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Rio de Janeiro Launches Pilot for Public Transportation NFC Ticketing with Smartphones

Partnership with mobile operators, smartphone supplier allows using mobile phone as a RioCard transit card and checking balances on the screen

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Rio de Janeiro will be the first city in Brazil to launch a pilot program enabling mobile NFC ticketing for public transportation. This initiative is a pioneering partnership between RioCard Tecnologia da Informação, Gemalto, Motorola Mobility and the country’s four leading mobile operators – Claro, Oi, Telefónica and TIM, supported by the GSMA. Two hundred users of buses, trains and ferries have been selected to collaborate with these companies in this three-month pilot, which is expected...

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