I had the pleasure to work from home today.  I don’t know about you, but working from home is such a treat, particularly after a long week of work and travel.  While working away today, the doorbell rang and there was a delivery from a courier.  We rarely get packages

While at the GSMA MWC the other week, I had the opportunity to check out two of the new mobile platforms that were unveiled - Samsung's Bada, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.  Both platforms looked to be quite impressive, and I'm certain that their release has created much excitement amongst

Up until now, the question has been "How can a mobile operator help me accept payments from mobile subscribers"? Collecting payments for applications & services via operator billing systems has always been an attractive proposition for application & service providers since it leverages the operator's existing relationship with the customer,

 I finally caught up with responding to my emails that piled over the past two weeks while I was away attending the GSMA Mobile World Congress.  Overall, the conference was fulfilling as always and there was quite the turn out considering that most parts of the world is still recovering

After having a chance to review all the marketing brochures I collected at the GSMA conference last week I found one from a company focused on Proximity Marketing.   Proximity marketing is not the same concept as mobile marketing, although both offer marketing capabilities via the mobile market.  Proximity Marketing can be defined as the

I have finally had a chance to write-up a recap from GSMA Mobile World Congress from Barcelona, which was a great conference in spite of the cold & rainy weather.   One of the big highlights of the conference was the keynote address given by Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.  The address began by

The good people at CGAP have shared a great report on the emerging and needed field of Government-to-Person (Payments).  The report is extensive and shares much light on the benefit that up to 170 million people worldwide would receive from governments employing electronic channels, including mobile solutions, to distribute social

We are counting down the days for the world’s largest mobile money conference. The 2010 Mobile World Congress will be held 15-18 February, in Barcelona Spain. Mobile leaders will gather, collaborate, and discuss the cutting-edge products and technology that will define the mobile future... Haiti mobile donations continue to pour

Today I had the opportunity to listen in on the Webinar Happy Holidays or Not: Mobile Lessons Learned, and Best Practice for 2010. The webinar was interesting and provided some good facts about how the mobile phone assisted the 2009 holiday shopping season.  It was truly a global trend according to e-Rewards and TNS