Telcos form Isis mobile pay venture with Discover

Venture to be headed by former GE executive Abbott

Discover, Barclays are first partners

Isis to use near-field communication technology

NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Three of the top four U.S. mobile phone operators — VerizonWireless, AT&T Inc (T.N) and T-Mobile USA — have formed a venture known as Isis aimed at building a national mobile payments network.

Countries such as Japan have had mobile payment systems for years, that allows consumers to simply wave their phone at a terminal to pay for items such as train tickets.

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