Mobile Ticketing Service Uses Embedded Barcode

The French national railway company, SNCF, has launched a new mobile ticketing service, known as Tikefone... Tikefone enables passengers to complete the entire ticket-purchase transaction using their mobile phone... After completing the transaction, passengers receive a multi-media messaging service (MMS) with an embedded barcode, which is presented to ticket inspectors upon embarking the train. This link here takes you to the full report in cellular-news.