Billing & Payments
A funny thing happened on the way to the Tomorrow’s Transactions Forum. I arrived in good time (it’s always best to add on a few minutes to give yourself time to buy a ticket) for the 7.39 Flying Glacier to Waterloo via Misery and Degradation. Hurrah!When I got into the ticket hall I discovered that […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Digital money transfer companies including PayPal Holdings are rushing to grab a share of Australia’s $35 billion remittance market, hoping to plug a vacuum left by the major domestic banks’ exit from the space last year. U.S.-listed PayPal intends to roll out its online remitting platform Xoom into Australia soon, senior executives […]
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright told the BBC that he was the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin, but some skepticism remained about the identity of a person who until now has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. The BBC reported on Monday that Wright gave some technical proof demonstrating that […]
Among many interesting discussions at the ETIS BRM meeting last week, one stood out. The average age of the attendees was hovering around 40, possibly more, until three students and one young exec arrived to discuss how they use communications now, and how they will use it in the future. It was a myth busting […]
It is interesting to note that when it comes to customer scoring of mobile phone companies in the UK, those that have no network come out top. In a recent Ofcom survey, GiffGaff comes out top with 79 percent, four stars for customer service and five stars for value for money. Vodafone, on the other […]
Amongst all the hype and general hoohah surrounding NFV, VNS and every other acronym to do with virtualisation, we decided to catch up with Openet’s Technical Director, Gerry Donohoe (GD) to find out what is actually going on. DisruptiveViews (DV): When we spoke with Niall Norton not so long ago, he said that you haven’t […]
BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) – Tomorrow’s cars will be all-electric, self-driving, connected to high-speed communications networks … and free. And probably Chinese. That, at least, is the vision of Jia Yueting, a billionaire entrepreneur and one of a new breed of Chinese who see their technology expertise re-engineering the automobile industry, and usurping Tesla Motors, a U.S. […]
Recently I caught up with the team behind Kerv, the contactless payment ring. Kerv has taken an innovative approach to contactless payments by creating a product that is both convenient and robust. Consumer interest in Kerv has been huge – the Kickstarter campaign was over-subscribed and preorders have been significant. Initially I will admit I […]
I have been harping on for years – many years – that the terms BSS and OSS are defunct and should be replaced with something far more generic like MMB – Money Making Bits. You may well laugh but BSS (business support systems) and OSS (operational support systems) are leftovers from a bygone era when […]
A few days’ holiday in the Dominican Republic have landed an Avignon (France) estate agent with a bill for nearly €78,000 roaming charges – and seen his telecoms operator, Bouygues, cut his business phone lines. In an article published in Connexion (France’s English Language Newspaper), Vincent Lahousse claimed he and his family had not made any calls, […]
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