Turkcell has been offering BlackBerry Bold 9900 for a few months. RIM’s flagship device is also known as having an NFC chip. This provides basic information exchange processes as well as mobile payment applications. Turkcell introduced its mobile payment service, dubbed as Cep-T Cuzdan, last year. This service offers Turkcell customers to make payments through NFC-based handsets. Turkcell T20, operator’s own-branded Android phone, has an NFC chipset, and thus it was the first device supporting NFC based payments through Cep-T Cuzdan. Now, BlackBerry Bold 9900 will have the advantages of mobil payments through Turkcell Cep-T Cuzdan service, thanks to its NFC chipset.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 owners, who are also Turkcell subscribers, have a chance to make their payments with their smartphones through MasterCard PayPass contactless payment devices, which are distributed across 60 bin different shopping and other units around Turkey. Besides, Turkcell customers going abroad will be able to use the same system with their devices.
Within the registeration process, the users should go to a Turkcell store and give their Mastercard details as part of the registration process. All credit card information will be kept securely. The service lets payments upto 35 Turkish Liras. Above this limit, the users will have use pin code or their signatures for payment.
