If there’s one super-model-thin mobile phone I can’t get enough of, it’s the Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone. Measuring an impossibly thin 9.9mm thick and packed with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor (with a second processing core dedicated to handling all communications) from Qualcomm, the Toshiba TG01 is just about the slickest Windows Mobile smartphone on…
Sprint admits that carriers need to start enabling innovation
Wireless carriers have long been playing their own game where they make the rules. Apps, voice, wireless data – it’s all controlled by the carrier, and motivated by the bottom line. While the financial aspect is important, carriers’ over-controlling stance on wireless access has largely stifled innovation in the mobile space. One of the discussions…
Join IntoMobile at MobileBeat 2009 in SF!
IntoMobile is now officially part of the Silicon Valley! To celebrate our arrival in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve teamed up with VentureBeat to give our readers discounted passes to the MobileBeat 2009 conference in San Francisco’s Parc 55 Hotel. MobileBeat 2009 is a one-day event where big-wigs from the mobile world converge to…
Barcelona 2009 Summer events recap
Here’s the recap from the three events I attended during the last two weeks, in case you missed something: HiT Barcelona – World Innovation Summit Pre-event announcement Intro DeviceAnywhere offers mobile application and content certification AcCells enables NFC-like payments with any mobile phone! popIn allows “searching on the spot” Scalado offers imaging solutions for mobiles…
Roamware, Grameen team-up to develop global mobile financial ecosystem for the unbanked
One more release from the Mobile Money Summit event in Barcelona… Leader in global roaming and interoperability solutions, California-based Roamware, announced a strategic partnership with Grameen Solutions to develop mobile money applications and services for the unbanked. So, on one side we have Grameen Solutions which is part of Grameen group that also includes Grameen…
Mobile Money Summit: I’m out
And I’m officially done with the Mobile Money Summit. Tomorrow I’m back at my regular writing to cover other, non mobile payment topics. Again I left early to prepare all the posts for publishing, and have missed three more presentations: Creating Sophistication in Mobile Money – Roberto Rittes, Director of Oi Paggo Panel: Addressing the…
Mobile Money Summit: Catalyzing Mobile Payments Worldwide
Yesterday I posted an interview with Carol Realini from Obopay. Now she’s on stage discussing mobile payments industry players and how they are in a unique position to benefit from a global approach to industry developments. She talked about financial services, wireless and service providers and how they all need to work together to build…
Mobile Money Summit: Customer Usage Patterns and Adoption Curves for Bank-Led Deployments
Next on the list was Len Pienaar, CEO of Mobile and Transact Solutions. He presented the situation in South Africa and the adoption of mobile banking services in the country. Here’s what we’ve learned from his presentation: Mobile banking in South Africa has taken off and keeps growing like crazy. Customers could top-up airtime, pay…
Zain, Western Union team-up on mobile payments
At the Mobile Money Summit, Africa’s mobile group, Zain, announced a partnership with Western Union. Under the terms of the agreement, Zain will link its Zap m-payment platform with Western Union’s global agent network, allowing Zap users to access WE’s 334,000 agent locations across 200 countries around the world. As a result, Zain hopes to…
Mobile Money Summit: GSMA unveils Mobile Money Exchange initiative with Visa and Globe Telecom as first founding partners
GSMA used the Mobile Money Summit to launch its new Mobile Money Exchange initiative, aiming to engage with new stakeholders and sectors that are entering the mobile ecosystem. Visa and Globe Telecom are the first two founding partners of the project. From the press release: Through this initiative, the GSMA is helping financial services companies…