Ticket

A Ticket is a receipt of payment and (usually) guarantee of permission for entry to a given event or for boarding a particular form of transportation.

Osaifu Keitai

Osaifu Keitai (Japanese hiragana: お財布携帯, also refered to as osaifu, saifu keitai and, keitai okane) refers to mobile phones equipped with contactless IC card, as well as its useful function/services enabled by the IC card. With this function, mobile phones can be utilized as electronic money, credit card, electronic ticket, membership card, airline ticket, and more.

Services

Suica

• SUICA by Japan Rail (JR): http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica-nex/suica.html

FeliCa

• SONY FeliCa: http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/csy/index.html

NTT Docomo

• Osaifu Keitai: http://www.nttdocomo.com/services/osaifu/

Edy

• Rakuten Edy: http://www.rakuten-edy.co.jp/

External Links

• wikipedia: Osaifu-Keitai
• wikipedia: FeliCa
• wikipedia: Edy (Rakuten's mobile NFC contactless-payment solution)
• wikipedia: Mobile payment
• wikipedia: Mobile ticketing
• wikipedia: Electronic money
• IC Cards: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2359_003.html
• NTT DoCoMo - Osaifu (official page): http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/osaifu/index.html
• RFID in Japan - Japan's experience with RFID phones and contactless cash (Sugai): http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/index.php/digital_tokyo/articles/rfid_japans_experience_with_rfid_phones_and_e_cash
• Visa Introduces a Credit Card on a Phone: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/visa-introduces-a-credit-card-on-a-phone-sticker-free/
• Smrtcase Glide – One Step Toward Saifu Keitai for the iPhone: http://mobileinjapan.com/2010/01/09/review-smrtcase-glide-one-step-toward-saifu-keitai-for-the-iphone/
• Mophie – Another Step Toward Osaifu Keitai for the iPhone: http://mobileinjapan.com/2010/01/19/mophie-another-step-toward-osaifu-keitai-for-the-iphone/
• Can Mobile Money End This War?: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexia-parks/can-mobile-money-end-this_b_774045.html
• Rakuten Edy service turns smartphones into card readers: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Consumers/Rakuten-Edy-service-turns-smartphones-into-card-readers
• Rakuten Edy iOS app developed for iPhones and iPads: http://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2013/0924_01.html
• Will Apple Pay be the next iRevolution?: http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/will-apple-pay-be-the-next-irevolution

See Also

Mobile | Money | Currency | Virtual Currency | Economy | RFID | Travel