China Unicom official launch Mobile Payment by year end

China Unicom, the second largest mobile operator in China, will officially launch mobile payment by the end of this year.

It has tested its mobile payment solution in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing.  Now, it is ready to commercially launch the services.  The first city to be offered the service will be Beijing.   China Unicom has order 2900 payment enabled sim card, as the first batch of the commercial launch. (Here is an article about this in Chinese:  http://tech.sina.com.cn/t/3g/2010-12-30/02215043537.shtml)

China Unicom’s solution is based on a 13.56MHz technology.  13.56MHz is also the world wide standard for mobile payment.  China Mobile, which has launched mobile payment solution earlier in Shanghai, uses a 2.4G technology. This is a proprietary standard, developed locally in China.  And China Mobile has ordered more than 1 million 2.4G payment enabled sim card.

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