Telecom Italia has selected Gemalto’s Mobile Financial Services (MFS) software for the launch of its mobile wallet platform. The service includes the LinqUs Trusted Services Management (TSM) platform for the secure management of NFC applications and the LinqUs mobile payment platform for transaction management.
Gemalto’s integrated service enables subscribers to manage a complete mobile wallet from their device and use it for various financial services. These include proximity retail and transport payments, online and remote payments, loyalty programs, and peer-to-peer money transfers both remotely and in proximity with NFC. Gemalto’s mobile contactless service encompasses the UpTeq NFC high end SIM and the TSM service that enable service providers to deliver NFC services including payment, transport, as well as access control to stadiums and conferences.
Gemalto, together with its system integration partner Hewlett-Packard Italy, provides the services platform that enables the connection to service providers including banks, merchants, retailers, transport operators and public administrations. The service from Gemalto is expected to help extend Telecom Italia’s market reach to offer services to customers in previously untapped demographics such as the under-banked and teenage population.
