DCMX is a service brand for DOCOMO-issued credit cards, which allows subscribers to carry out purchases using their mobile phones as credit cards via iD, DOCOMOs branded mobile payment platform for handsets equipped with contactless IC cards.
In a statement, DOCOMO attributes the rapid penetration of the DCMX brand, which was launched in April 2006, to the increased popularity of contactless IC cards and iD reader/writer terminals, as well as to its customer loyalty program. Currently, over 30 million DOCOMO customers use contactless handsets. As of 31 July 2009, there were approximately 420,000 iD readers/writers deployed throughout Japan.
There are three plans offered under the DCMX brand: DCMX mini, in which payments within a monthly credit line of around USD 105 (JPY 10,000) are billed together with the users monthly DOCOMO phone charges, the standard DCMX plan and the premium DCMX GOLD plan.
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