Global Standard Set For Mobile Barcode

From Wireless Week IATA Creates Mobile Barcode Standard

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade body that represents 240 airlines and 94% of scheduled international travel, has reached an agreement on a global standard for mobile barcodes, which it says "paves the way" for air travelers to use mobile phones for check-in at airports.

Regional formatting differences has slowed down the deployment of mobile applications, though several airlines have adopted mobile barcodes for check- bin, there has not been a unified solution.

The IATA solution uses existing codes: Aztec and Datamatrix, which are used extensively in Europe and North America; and QR which is widely used in Japan. All three are proven technologies and can be read by a single scanner type that is available globally.

The association said it hopes to use the standard to begin working with members to develop standardized processes and guidelines to "facilitate global implementation."

The industry has set end of 2010 as the deadline to implement 100% barcoded boarding passes. The association estimates that once boarding passes are 100% barcoded, the industry could save more than $500 million annually

Aeritas Reacquires Mobile Barcode Patent Portfolio And Becomes A Physical World Connection Player

From All Pay News Aeritas reacquires mobile barcode patent portfolio from GTech

With this mobile barcode patent portfolio, Aeritas is added to the Physical World Connection company list

Aeritas, the Mobile Barcode Company reacquired its extensive mobile barcode patent portfolio from GTECH Corporation, (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., traded on the Italian Stock Exchange (LTO).

The Company's principals pioneered the mobile barcode and mobile ticketing space.

Aeritas' patents and technologies enable 1D and 2D barcode and other images to be displayed on the screens of mobile phones and handheld devices and used for a wide range of payment, mobile ticketing and other transactions.

Its patents, including many granted as well as several still pending in the U.S. and 30 other countries, cover a broad range of mobile applications.

The Company's patents and technologies encompass processes that enable 1D and 2D barcode and other images to be displayed on the screens of mobile devices and used for a wide range of payment, mobile ticketing and other transactions. (In my opinion, because a mobile barcode will/can be on various displays/items, these patents appear to have more value than just connecting the barcode to the net).

Aeritas' patents and technology encompass systems and methods that enable images, such as 1D and 2D barcodes, to be transmitted and displayed on the screens of mobile devices, including cell phones, PDAs, Blackberry and other handheld devices as well as laptop computers.

Aeritas' patented techniques, already in use, are revolutionizing new paperless transactions for sports, concert and event mobile ticketing, airline, train and bus tickets and boarding passes, mobile payments, retail coupons, prepayments and customer loyalty promotions, and a wide range of other uses.

Ryanair Selects Ticket Text For Mobile Ticketing

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, and Ticket Text, a Dublin based mobile technology company, today (18th July) announced an agreement that will provide Ryanair’s 52m customers with low-cost tickets for concerts, sport, theatres, galleries and exhibitions in Ireland, UK and the rest of Europe.

Using Ticket Text’s innovative mobile technology, customers will receive their tickets as unique barcodes sent via text message straight to their mobile phone. Customers simply take their phone to the venue and then scan the barcode to gain admittance.

Receiving tickets by SMS through Ticket Text saves money too because Ticket Text will not charge their customers any over inflated postage and packing fees. To celebrate today’s launch, the first twenty customers to buy tickets for the Take That concert in Barcelona using Ticket-text’s revolutionary service will receive a FREE Ryanair return flight from London.

Welcoming this agreement Ryanair’s Head of Ancillary Revenue, Santina Doherty said:

“Thanks to Ryanair’s low fares, it has never been cheaper or easier to travel to concerts and other live events around Europe. Ticket Text’s innovative and easy to use service provides an ideal match for passengers who want to combine their trip abroad with concerts, festivals and other live events. This is a fast growing part of our business and we look forward to developing it with the help of Ticket Text.

How the ‘mobile ticketing’ process works

Customers buy a ticket from the Ticket Text website using their credit cards as normal. The ticket is sent to their mobile as a 2d barcode. The customer will also have a print-at-home version e-mailed to them which can also be scanned at the venue. They take the bar code ticket to the venue and present it at the gate to the scanner, where they will get quick and easy entry to the event avoiding queues at box offices. If they lose their phone or accidentally delete the bar code, they can send another SMS ticket through their Ticket Text account.

About 2d barcodes

2d bar codes contain many times more information than the traditional barcodes found on the side of most products in a supermarket. One 2d barcode can contain, for example, entry to a venue, or dinner and drinks.

More info on how mobile ticketing works using Ticket Text.

TixMob Delivers Tickets On Your Mobile

TixMob delivers tickets to various events to mobile phones.



1. Choose the event you're interested in and click book.
2. Choose the type and number of tickets you want.
3. Pay using your credit card.
4. Deliver your tickets to your mobile phone.

They redeem more tickets than any other company in the world.

Their parent company ActiveMedia Technology powers the Orange Wednesday two-for-one cinema tickets offer and they've worked with Virgin Mobile, British Airways and Ministry of Sound amongst many others to deliver secure, reliable mobile tickets since 2001.

A list of upcoming events TixMob is mobile ticketing for.

Air Canada Uses Mobile Codes For Ticketing

Air Canada uses 2D codes for ticketing

Last week, a select group of passengers began testing the utilization of 2D barcodes on their mobile devices (cellular phone, Blackberry, Personal Digital Assistant, etc.).

Passengers involved in the pilot test first check in without baggage on mobile.aircanada.com. This generates a 2D barcode – in fact an e-boarding pass – which is sent directly to their mobile device.

They then use this e-boarding pass to cross screening check points and to board the aircraft. 2D barcodes can be found on all Web itinerary receipts and on the paper boarding passes issued by an agent, at a kiosk or through Web check-in.

This new technology will expedite processes for our customers at the airport, where they will be able to cross multiple touch points using a single document, thus simplifying their travel experience.

Air Canada is conducting the six-week testing period in partnership with Lipso, UQAM’s École de Technologie Supérieure and Aéroports de Montréal

British Airways To Offer Mobile Barcode Ticketing

From IT Week BA to pilot tickets on mobiles

British Airways (BA) could be the first UK airline to allow passengers to check in and board flights using a barcode (2d code) transmitted as a text message to a mobile phone.

They are looking at sending a barcode to a passenger’s mobile phone using SMS, as well as enabling passengers to log into ba.com via a mobile and then have the barcode sent direct from the web site.

BA is not the only airline interested in the potential of mobile ticketing – carriers in Japan, China and Sweden are already running trials of the technology, but a clear business case has yet to be established.

The technology is not quite there yet," said an Iata spokesman. "We need a global standard for barcodes on mobile phones to be developed, as well as standardised scanners and infrastructure at all airports," he said.

Mbarc And Mobiqa Offer Breakthrough In Mobile Ticketing

Mbarc and Mobiqa realised a breakthrough in Mobile ticketing with realising the first self-service scanner fitted in ticket gates.

A leading UK public transport organisation Mobiqa selected the MbarcNewland M8 realising a seamless integration into 2 turnstiles creating convenience for passengers with mobile tickets.

The MbarcNewland M8, a sturdy, high performance and reliable build-in Mobile ticketing scanner is developed for integration into existing self-service systems like: Kiosks, turnstiles, self-service environments, etc.

MbarcNewland auto-ID validation for your mobile business. Just one single product for barcode and RFID reading. Mbarc’s validation all-in-one terminals offer 1D- & 2D-barcode (LCD & printed) and RFID (NFC) readers on location.

-Mobiqa are the world leaders in mobile ticketing and couponing based on the creation, delivery, and redemption of barcodes to mobile phones.

-Mobiqa’s products are available for SMS, MMS and WAP using 1D/2D barcodes.

-Mobiqa’s technology is available in over 30 countries, including the USA and China.

Offering barcodes on mobile phones is the evolution of paper tickets in public transport. Mobile ticketing is convenient and customers don't have to queue up at the ticket office or need a printout from home. Mobile phone ticketing means easy purchases, anywhere, any time and always your ticket with you on your phone. MbarcNewlands M8 enables convenience at the entrance gates scanning and validating Mobile tickets on the go.

Mobiqa recently introduced a mobile ticketing capabilities for Major League Baseball

How Mobile Ticketing From Tickets@Phone Works

Couple weeks ago I posted a story about MLB and the Washington Nationals using barcodes for mobile ticketing.

New A's Ballpark has a detailed summary of his experience using the mobile ticketing service from Tickets@Phone.

The A’s are one of three major league teams to employ the new service this season. This is smart because they lead the league in last minute ticket sales.

If you know who the third team using this mobile ticketing service, let me know.

Fergie Uses Barcodes For Mobile Ticketing

This is a great mobile marketing idea that will build a database for future advertising. If Verizon and Fergie get permission from the consumer, they will have created a database for future advertising (albums, apparel, concerts etc).

Verizon and Shakira offered mobile barcodes before too.

Who "owns" the database of these people?

Will Fergie or her record company have to pay Verizon to use this database for future promos?


From Reuters Fergie fans will phone it in for tickets

Verizon Wireless is sponsoring the Black Eyed Peas vocalist's 20-city U.S. solo tour -- which kicked off May 8 in Seattle -- and in an unprecedented move is controlling the entire ticket distribution process.

By doing so, Verizon is conducting what is perhaps the biggest mobile ticketing experiment in the United States to date.

Verizon Wireless subscribers can get a ticket to Fergie's show via any of the following mobile tie-ins: by downloading any of Fergie's songs from the V Cast Music full-song download service or any of the new Fergie TV content on V Cast; by buying any Verizon-enabled Motorola phone; or by attending any of several planned in-store events at either Verizon Wireless or Kohl's stores.

Verizon will then send each fan a unique barcode that will be scanned by a special reader at each venue for entry.

CeBIT Australia Uses bCODE For Mobile Ticketing

bCODE™ is the future of Mobile Coupon, Ticketing, Loyalty and Payments


CeBIT Australia 2007, the Australian leg of the world's largest ICT exhibition, rolled out a new mobile ticketing technology for general admission that saw its admission queues for pre-registered patrons completely eliminated at this year's
event.

This ticketing option was offered to all pre-registered patrons of the event. If a user chose the bCODE mobile ticketing option, he or she was sent the mobile ticket immediately prior to the event. Upon arrival, the patron simply scanned his or her phone on one of the 10 bCODE Readers to gain admission and receive their personalized conference tag.

CeBIT chose Australian company bCODE , now based in Los Angeles, as their mobile ticketing technology provider.

Unlike 1D/2D barcode and RFID-based mobile ticketing technologies that require a phone specific chipset or graphics, the bCODE's internationally patented solution is based on standard SMS text messaging and is supported by 99%+ of all mobile phones in the market including, PDAs, RIM Blackberry, Palm Treo and other devices like the Apple iPOD.

bCODE won the Ericsson Best Mobile Application Award in 2006. bCODE has recently relocated to the United States and has offices in Los Angeles and Sydney.