Patent power (part 2) – Google buys Motorola Mobility
Today’s big news is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. What is fascinating is the logic for the deal. This is not a deal driven by …
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UK mobile operators create m-commerce joint venture
Last week, three of the UK’s four mobile network operators announced a mobile marketing and payments joint venture. The venture is subject to regulatory approval, …
Visa adds mobile payment and banking capabilities, as Google and MNOs launch contactless payment services
This week Visa Inc added significant incremental mobile payment and banking capabilities – acquiring Fundamo, a mobile money transfer software company and announcing a five …
Mobile banking and payment: what consumers really want?
Mobile banking and payment is a recurrent theme for this blog. I have previously posted on rumours that the iPhone 5 might contain NFC technology, and mused on …
Lenders over-exposed to real estate move into TMT
I was lucky enough to chair Olswang’s semi-annual CPD catch-up day for in-house lawyers today. It was a very interesting set of talks (for those who are …
RIM and Google compete to acquire Nortel’s patents
Readers with long memories will remember Nortel’s glory days of the 1990s, when it expanded rapidly by supplying equipment on the back of significant investment in competitive telecoms …
Fujitsu announces UK FTTH roll-out to 5 million homes
In today’s connected world a lot of what passes for news is more of a rolling update – a snippet of new information that is …
Rise of social media means that successful converged services must appeal to early adopters
Today saw the launch of the sixth Olswang Convergence Survey: ‘Does it add up’. I may now be able to see rather more of the authors, …
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 …
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 …