Wallet phones are pioneered by NTT-DoCoMo by combining a multi-application smart card with i-Mode phones. Wallet phones can be used as prepaid electronic cash, tickets, access control cards, authorizations to access corporate networks, membership cards for clubs and loyalty programs. Selected information, for example the remaining electronic cash balance, or some transaction records, can be directly read offline by the cell phone.

Wallet phones can contain all credit cards, entrance tickets, train tickets, air tickets, employee ID cards, and most other instruments we currently carry in our purse. Integration of multi-application smartcards into mobile phones, will make cell phones an essential part of our daily life infrastructure.

The present report describes the concept of the wallet phone as implemented in Japan by DoCoMo, describes about 30 applications currently tested in approx. 60 pages with about than 10 photographs.

• What are wallet phones and why
  • What are wallet phones?
  • Wallet Phones: P506iC (introduced on July 10, 2004)
  • Wallet phone transaction partners (list for initial phase of 2004)
  • Concept: i-mode phone plus FeliCa smartcard as wallet phone
  • Why wallet phones
  • Wallet phones: driving cell phones forward to the next stage
  • Mobile phones: stages of development
  • Implications for the mobile carrier
     
• The FeliCa platform
  • FeliCa description
  • Inside view of Felica (with pictures of cut open FeliCa cards)
  • FeliCa and standards, communication standards
  • Technical data of selected FeliCa cards (anti-collision type, ordinary and with magnet stripe for non-contactless read/write)
  • FeliCa compared with other IC-Cards
  • VISA, SONY, Infineon alliance
  • ANA Mileage Club Card as an example of a multi-application FeliCa card
  • "Pasoli" contactless secure reader/writer for FeliCa cards and connection to PCs or cash registers
     
• Security and Privacy
  • Security is critical for success
  • Security, key issues
  • Security, solutions
  • Privacy
     
• FeliCa for transportation: Octopus, Suica.
  • FeliCa's first deployments
  • Trends in Transportation fare collection, historical development and trends
  • FeliCa for fare collection
  • FeliCa as a de-facto standard for transportation payments
  • FeliCa: Octopus card (Hong Kong)
  • Felica in Hong Kong, Singapore, New Delhi and Bangkok
  • FeliCa based transportation tickets in Japan
  • Images of selected FeliCa based cards in Japan
     
• The SUICA platform
  • SUICA overview and explanation
  • The SUICA platform
  • Fare gate for SUICA and magnetic tickets
  • Contactless reader/writer for SUICA at railway station faregate
  • Mobile Suica
  • Terminal for SUICA cards at rail station
  • SUICA card as electronic money
  • Linking SUICA Cards with the VIEW credit card
     
• Edy: prepaid electronic cash application for the FeliCa platform
  • Why electronic cash
  • Requirements for electronic cash
  • Edy overview and explanation
  • BitWallet
  • National introduction of ecash: overview
  • Edy e-cash at POS
  • Edy charger as an example of peripheral equipment and infrastructure
  • Cash register (POS) with Edy reader/writer
  • Soft drink vending machine with Edy reader/writer
     
• FeliCa Networks Inc. - The Company
  • FeliCa Networks Inc. - Overview and description
  • JR East joints Felica Networks, investment performance and capitalization
     
• Wallet phones: "i-Mode - FeliCa preview service"
  • Concept: i-Mode phone plus FeliCa smartcard as wallet phone
  • SO405iC i-mode phone with FeliCa chip (images and screen images of JAVA application linking with smartcard)
  • FeliCa Networks
  • "i-Mode - FeliCa preview service"
    • Overview and explanation
    • Listing of participating companies
    • Applications tested (summary outline)
    • Applications tested (detailed listing and description of about 27 services and applications)
  • Sample service description: combined office application for access control, authorization for corporate networks, credit card and electronic cash cafeteria payments
     
• "i-Mode - FeliCa preview service" Examples
  • JCB mobile offica
  • SEGA
  • PIA
  • AM-PM
  • ANA
     
• "i-Mode - FeliCa services" after introduction on July 10, 2004
  • Overview of introduction
  • i-Mode - FeliCa Service partner network
     
• Initial eleven (11) "i-Mode - FeliCa services" from July 10, 2004
  • Detailed listing and description of services
     
• Twenty three (23) "i-Mode - FeliCa services" after August 2004 and beyond
  • Detailed listing and description of services
     
• "i-Mode - FeliCa services" planned at a later stage
  • Detailed listing and description of services
     
• The competitive picture - FeliCa as a competitive tool
  • The competitive picture
  • The Challenge
     
• Vodafone wireless IC card phone
  • Description and specs of J-SH53X demonstrator, standards used
  • Photograph and description of J-SH53X
     
• Comparing DoCoMo "i-Mode FeliCa Preview Service" with Nokia "SmartCover"
  • Nokia SmartCover m-wallet: description and outline
  • Comparing DoCoMo "i-Mode FeliCa Preview Service" with Nokia "SmartCover" tabular comparison of services
     
• This full report is available from: Eurotechnology Japan