Gemalto says that it has provided Italian MVNO, PosteMobile with a software solution that allows BancoPosta customers to securely carry out payment transactions with their mobile phone. Both PosteMobile and BancoPosta are part of the Poste Italiane Group (Italian Post Office). Gemalto's MVNO portal management solution enables PosteMobile subscribers to send a command from their mobile phone to pay their bills, send a telegram or a fax, top up their account and wire money from their BancoPosta account and from PostePay, BancoPosta prepaid credit card.

 PosteMobile was launched in November 2007 and immediately started to deploy mobile-banking services to their customers. The project has proven very successful, with over 200,000 BancoPosta customers using these services in just six months, among the over 250,000 PosteMobile customers.

"We appreciate the high level of support Gemalto provided," commented Roberto Giacchi, PosteMobile CEO. "Today, we are placing our trust in their service management solution again, to bring increased simplicity and convenience to our subscribers. Our goal is to transform the mobile phone into a real e-wallet, easy to use, anytime, anywhere."

Massimo Sarmi, the CEO of the Poste Italiane has previously said that he expects the MVNO to top 2 million subscribers by the end of next year. The MVNO runs on Vodafone's network.

Source:cellular-news