 Telecom operators are starting to get involved in contactless payments via the use of near field communication phones.Belgacom's Pingping, for example, has a stored value account and via a partnership with Alcatel-Lucent's Touchatag provides contactless payment functionalities.McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Boots, Eat, Heron Foods, Pret a Manger, Stagecoach Group, Subway, AMT Coffee, Wilko, Tesco, M&S, Asda, and Lidl are among the retailers offering contactless payments to their customers in the UK.