New Zealand’s three mobile operators Telecom New Zealand, 2degrees and Vodafone have jointly created a new framework which enables users to make payments via their mobile phones. The system is based on the UK-developed Payforit system.   The system, which was developed by the UK’s five mobile operators, makes possible the purchase of apps and digital content but not physical goods. The purchase price is added to a user’s mobile phone bill or taken off their account balance in the case of pre-paid users. The service is intended for relatively small value purchases. The operators announced in July 2010 that they would adopt Payforit and have since been creating a framework suitable for the New Zealand market.

The country’s three mobile operators have jointly developed the framework for the new service through a group called the Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF) Working Party along with the TUANZ, a local user group. The Payforit Trusted Mobile Payments Framework is based on the UK version of Payforit which launched commercially in 2007. Although credited as a joint development by all five of the UK's operators it was originally the brainchild of Vodafone. Only Telecom New Zealand has so far launched a Payforit service following the creation of the new system: Users can purchase content and apps through the Yahoo! TWorld download service the operator offers.