Beeline subscribers in St. Petersburg will be able to use a cell phone as a travel

The operator VimpelCom (TM "Beeline"), together with the Committee on Transport of the Government of St. Petersburg, and the payment system RURU Company "Ambika Tak St. Petersburg," announced the start of a joint project to pay for travel with a mobile phone technology on NFC. A new service called "Mobile travel." NFC (Near Field Communication) - a technology for wireless high-frequency communications, which allows a secure exchange of data between devices at a distance of about 10 centimeters. Passengers are sufficient to establish under the cover of the mobile device they use a special NFC-module, with the result that the apparatus becomes a payment device and the ticket and the user can start using the device as a ordinary travel. The cost of NFC-module is 125 rubles, and, it will be loaded five trips to 25 rubles each, the monthly fee and connection fee "Mobile travel" will be charged. When installing the NFC-module on the mobile phone is automatically set to SIM-menu "Travel "allows you to buy the required number of trips through the phone menu, and check the number of tickets purchased before their useful life. The cost of travel is deducted from your balance in real time. To take advantage of the trip, it is enough to attach the device to the reader at the turnstile. In implementing the "Mobile travel" will be used the existing infrastructure and a limited number of phone models. The client will be able to book tickets without going to fund the balance of the city with the phone through a special mobile application. The service is available to subscribers - individuals with the tariff plans prepaid and postpaid system.