January 18, 2012
First commercially available NFC-based mobile payments for BlackBerry smartphones via MasterCard PayPass™
Waterloo, ON and Istanbul, Turkey - Turkcell and Research
In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the
commercial availability of an NFC mobile wallet
application, the Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan, for BlackBerry®
Bold™ 9900 smartphone customers in Turkey.
The power of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 combined with the
Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan application enables Turkcell
customers to enjoy making payments in a simple, easy, safe
and convenient way by simply tapping their NFC-enabled
BlackBerry Bold 9900 against a MasterCard PayPass™ reader
in shops, retail outlets, cafes and restaurants across
Turkey. In addition, Turkcell customers travelling abroad
will also be able make payments in the same way
.
Alexandra Zagury, Managing Director, Turkey, RIM said, "We
are pleased to partner with Turkcell to launch the first
commercially available NFC mobile wallet for BlackBerry
smartphone customers in Turkey. RIM is committed to
supporting the advancement of NFC technology and today's
launch marks an exciting milestone for the future of mobile
commerce."
Cenk Bayrakdar, Turkcell Deputy General Manager,
Turkcell said, "Turkey is leading the way internationally
in mobile financial services, especially NFC. The Turkcell
Cep-T Cüzdan application for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 opens
up a new era of shopping, enabling simple, secure and
convenient mobile payments at approximately 60000
contactless points of sale across Turkey. The
security features of BlackBerry smartphones make RIM the
ideal partner for enabling NFC-based mobile
payments."
From today, Turkcell's BlackBerry Bold 9900 customers can
apply for the Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan service at
Turkcell stores. Customers will be provided with a new
NFC-enabled SIM and advised on how to download the Turkcell
Cep-T Cüzdan application for free. As part of the
registration process the customer's MasterCard
details will be securely registered by Turkcell to enable
payments of up to 35 TL per transaction with no pin or
signature, using their BlackBerry Bold 9900. For
payments over 35 TL, pin or signature support is also
required.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360
smartphones are the world's first SIM-based smartphones
to receive MasterCard PayPass handset certification for
secure NFC payments:
http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=5263
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology
company in Turkey, with 34.4 million subscribers and a
market share of approximately 53% as of September 30, 2011
(Source: Operator's announcements as of September 30,
2011). Turkcell is a leading regional player, with market
leadership in five of the nine countries in which it
operates with its approximately 63.3 million subscribers as
of September 30, 2011. The company covers approximately 87%
of the Turkish population through its 3G and 99.07% through
its 2G technology supported network. It has become one of
the first among the global operators to have implemented
HSDPA+ and achieved a 42.2 Mbps speed using the HSPA multi
carrier solution. Turkcell reported a TRY2.5 billion
(US$1.5 billion) net revenue with total assets of TRY16.6
billion (US$9.0 billion) as of September 30, 2011. It has
been listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is
the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at
www.turkcell.com.tr
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