50 2001