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MOBILITY
WINNERS
Two BT Cellnet services have been chosen as "Millennium Products"
- showcase examples of British innovation at the turn of the Millennium.
BT Cellnet Traffic Line provides motorists with live, in-car reports on
motorway traffic congestion; and BT Cellnet Genie delivers personalised
information - such as up-to-the-minute news, sports scores, share prices
or job vacancies - to a BT Cellnet digital phone.
THE BANK IN YOUR POCKET
A service that turns a mobile phone into a portable cash machine is being
tested in Leeds by BT Cellnet and Barclaycard. Users download "electronic
cash" and store it on a special Barclaycard. More than 1,400 consumer
outlets, including shops, car parks and restaurants, are accepting "e-cash".
The trial follows the success of a mobile phone launched in 1997 that enabled
customers to access their Barclaycard and Barclays Bank accounts. |