Apple and Google go head to head for on-line subscription payments
With exhibitors packing up their stands in Barcelona, this week has seen the launch by Apple and Google of payment services for on-line subscriptions. The …
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Tighter regulation of mobile data roaming casts shadow over Barcelona from Brussels
With MWC 2011 still in full swing there are no shortage of topical issues to blog about, but whilst the mobile industry celebrates its achievements in …
Will integration of mobile payment with location based advertising kill Google?
Sadly the watcher in not at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, although from London it would seem that the volume of announcements is best …
O2 applies for first UK e-money licence whilst Everything Everywhere and Barclaycard announce contactless payment service
Mobile money is a recurrent theme for the watcher. See the mobile money overview post and Apple’s incorporation of NFC into iPhone post. As anticipated, …
Microsoft to rescue Nokia?
“There is a pertinent story about a man who was working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He woke up one night from …
‘It is not possible to assess whether Ofcom delivers value for money’ says Public Accounts Committee
The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts scrutinises the accounts of publicly funded bodies to assess whether those bodies deliver value for money (which …
FCC approves nine White Space Database Adminstrators
In some areas, it seems that Europe is always following the US. One of those areas is white space cognitive radio. Whilst European and UK …
‘Illegal state aid’ challenge to tax levied on BT’s UK fibre network fails in European Court
In a decision dated 21 January, but only released this week, the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg has dismissed Vtesse’s appeal against a decision of …
Regulatory uncertainty casts shadow over otherwise positive results from BT and Vodafone
Positive results out yesterday from both Vodafone and BT. One fact that caught my eye was the news from BT that (for the first time …
Ofcom consults on proposals to permit trading of 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum and to vary 3G licences
Ofcom today published proposals for consultation to: make 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz public wireless network licences tradable; and vary the terms of existing 2100 …