Goalie in a hurry with wireless contact

The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (transportation network) has launched its mobile ticketing solution. Three-hundred customers are currently testing the new technology that the transportation network developed together with T-Systems and Nokia. Soccer coach Jenny Gödan is also using the ticketing process that is fast as lightning.

"The new mobile ticket with its chip is a perfect match to my busy life," Jenny Gödan says with a smile and then explains why. The 24 year old, who lives outside of Frankfurt, is the goalie for the SG Oberrad/Riederwald soccer team. She also plays midfield. She coaches girls in the 12-and-under age group at the club and recently got her C-class coaching license. Jenny Gödan, who was born in Dresden, is involved in the German Red Cross. And, of course, she also keeps busy with her full-time job at DB Energie GmbH in Frankfurt.

Envious looks

"I'm often on the go and very often in a hurry," says Jenny Gödan. She is pleased when she has the chance to use her Nokia test mobile phone at her stop. She simply holds the phone up to a passive chip, or ConTag, at the station. Via Near Field Communication by T-Systems, the software recognizes her location and the amateur soccer player can select her ticket. Or take a look at the schedule. "It's not only brilliant technology, it's also something to brag about," Jenny Gödan grins, referring to the envious looks she gets when she coolly makes her way past the people standing in line at the ticketing machine and is one of the first to board the train.