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Thursday, January 28, 2010
10 Mobile Predictions for this Decade
1. Mobile Payments
Mobile payments and money transfer must become a proper reality this decade. There is evidence of a strong demand for this. The idea of paying for your parking ticket, train journeys or a can of coke via your mobile has few detractors, the technology is capable and yet the systems are not yet joined up. The use of near-field communications (NFC) technology in mobile devices may help the security aspects in verifying a point of sale. The ability for subscribers to transfer credit between devices without excessive charges will help small scale commerce transactions. Mobile… -
Friday, January 15, 2010
Can free services provide new revenues for operators?
2009 has been a tough year for most of us, but difficult economic times do tend to help shape technology markets and creative marketing strategies emerge. In an unsure mobile market operators are resistant to large CAPEX deals where the technology bought may not fit the rapidly changing market. To offer new services MNOs can look towards OPEX deals with service or platform providers – but even so will subscribers be willing to pay for new services in full, or indeed at all! Subscribers have already been exposed to free internet services – search engines, video content, news, music, social…
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