T-Mobile UK & T-Mobile Deutschland see progress with Europe’s first cross-border interoperable M-payment system
Encorus Technologies, a leading mobile payments software and services company, and T-Mobile, one of the world’s leading mobile network operators, today announced significant developments in Europe’s first cross-border interoperable m-payments system. Initially serving Germany and the UK, the system is based on a complete end-to-end solution provided by Encorus, which is majority owned by First Data Corp.
T-Mobile’s “Mobile Wallet” is available to T-Mobile customers on t-zones (T-Mobile’s mobile multi media services) – enabling them to make simple and secure payments for goods and services from their mobile devices using existing credit or debit cards. The t-zones portfolio of infotainment offers already include a wide range of news, games, sport, music, finance and chat services.
“Today, m-payment services represent a major opportunity for innovative mobile operators,” said Dr. Klaus Tebbe, Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing and Wholesale, T-Mobile International. “Encorus delivered a comprehensive m-payments service, enabling us to focus on our core network and services while Encorus handled processing and merchant recruitment, which drastically reduced our time to market.”
Uniquely, Encorus has provided T-Mobile with wallet software, transaction processing and merchant acquiring services. Merchants participating in the t-zones service include Allsports, Aral, ebookers, Germanwings, getgo, OTTO, Orion, TELTIX, and WHSmith to name just a few.
“T-Mobile is a leading global mobile operator and it is only fitting that it should be the first to successfully implement a cross-border payment system in Europe,” said Caroline Watteeuw, COO, Encorus Technologies. “With this complete solution, Encorus confirms its leadership position in the m-payments space as the only company offering mobile operators merchant acquiring services, processing and mobile payment software.”