On public transport, you can pay in Yekaterinburg with mobile phone

We have already mentioned in the news that the operator MegaFon has launched a service for the payment of travel with a mobile phone in public transport Yekaterinburg. True, the first such service has been implemented only in Yekaterinburg subway, but now, the opportunity was and ground transportation. Thanks to this new service MegaFon provide transportation from a mobile phone in all kinds of public transport are in Yekaterinburg, on several commercial routes, and all stations in Yekaterinburg Metro - that accepts "EKARTa." As the director of the Ural Branch of OJSC "MegaFon" Valery Velichko, the first 3000 sets fare consisting of a special SIM-cards and NFC-chip, are now in all mobile shops MegFona Ural capital and satellite cities. The company hopes that the new service will make the payment in public transportation more convenient for users, but in the future this experience will enable this solution successfully replicated in other regions. To purchase tickets from a mobile phone and check the balance subscriber can use the USSD-menu or a special Android- the application. User in advance of the export of money from the account of a mobile phone in the "electronic wallet" service. Information on purchasing the ticket is stored directly on the SIM-card. In the future, is enough to bring a mobile phone to a subway turnstile or validators transport to cover travel expenses. The price of one ticket, purchased from a mobile phone, as well as on "EKARTe", will be 22 rubles, plus a fee for service is 1% of the ticket price.