Purchase via mobile phone is now possible with the launch of the first Near Field Communication (NFC) service in the UK.

McDonalds, EAT, Pret-a-Manger and selected Boots stores are all set to join the system.

Called ‘Quick Tap’, the service requires users to have Orange and Barclaycard accounts alongside a handset that is enabled for contactless payments.

NFC is the short-range wireless technology that makes this service possible.

Over the last year, NFC has been steadily gaining popularity across Europe.

Currently, users will only be able to make purchases up to the value of £15, although they can choose to preload their handset with up to £100.

It is understood that the M6 toll will accept contactless payments this Summer.

With 50,000 stores NFC enabled in the UK at the moment, it is predicted that contactless technology will be a main payment method during the Olympics.

Jamie Stokes is Marketing Assistant at Total Ltd – a business to business service provider, delivering genuine solutions across all core telecommunication services, based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Total Ltd is a business that brings together and unifies all the component parts. For up to the minute business telecommunications news, please view the Total Ltd blog

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