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mHITs (Mobile Handset Initiated TransactionS) is an Australia micropayment service which allows users to send and receive money via SMS. The company offers a person-to-person payment system that uses a mobile phone as the transaction device rather than an automatic teller or EFTPOS terminal. Users send and receive money via SMS text message and can make payments instantly between any Australian mobile phone. Users can also make purchases from on-line merchants, pay parking fees and taxi fares. mHITs also offers a Point Of Sale (POS) terminal which allows the service to be used at retail points of sale, such as ordering a coffee or purchasing a magazine. As the SMS authorising payment can also include a message, users have discovered that the service can be utilised to pre-order products, such that they are ready for pickup upon arrival at the store. ==History== mHITs was first launched in Australia in 2004 as a platform for delivering pre-paid mobile re-charge vouchers via SMS. The service was re-launched in May 2006 in its current form as a mobile wallet, focusing on person-to-person transactions and beginning a limited rollout of merchant terminals in and around Sydney. The service has since expanded to include venues around the country, focusing primarily on ordering and paying coffee. mHITs has won numerous awards for innovation including The Australian Mobile Awards. mHITs was an episode winner on ABC TVs The New Inventors〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Inventors: mHITS )〕 and has won technology and innovation awards including the Australian Capital Territory's financial category of the iAwards,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iAwards winners 2008 )〕 and the People's Choice Next Big Thing Award in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=mHITs )〕 In 2009, the company has expanded its operations to apply its mobile payment technology in the developing world for the unbanked. Several services have been deployed in Papua New Guinea in conjunction with (Digicel PNG ). One very successful service has been their (BuyPower ) platform which enabled subscribers to purchase prepaid electricity directly using carrier airtime. The service operates under the service (Easipawa Easipay ) on the (Digicel PNG ) network. More work on the company's work in developing markets including case studies is available on their corporate website (mHITs Limited ). Their focus is on Asia-Pacific and African markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MHITS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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