In this World Wide Wrap: Partnership for “smartphone on wheels”, Zinc battery promises longer life, and MS and Taiwan build cloud research centre.
By 2011, mobile banking will become more than three times more popular than traditional banking.
Mobile operators and banks must partner to deliver mobile payment services to the unbanked community, says Fundamo.
The department will make changes to the Electronic Communications Act that will give the regulator more muscle.
As the big three telcos face pressure to find growth opportunities, their shares are sliding, say analysts.
The company cracks the Orange Index for the telecoms industry.
Trust factors are still an issue when it comes to using technology to bank, a new survey reveals.
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The offering includes installation and hardware leasing fees in the monthly subscription cost.
The company aims to provide fully-converged fixed and mobile offering within two years.