mobile network

Consumer named Verizon the mobile network of the year for the second consecutive year according to the stats given by Harris Interactive.

“Since the change in the portability of phone numbers, switching mobile phones and mobile networks is significantly easier,” said Jeni Lee Chapman, Executive Vice President of Brand and Communications Consulting with Harris Interactive.

“Verizon’s strong brand equity can have a large impact when consumers have a choice.”

China is taking actions to crack down on Android running mobile phones. The measures aim to involve network operators, target retailers and ensure that selling handsets featuring pre-installed Trojans is explicitly illegal. The authorities plan to set up a central unit to manage complaints, though it seems the scam has been going on long enough to build up considerable momentum.

This week independent researchers Nick DePetrillo and Don Bailey of iSec Partners at the Source Conference in Boston demonstrated the ways to hijack mobile network databases to find the number of most US-based cellphone users and to track virtually any GSM-enabled handset all over the world.

GlobalPlatform has created a new Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Working Group within its Systems Committee. The company explains the launch of the group by the market demand saying it will focus initial activity on specifying a standard language to facilitate communication between TSMs operating within the banking sector and mobile network operators (MNO).

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Mobile Money: Lessons from Emerging Markets" report to their offering.
In emerging markets, there are millions of active and potential mobile customers that have never had access to banking services. Mobile Network Operators are uniquely positioned to introduce the 'unbanked' to financial services, from micro-credit loans to person-to-person (P2P) transfers, remittances from migrant workers to their families at home, the potential is huge.