Hi,
> East Japan
> Railways announced it will introduce a system to let people make a
> reservation using their cell phone and so pass through the ticket
> wicket without a ticket simply by letting their phone be scanned..
> (http://202.221.249.1/tokyoq/)
>
> But www.jreast.co.jp, press releases included, doesn't even hint at
> such a thing as far as I can see. Any details or pointers?
we had a headline about this on MMJ (pointing to a Daily Yomiuri
article) on December 7, which read:
"East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has announced a five-year plan to
improve its services and operations by taking advantage of information
technology, including the development of a cellular phone that could
replace conventional tickets." (Daily Yomiuri )
see: http://www.mobilemediajapan.com/2000/12/07
The article at Daily Yomiuri is already gone though, the link from MMJ
to the newspaper site is not valid anymore. You could get the printed
newspaper edition from a magazine archive probably.
Cheers,
Andrea Hoffmann
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Received on Mon Dec 11 12:41:11 2000