A recent sudden surge of hits from Hong Kong accessing my December 2019 UWB Touchless Mobile FeliCa post seemed odd. I dug around and it appears that Hong Kong MTR, […]
Japan’s new economic zone: Rakuten
The April 30 addition of iPhone 12 lineup to Rakuten Mobile marked the transformation of Rakuten Mobile into a first tier carrier on the same level of Docomo, KDDI au […]
BIC CAMERA VIEW Suica reward point math
If you use JR East regularly a BIC CAMERA VIEW card is the best investment you can make. So I was pleasantly surprised when the Crecolle (credit-kore) site posted a […]
SmartGo Staple: smart Mobile Suica solution for COVID era business travel
As more companies transition work style away from daily commuting to a central office to telework with direct business trips from home, there is less need for commuter passes but […]
Mobile Suica Lite
With the proliferation of wearables JR East has been busy adding new devices to Mobile Suica. A timeline: The first hardware standard for Mobile Suica was Osaifu Keitai first on […]
Cloud Suica and Suica region extensions announced for early 2023
JR East announced cloud based Suica and extended coverage for the Tohoku region, going online with 44 stations in early 2023 and closing some major service gaps around the same […]