In brief PayPal is set to lauch a none-too-surprising service for mobile phones.

PayPal mobile will launch within the next two weeks, and will allow users to pay bills and receive funds using a text message interface. A spokeswoman said the service would only be available in the US, Canada and Britain at first.

Other international markets will follow later, she added.®

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