Archive for September, 2010

Cloud Mobility Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam, September 14 and 15, 2010

1 year ago

by admin in Events

Informa Telecoms and Media is proud to announce a brand new, industry changing event for September 2010, and the firstconference of its kind dedicated purely to the Mobile Cloud

Use of the mobile cloud is set to increase from 42.8 million consumers in 2008 to almost a billion by 2014, jumping from 1.1%to 19% of all mobile phone subscribers*. The emergence of the mobile cloud has huge ramifications for the entire mobile ecosystem, changing the way that developers build apps and how OEMs, ISPs and Operators define app selection and distribution.

The scale of growth of the mobile cloud will force competitors to not only open dialogue but also work together, once again changing the nature of the fluid communications industry.

Our brand new launch event, Cloud Mobility will provide you with the forum in which to learn from and meet with the early pioneers of this new era. Through a series of interactive discussions, break-out, in-depth workshops, best practice tutorials and fantastic networking opportunities, Cloud Mobility will help you determine how to effectively monetise new revenue streams and best educate your consumer with respect to these enormous changes.

How can you best get your business ready for a move into the Mobile Cloud?
How is the Mobile Cloud set to change the industry?
What are the costs of moving into the Mobile Cloud and what sort of revenue can you expect?
How can you best educate your customers about the Mobile Cloud?
What devices will be the most suitable for the Mobile Cloud?
In what why must developers change to create for the Mobile Cloud?
Will the Mobile Cloud help solve interoperability?
What must you do from a legal perspective before moving to the Mobile Cloud?
What should you take into the Mobile Cloud and what should be left behind?

Wells Fargo joins Visa NFC m-payments trial

1 year ago

by admin in Mobile Payments

Reuters reports that the Wells Fargo trial is part of a major push by Visa to have a commercially-viable product ready for launch in 2011.

“We want to be commercially ready early in 2011″ to let consumers use their cellphones to make purchases in stores, Bill Gadja, Visa’s head of global mobile products told the newswire.

Wells Fargo joins Bank of America and US Bancorp as the third US bank to sign up for the field trials, which will run through to the end of the year.

The card giant is using DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay Micro-SD chips which can be inserted into handset memory card slots, turning them into contactless payments devices.

In August, Visa announced that it is working with Turkey’s Akbank to test the technology in Europe.

Visa is facing competition in US markets from telcos like AT&T and Verizon, who are partnering with Discover and Barclays to test NFC payments using technology from C-Sam and Gemalto.