Posted on 19 February 2013 by Marta Bordonada
It will surprise no one to learn that the rumour-mill is going into overdrive ahead of MWC 2013. The mobile world is expecting big releases from LG, Sony, HTC, Samsung and Nokia as well as RIM, or as it’s now known, BlackBerry. This year’s MWC is being hosted at a completely new venue offering double […]
Posted on 04 January 2013 by Marta Bordonada
Regular followers of our blog will recall the Contactless Challenge that we ran towards the end of 2012, pitting two bloggers against each other to test London’s readiness for NFC payments. During the challenge one of our bloggers, Ewan MacLeod, had to travel to Barcelona for a conference. He thought it wouldn’t be a problem […]
Posted on 29 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
After ten triumphant days of the Gemalto Contactless Challenge 2012, our bloggers can now enjoy a well-earned rest. Barcelona, despite being the spiritual home of Mobile World Congress for many years, didn’t quite offer Ewan the chance he needed to regain the lead he held in the early days of the challenge. Meanwhile, during day […]
Posted on by Tim Cawsey
It’s late in the day here in Europe, but not too late to announce our winner. We are pleased to confirm that, after ten days of intense competition, Jon Choo has run-out as the inaugural winner of the Gemalto Contactless Challenge 2012. Triumphing by a score of 227 to 153, Jon has maintained his early […]
Posted on 27 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
On the eighth day of the contactless challenge, the scores suggest that if you venture to London with an NFC-capable device, there are a variety of goods and services you will be able to pay for via contactless, if only at a selection of outlets. With Ewan now in Barcelona, will the GSMA’s favorite mobile […]
Posted on 20 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
We are just one day into our Contactless Challenge and the competition is already in full swing. At 5pm on Day One, Ewan and Jon were neck and neck on points, but with a full nine days of competition remaining there’s still everything for our two cashless crusaders to play for. After some initial frustration […]