The Register reports that O2, Nokia and Transport for London are starting a trial of a technology which lets you use your mobile phone as an Oyster card.

It’s based on a new Nokia handset, the ‘6131-NFC’, which has a specific new kind of wireless technology built in. So you’ll need to buy a new handset for it. There are also issues with “the logistics of managing tickets within the phone interface, and the security of the system”. The handset actually has a special “secure memory module” to store the ticket information.

Impressive collaboration. And technology.

Too bad I got there first:

Mobile phone with an Oyster card sellotaped to it

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