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‘Open’ is a short word with a long list of meanings. These range from being free to all to join, ready for business or prepared to entertain new ideas. The impact of ‘open’ within...

The workshops were hosted by e-laCaixa at Caixa Forum and, possibly, the Barcelona sunshine helped with the obvious optimism from the delegates that mobile financial services is now real rather than just trials and...

By Jay Srage, marketing manager for cellular systems, Texas Instruments As 3G networks are deployed worldwide, opportunities are arising to deliver a multitude of services that satisfy business, organizational and entertainment needs. Telcos have started...

It is new technology and it is slowly but surely making its mark. Josef Ellmauer, CEO of Encorus Technologies, looks at how m-commerce is rising above the industry noise and quietly building a market The...

At the recent Mobile Money Summit in Barcelona there was much concern amongst the gathered parties over the unwieldy and inconsistent regulation being implemented around the globe with regards to mobile payments. In this article,...

By Matt Piercy, UK country manager, F-Secure The Cabir code has been written in order to infect mobile phones, and shouldn't be any more surprising than finding 'malware' in a conventional PC-based network. Mobile phones...

In today’s digitally-driven society, being able to access your money when you want, from any device, is no longer a luxury but a necessity. In fact, being able to quickly transfer money to your...

The Open Banking ecosystem can learn a lot from the smartphone operating system (OS) market. In particular, banks that are developing APIs in a bid to control the new ecosystem should ask themselves this: Why...

From petty criminals to organised gangs, the telecoms industry has suffered at the hands of fraudsters for many years. Obtaining a mobile phone and contract by fooling identity checks is common practice for fraudsters...

The world seems to have got itself into a great big, tearing hurry. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe in near-real-time. They can download a movie to watch immediately, or buy...