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Japanese consumers will soon be able to pay for a Big Mac and fries using their mobile handset. Leading Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has struck a deal with fast food giant McDonald’s that will see the establishment of a joint venture company to plan and manage e-marketing promotions to the restaurant chain’s planned membership club.

The move will be timed to coincide with the introduction of DoCoMo’s iD platform for mobile phone-based credit cards and ToruCa information-capture service at McDonald’s stores.

From October 2007, mobile services for iD credit card payments and ToruCa information-capture will be introduced in McDonald’s stores throughout Japan. The joint venture company will be established with around ¥300m in capital, with 70 per cent coming from McDonald’s and 30 per cent from DoCoMo.