In order to facilitate the commuters of public transport in Dubai, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has released its ‘Smart Nol’ service allowing users to pay for trips on the city’s metro, buses and water buses through mobile phones. At present, a single smart card (or NOL Card) can be used to pay for these various RTA transportation services. The all-new Smart Nol service now allows users possessing a special SIM card to swipe their near field communication (NFC) – enabled mobile phones to pay for public transport. The NFC phone can be used to check in and check out at metro stations, public buses as well as water buses besides reloading and checking Nol balance. For using this card, commuters have to place their mobile devices against card readers at metro station gates or validator devices placed on public buses and water buses to pay for trips. NFC SIM cards can be obtained from Etisalat and du service centres. The service has been launched by RTA in close collaboration with Emirates Integrated Telecom (du) and Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat), the two United Arab Emirates (UAE) based telecommunications service providers. The Government of UAE has also envisioned for providing NFC-enabled mobile service for micropayments in the country. For Further Information http://www.rta.ae/