Posted on 09 December 2011 by Marta Bordonada
Last week we announced the launch of the Netsize Guide by our colleagues over at Netsize. With almost 200 pages of insight and analysis into mobile content and services, there’s a lot in there to interest those of us in the industry. So for the next few weeks I’ll be picking out interesting topics from […]
Posted on 29 November 2011 by Marta Bordonada
Think you know a lot about mobile? It may be time to think again. Today sees the launch of the latest edition of the Netsize Guide, an annual industry report which details the state of the global mobile content and services industry. It’s produced by our good friends over at Netsize, which became a Gemalto […]
Posted on 28 November 2011 by Marta Bordonada
When big names in technology decide to team up, the prospect for consumers is usually mouth-watering. When the French Government step in – I think it’s safe to say we’re witnessing the birth of some game-changing technology. The consortium of Gemalto, Archos, Eurecom and WYSIPS has been selected by the French Government to develop the […]
Posted on 24 November 2011 by Marta Bordonada
So far near field communication and contactless in general, have been viewed as a great way to replace cash for purchasing small value items in places like fast food restaurants, convenience stores, cinemas and the like. One less well known service is peer-to-peer (P2P) payment
Posted on 15 November 2011 by Marta Bordonada
NFC is starting to make the mainstream headlines with many pilots and commercial roll-outs taking place. However, just as with the arrival of 3G, ATMs and chip and PIN bank cards there’s a whole lot of consumer education that needs to take place before people will understand and, more importantly, “trust” the technology. We recently […]
Posted on 14 November 2011 by Marta Bordonada
For many years we’ve been talking about digital convergence and NFC is one of the prime candidates for multi-application devices and cross-industry collaboration. We’ve already heard in great detail about its ability to get banks and telecom operators working together to power moblile payment service and another applications area moving forward will be access control.