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BlackBerry credit card technology launched

BlackBerry credit card technology launched BlackBerry owners will soon be able to use their devices to make credit card transactions.

Commercial Wireless — Ireland's leading independent distributor of mobile communications devices — yesterday (November 3rd) announced the UK launch of the technology, which is called eMerit.

The solution — the first of its kind in the world — will be launched in Ireland within the next six months.

Michael Moriarty, managing director of Commercial Wireless, believes that eMerit will be of significant value to businesses in Ireland and the UK.

He said: "It can be made available to single users or large corporate enterprises. Also, a unique application can be added to allow calculation of payments against specific products or services."

Commercial Wireless has built its reputation over the years as a distributor of mobile devices and the credit card solution signals a change of direction as the company looks to expand into the potentially lucrative area of mobile payment applications.

To promote interest in eMerit in the UK, Commercial Wireless has devised a scheme to incentivise resellers, distributors, service providers, dealers and partners.The eMerit solution will use the MasterCard Point of Sale Terminal Security (PTS) programme, an extremely stringent, laboratory-based accreditation programme normally reserved for standard credit card data processing machines. This is the first accreditation of its kind for a smartphone device.

In other mobile-related news, Perlico, the alternative provider of phone and internet services to Irish households, is offering customers who sign up to its new November promotion, before the 30th of the month, free calls to any Irish mobile networks until 2010.

Perlico's head of marketing, Niamh McDonough, said: "We are giving our customers an early Christmas present and the chance to slash their monthly bills with Perlico's November promotion.

"We urge people to hurry and make the simple five minute call to us as the offer must end on November 30th and is simply too good to be missed."

The offer is available to consumers who sign up for a €46.99 a month contract.

Industry News posted on 04 November 2008

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