NeoMedia announces travel, petrol and bank deals for mobile barcodes in the Philippines

NeoMedia has announced new 2d barcode deals with several companies in the Philippines. NeoMedia has been working with Omniprime Marketing, a mobile solutions company in the Philipines for three years now.

Mobile barcodes claim another airline - El Al goes paperless

Israel’s national airline, El Al, recently finished a trial of mobile barcode boarding passes - and has announced that it will be implementing the system at Ben Gurion Airport soon.

NeoMedia officially renames mobile barcode subsidiary Gavitec AG

Gavitec AG, which as been termed a “NeoMedia Technologies Company” for a long time now, has been officially renamed to strengthen the NeoMedia brand. NeoMedia announced that the wholly-owned German subsidiary will from now on be called NeoMedia Europe AG

SMS marketing works a treat for ticket sellers and theatres

www.txtlocal.co.uk is a mobile marketing firm focused on SMS for both advertising and user-action. It has released figures showing that theatres and other ticket sellers have seen massive response rates to local SMS campaigns - especially when sending ticket promotions to students. Mostly in Manchester, it seems.

www.txtlocal.co.uk is an opt-in service, that sends local promotions [...]

Air China allows mobile check-in via barcode SMS

Air China has become the latest airline to allow customers to check-in via simple SMS and mobile barcodes. It is initially only available on Tibetan flights and direct flights from Beijing, and only for passengers who booked their tickets via the Air China website

Once a traveller has booked their ticket on-line, they can choose to [...]

Mobile messaging company TynTec joins airline initiative to drive mobile barcode boarding passes

SMS operator TynTec today announced it has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). They will be working on the Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) initiative. The BCBP aims to improve the performance of airlines when it comes to adoption of mobile barcoding for boarding passes.
TynTec is an enterprise-level company, focusing on security and [...]

Lufthansa mobile barcode tickets in place at Bristol

Lufthansa has introduced it’s mobile barcode ticketing service to passengers flying Lufthansa from Bristol airport. Passengers can make use of the facility on direct flights to Germany from Bristol and to most onward destinations served by Lufthansa in Europe.
The launch of the mobile boarding pass scheme at Bristol follows the successful introduction of the facility [...]

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