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Wireless France

Next week France Telecom Mobiles will launch a new service that will enable customers to make secure payments for remote transactions via Internet or mobile phone, as well as pay bills and add call credit their wireless phone account. The upcoming ‘Paiement CB Sur Mobile’ program makes France Telecom Mobiles the first operator in the world to enable customers to make secure payments by Carte Bleue credit cards via a wireless handset. The standards for this service have been defined by the CB Credit Card Consortium. Customers will be able to purchase goods or services from 27 partner merchants. By the end of the year the service will be adopted by nearly 1,000 e-commerce and mail-order companies. To pay for transactions, customers select the “Paiement CB sur mobile” Web icon and enter the wireless number. A few moments later, the customer receives an SMS message to initiate the payment order. Once the order is accepted, customers insert their Carte Bleue credit card in the cellphone and validate the purchase by entering their PIN number. An authorization request is sent to the bank and the customer receives confirmation of the transaction. The PIN number is never sent on the GSM network.