Mobile Merchant
Cellular Marketing; Feb. 1993
Action Cellular Rent A Phone, a leader in portable phone rentals, is now offering its customers the new Mobile Merchant, which provides an on-line credit card authorization and cellular phone together in one package. The new lightweight versatile cellular transaction automation system electronically records and validates credit card payments while the user is on the move. In addition, the system has the full services of a cellular phone.
The system provides a telephone handset; programmable cellular telephone restrictions and security locks; a standard battery pack which supports two-to-three hours of continuos use; a time-out switch; 100V AC conductivity; a battery recharger; and the Veri-Fone terminal which electronically automates the processing of information transactions.