China Telecom selects Gemalto contactless payment

Amsterdam-based digital security provider Gemalto is to provide China Telecom with a mobile contactless payment solution using its UpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIMs to deploy secure NFC transport services in China's two largest cities, Shanghai and Beijing. China Telecom is a leading operator in the country with more than 183 million subscribers. This deployment will enable up to 45 million daily commuters to travel on the metro and pay for everyday purchases with a simple tap of their smartphone. The NFC SIMs ar
March 24, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
RSSAmsterdam-based digital security provider 3866 Gemalto is to provide China Telecom with a mobile contactless payment solution using its UpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIMs to deploy secure NFC transport services in China's two largest cities, Shanghai and Beijing.

China Telecom is a leading operator in the country with more than 183 million subscribers.

This deployment will enable up to 45 million daily commuters to travel on the metro and pay for everyday purchases with a simple tap of their smartphone. The NFC SIMs are also embedded with Gemalto's 4G LTE management software, allowing users to download applications with the convenience and speed of mobile broadband.

The NFC SIM's multi-tenant capacity enables hosting of BestPay, China Telecom's mobile payment application, offering value-added services such as bill payment, ticketing, and financial products to its users.

"China Telecom has been Gemalto's partner for a long time. Last year, we provided specially-designed NFC SIMs for their nationwide launch of NFC services," said Suzanne Tong-Li, president for Greater China and Korea at Gemalto. "With 4G FDD-LTE commercial license, they will be able to leverage the additional LTE feature of Gemalto's SIMs to offer faster and enhanced NFC services to their customers, leading to a wider adoption of mobile contactless services across the country."

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Thales wins Taipei metro ticketing deal
    November 23, 2023
    Firm will work with MiTac Information Technology Corporation in Taiwan’s capital region
    Read More
  • Alstom and Huawei complete first LTE 4G pilot for metros
    July 6, 2015
    Alstom and Huawei have successfully completed a pilot project to develop a Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G multi-service broadband radio networking technology for metros. The project was launched in the frame of a Memorandum of Understanding in April 2014, under which Huawei supplied the LTE network and Alstom which provided the train set and onboard signalling equipment. Alstom claims to be the first rail manufacturer to integrate LTE 4G in its signalling solution. LTE technology enables a single wirele
    Read More
  • Keolis Amey Docklands to run Docklands Light Railway until 2021
    July 10, 2014
    Transport for London (TfL) has named Keolis Amey Docklands as the new franchisee of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to operate and maintain the network until April 2021, with an option for this to be extended until 2023. Around 100 million passenger journeys are made on the DLR network annually and this new contract, with a value in excess of US$1.2 million, will commence on 7 December 2014 and will see Keolis Amey Docklands work with TfL to ensure that passengers continue to see improvements to thei
    Read More
  • An innovation lab – not a burden
    June 27, 2018
    Travellers want to be able to book multimodal journeys easily – and to be informed of problems and alternatives as they go. Adam Roark might just be able to help, finds Ben Spencer. The global shift in transportation towards members of the public wanting access to multimodal journeys is rapidly changing how people pay and plan ahead. Buying tickets from a machine and dealing with the frustration of discovering your train is cancelled is a scenario commuters want to avoid through technology’s ability to
    Read More

Highlighted Content