EnStream

EnStream LP is a mobile commerce joint venture company owned by Bell Mobility, Rogers and TELUS—Canada’s three main wireless companies. The three carriers formed EnStream LP in 2005.[1] EnStream manages a mobile money transfer service called Zoompass.[2] The company was initially called Wireless Payment Services but was later re-branded as EnStream.[2]

Applications Using EnStream Framework

An announcement on June 23, 2015; Suretap - co-owned by Rogers Wireless, BCE, & Telus, is now linked to Virgin Mobile and Koodo and CIBC, which allows Suretap access to their network of retailers and credit cards.[4]

Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2010 Enstream LP - Zoompass Canadian Innovation Award for Mobile Application [5] Won
2011 Enstream LP - Zoompass Mobile Wallet & Prepaid MasterCard Program Best Consumer Value in Prepaid - Paybefore Awards[6] Won

EnStream divested Zoompass in 2012.[7]

Technologies Used by EnStream Framework

Notes

  1. Avery, Simon, "Cellphone cash transfer service set to launch", The Globe and Mail, 13 June 2009
  2. 1 2 CBC.ca, “Bell, Rogers and Telus to launch mobile payment service” June 13, 2009
  3. EnStream LP. "Mobile Payment", House of Commons Finance Committee, Canada, 13 February 2014. Retrieved on 25 November 2014.
  4. Pellegrini, C. 23 June 2015. Financial Post. http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/big-three-telco-owned-mobile-wallet-app-suretap-finally-unveils-big-update?__lsa=8daa-472e
  5. "ACT Canada 2010 Award Winners Announced at Cardware Conference". ACT Canada. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. "2011 Paybefore Awards Winners". Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. Sturgeon, Jamie. "EnStream joint venture divests Zoompass mobile payment business". Financial Post. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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