Transport and mobile networks combine

French public transport operators and mobile phone networks have entered into talks about how new systems that enable public transport users to use their mobile phone to purchase and use a ticket to travel by bus or train. A fully inter-operable ticketing solution is the planned outcome.

Last week’s Transports Publics show in Paris saw Mung-Ki Woo, vice president of payment and contactless at Orange, give a presentation on what mobile phones can offer. He said that mobile phones could...