T-Mobile launches QR codes on invoices

• A fast, error-free and easy method of payment
• The new feature will appear as early as on the March Statement of Services

Prague, 27 February 2013 – T-Mobile is bringing its customers an amazingly fast and very easy way of paying invoices, via so-called QR codes. It is the first operator to offer its customers this new feature on its invoices. Clients will find it as early as on the March Statement of Services, and soon also on the My T-Mobile self-service site. 

“A QR code is as easy, fast and error-free method of paying invoices as could be. Customers no longer need to copy any numbers anywhere or enter any further details unnecessarily,” says Dana Tomášková, Vice President Resident Marketing at T-Mobile, adding: “Payment can be made with a single click. We are hopeful that customers will be happy to use such a handy item.” 

The only thing that clients who are interested in this new option need is a smartphone with a smartbanking application, which will be provided by their banks. It is currently offered by, for example, Komerční banka and Raiffeisenbank. ČSOB and Era are supposed to launch QR payment as part of their smartbanking in the course of March. If customers are using the services of other financial institutions, they can obtain information by contacting them. 

Payment itself is very easy – all clients need to do is log into the smartbanking application in their mobile phone and scan the QR code printed directly on the invoice or displayed on the My T-Mobile self-service site. Data from the code are scanned into a payment order, which is only checked and confirmed by the client. This is all that it takes to create a payment order. 

What is a QR code?
A QR code (or a Quick Response code) is basically an analogue of a barcode. The latter is well known to everyone from product packaging. However, instead of the familiar bars, this symbol is composed of black-and-white blocks arranged into a small square. Such a structure enables much more information to be transmitted – it can hold up to 7,000 digits or a text longer than 4,000 characters. 

Although in the past QR codes served, for example, to label components in car manufacturing, it is thanks to smartphones that it can currently be used also in marketing and advertising. Customers can thus now newly find it directly in the right lower part of their invoices, where it will be clearly visible. 

For more information, see www.t-mobile.cz/qr.

T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

More information about the company is available at www.t-mobile.cz, www.t-press.cz (the portal for journalists) and www.t-mobile.cz/pomahame (information on the company’s CSR activities).

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