GSMA Names BARCELONA First Mobile World Capital!

After an 18-month search, the GSMA today announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018.

Worldwide Mobile Payment Users to Reach 141 Million in 2011 – Gartner Says

Worldwide mobile payment users will surpass 141.1 million in 2011, a 38.2 percent increase from 2010, when mobile payment users reached 102.1 million, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide mobile payment volume is forecast to total $86.1 billion, up 75.9 percent from 2010 volume of $48.9 billion.

Transport for London to accept NFC payments from 2012

Transport for London (TfL) has stated it will support NFC payments on mobile phones in 2012. TfL is now in the process of deploying new contactless card readers on London's tube and bus network. This will enable users of contactless EMV credit and debit cards and NFC mobile phones to 'swipe and go' on the London Underground and associated services.

IAB reveals consumers’ spend on mobile increases

Near Field Communication (NFC) was seen as a positive move for mobile with 74% of consumers stating they felt the service would be a good idea. The products that M-Commerce consumers said they would be most happy to purchase via NFC were travel (57%), entrance fees (51%) and drinks/snacks (49%).

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Free Banner Exchange program

Mobile ecosystem promotes banner exchange betweeen mobile sites.

If you own or maintain a web site related mobile and you would like to gain more traffic and awarness from the Net, just sign-up for the banner advertising program.

The banner program are managed by Mobile Ecosystems and it is in the starting phase.

What you need to do is:

Prepare a 468×60 IAB banner;
Send it in an email to info.AT.mobile-ecosystem. org (keep attention to the email address);
put in the email info about you, your email and the site where do you want o redirect the traffic as soon as someone clicks on your banner.

You will receive back via email the code to you need to insert in your site.

The banner will arise in one of the federated website in the program. Commercial banners belonging to commercial sites are, for some months, free too.