Post(card) from the Digital Money Forum #dmf14
I’m chairing a session this afternoon on Mobile Money at the Digital Money Forum 2011. Should be interesting with the speakers being: Mark Hartley, American …
DSAC an appropriate test for assessing LRIC cost-orientation
Today’s CAT judgment confirmed that Ofcom’s use of distributed stand-alone cost (“DSAC“) was an appropriate method to assess whether a regulated Communications Provider who had been found to possess …
UK carrier avoids Ofcom regulatory action by making £2.5 million of ‘goodwill’ payments
When two companies merge, effective management of the integration of IT systems is often critical. When the systems in question control customer billing, and billing is subject …
Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change
Last week Ofcom started a consultation on revising the UK’s General Conditions of Entitlement and Universal Service Conditions. The consultation closes on 7 April, and …
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 …
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 …