Cellular South

Cellular South to Launch Multi-City Wireless Wallet Consumer Trial with Prototype Kyocera Device and Cutting-edge Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology

Cellular South, a privately held wireless provider, and Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC), a global supplier of CDMA wireless devices and accessories, today announced a collaboration to launch a multi-city consumer trial for its new Wireless Wallet technology. Kicking off mid-May 2007 in Memphis, Tenn. and Jackson, Miss., Cellular South's Wireless Wallet trial is the first of its kind for a U.S. regional carrier.

Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless will begin a community-wide Wireless Wallet trial that allows participants the opportunity to use the technology at multiple retail locations in multiple trial cities. Participants will be equipped with a Wireless Wallet-enabled Kyocera cell phone which acts as a digital credit card that allows Cellular South customers to make payments and purchases by tapping it against a NFC-enabled wireless reader. The company plans to complete the trial by August 2007, with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of Wireless Wallet in Q4 2007.