Kyocera Wireless Corp. and regional wireless operator Cellular South are set to test near field communications technology in May with consumers in Memphis and Jackson, Miss., to see if consumers take to the application and how the technology works in the real world.
Participants will use a Kyocera device that acts as a digital credit card for purchases and payments. Users will be able to pay by tapping the phone against an NFC-enabled wireless reader.
The trials are expected to run through August and, presumably if all goes well, Cellular South’s Wireless Wallet will rollout in the fourth quarter of this year.
Kyocera, Cellular South trialing Wireless Wallet with consumers
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