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Verizon, AT&T look to trial 'Mercury' in several cities

Monday, August 9, 2010

AT&T and Verizon will launch trials of their new contactless payment system - codenamed Mercury - at markets in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas according to fiercemobilecontent.com.

Participating customers will be able to pay for a variety of goods and services with NFC-enabled smart phones operating on Discover Financial Services’ payment network.

T-Mobile also has a stake in the venture, as well as UK’s Barclays, who will help manage users’ credit accounts.

Trials are expected to commence in mid-2011.

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