Cobalt Telephone Technologies' Payment System Arrives At Rail Station

From next week, travellers who have registered for the system, developed by Cobalt Telephone Technologies, will be able to send a code via text message that will trigger an automatic payment against their pre-registered credit or debit card.

They will also receive a smartcard, based on radio frequency identity (RFID) technology, that can be displayed in car windscreens. Parking attendants have been issued with RFID-enabled Nokia 5140 mobile phones to read the smartcard and check that a vehicle owner has paid.

To encourage people to sign up for the new system, the station will provide a discounted daily rate of L4.30.

About Cobalt Telephone Technologies' SMS Payment

Developed specifically in response to the needs of large corporate users in London, Cobalt's SMS payment service allows local authorities to offer pre-registered account holders a quick and easy way to pay for PCN's using text messaging.

Currently only available to local authorities using the Automated Telephone Payment Module, this contemporary payment method allows parking tickets to be settled on account from a pre-registered mobile phone in a matter of moments. Neat and effective, deployment of this technology allows local authorities to demonstrate the achievement of an "excellent" outcome as defined within ODPM guidelines.