NCR acquires Mobiqa

MUMBAI, INDIA: NCR Corporation announced today that it has acquired Mobiqa, a provider of optimized mobile boarding passes to the airline industry.

The acquisition enables NCR to establish a global mobile center of excellence, which will initially focus on the travel industry, where NCR and Mobiqa expect to realize synergies from their existing solutions, said a press release.

Located in Edinburgh, Scotland, the mobile center of excellence will complement NCR’s existing R&D facility in Dundee and enable NCR to extend existing mobile offerings across multiple industry sectors.

“This strategic acquisition signals NCR’s commitment to building out our mobile platform to support the delivery of our seamless multichannel strategy,” said John Bruno, executive vice president for NCR.

He added that they are dedicated to making consumers’ experience of interacting with businesses easier by giving them the ability to move seamlessly between self-service mobile, online and kiosk channels.

The company is able to deliver content to smartphones and legacy handsets via over 600 mobile networks in over 150 countries worldwide.

NCR and Mobiqa are both active in global standards organizations, including the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which has mandated the use of barcode boarding passes by airlines globally by the end of 2010, the release added.