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Oyster brand and credit crunch to hit O2 mobile wallet?
News Any rollout of Oyster-enabled mobile phones could be delayed following Transport for London's decision to terminate its contract with the TranSys consortium last month. However, O2 UK CEO Ronan Dunne told silicon.com... [15 Sep 2008]
Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's Oyster-card system. In an email sent to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, Stallman... [10 Jun 2008]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News O2's partners for the trial include AEG, Barclaycard, Nokia, Transport for London, TranSys - the consortium that runs the Oyster card - and Visa Europe. Barclaycard has launched a contactless credit card called OnePulse... [28 Nov 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Financial services organisations also got in on the hubbub surrounding contactless payments with Barclaycard, TfL and Visa reviving the idea of creating an Oyster card for the London Tube that would also... [19 Dec 2006]
New York Subway gets wireless payment cards
News Selected customers will be able to pay for a train journey at the subway entrance by tapping a card on a turnstile reader, much like London's Oyster card scheme on the Tube. London's... [31 Jan 2006]
Oyster card: Taking over London from libraries to leisure centres
News Such a system is already used on the Tube, where non-Oyster ticket holders pay 20 per cent extra or above, depending on the time of day. The Oyster card looks set to reach far beyond the... [17 Mar 2005]
Computer glitch crashes Tube's Oyster card network
News Ticket gates had to be left open when Oyster card readers at tube stations across the whole of London Underground and the Docklands Light Railway crashed at 4:00 a.m. London Underground is investigating... [10 Mar 2005]
Philips sees phone and NFC wireless love affair
News Philips chips, for example, sit in the Oyster card that is now commonly used on the London Tube network for payment at barriers and the theory is that not long from now users will be able to place their... [22 Oct 2004]
5 years ago... Smartcards set to cut travel queues
News Many Londoners have been using their Oyster Cards since 2003 - proving there was actually some truth behind the predicted date mentioned. However, the Oyster Card is far from ubiquitous, with many... [04 May 2004]
London tubes do real-time travel info with Orange
News TfL will further down the line be looking at allowing passengers to pay via mobiles for top ups to Oyster cards - the new smart card for payments on most London public transport. Transport for London (TfL) has struck a... [27 Apr 2004]
Row breaks out over 'bug' in £1.2bn Tube smartcard system
News A row has broken out between Transport for London (TfL) and Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Simon Hughes over claims that problems with the Tube's £1.2bn PFI Oyster card ticketing system are... [23 Jan 2004]
Smartcard ticketing going Underground
News This month 80,000 of the cards were issued to staff of London Underground and Transport for London under the "Oyster" smartcard programme, a £1.2bn, 17-year project intended ultimately to replace current ticketing systems. [20 Nov 2002]
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