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QR codes central to OU mobile ticketing tech

08/06/201408/04/2014 Stephanie Beck

Oklahoma Athletics has revealed that quick response codes will allow fans to use smartphones as tickets. Among the latest news releases from Oklahoma Athletics is the introduction of a new mobile ticketing system that is designed to allow fans to be able to use QR codes in order to attend events through the use of their smartphones instead of having to rely on printed tickets. This mobile technology allows game tickets to be displayed on the screen of a smartphone. The way that it works is that fans with tickets…

Mobile ticketing to reach tens of billions in the near future

03/06/201403/04/2014 Jennifer Goula

Within the next five years, it has been predicted that 34 billion tickets will be sent to smartphones and tablets. Recent figures that have been released in an ABI report have shown that electronic ticketing, particularly over smartphones, has taken off at an explosive rate, and that this increasingly mainstream trend will past the 34 billion ticket mark within the next five years. These tickets will all have been sent to mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and possibly wearable technology. The report was published under the title “Mobile Ticketing:…

Eurostar on track for new mobile ticketing feature

09/10/201109/10/2011 Julie Campbell

The Eurostar transportation company is adding its own presence to the mobile marketplace by including a number of different initiatives such as iPhone and Android device apps, a mobile-optimized website, and mobile ticketing. According to Eurostar – a high-speed passenger rail service in Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium – approximately 80 percent of its customers use some form of mobile device when they travel. By providing these consumers with new tools that can be used on those devices, it allows them to check travel schedules, buy their…

In 2015, mobile payment transactions will be worth $670 billion per year

07/08/2011 Jennifer Goula

Juniper Research has released the results of their latest study regarding the value of near-field communications (NFC) transactions, mobile payments for purchases both digital and physical, and money transfers over mobile devices, and has announced that by 2015 it will have reached $670 billion. When compared to the total Juniper Research is expecting for this year, which is $240 billion, this is a notable increase. It also indicated that over the next year and a half, there will be twenty more countries that will start to embrace NFC payment services…