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2 Additional Challenges in Testing a Mobile Money Transfer Solution


Anant Tailor  April 20, 2010

In response to my previous blog '5 Common Challenges in Testing a Mobile Money Transfer Solution', I received several emails about challenges and hurdles that others have encountered while performing testing of their mobile money transfer solutions. Thanks to all that took the time to share their experience! Below are 2 additional recurring themes that came out of the responses that I received. These may prove helpful to those of you who are in the heat of delivery. The first one builds upon one of my previous items, but it further illustrates the particular challenge in such a tricky integration ...

IT Transformation Programs... let the madness begin.


John McVey  April 20, 2010

  I've been involved in two (and soon possibly three) IT Transformation programs throughout my career with IT investment dollars in the billions and programs lasting many years.  IT Transformation programs are a heaven-sent for systems......

Ways to ensure an accurate Network Inventory


John McVey  April 19, 2010

I've previously blogged at length about the importance of Network Inventory Management in the OSS.  I received numerous questions and positive feedback from many...thank you. I wanted to highlight one specific comment (paraphrased) below......

WorkLight, a mobile banking solutions provider, joins Mobile-Financial.com as a valued Sponsor


Brent Ho-Young  April 16, 2010

Good day, I wanted to take a moment to say a BIG thank you to WorkLight for supporting Mobile-Finacial.com and joining our team as our Mobile Banking Sponsor for the coming month. WorkLight is a provider of online and mobile solutions to financial institutions and enterprises that need an integrated approach to interact with consumers and deliver services across multiple channels, including mobile, online, and the desktop. As Mobile-Financial.com is a free resource to the mobile financial services community, sponsors such as WorkLight ensure that we can keep the lights on and continue to bring the world of mobile financial services directly to ...

IT Transformation Programs... let the madness begin.


John McVey  April 13, 2010

  I've been involved in two (and soon possibly three) IT Transformation programs throughout my career with IT investment dollars ranging between 2 and 5 Billion USD - an absolute massive amount of money for an absolute massive amount of wor......

5 Common Challenges in Testing a Mobile Money Transfer Solution


Anant Tailor  March 31, 2010

Over the recent few weeks, I have been asked for my thoughts on some of the most common challenges or hurdles to overcome during the testing phase of a Mobile Money Transfer Solution deployment. As such, I thought that many of you would benefit from this list as well. As most of you know, a mobile money transfer solution is made up of several applications and back-office systems working together to deliver the service literally into the hands of the customer. As such, many of the testing complexities stem from this very fact; at it's most basic level, mobile money transfer ...

Does anyone have a good list of international airtime top up providers?


Long Van  March 27, 2010

 As more and more people become dependant on their mobile phones, mobile airtime is becoming more than a luxury item but rather a necessity of daily living.  This is especially true the mobile penetration rate continues to climb in developing countries in Africa, China and India.   This is phenomenon is opening up a niche market for airtime top up providers who can provide migrant workers the ability to top up airtime for their loved ones living cross borders.I was trying to search for information on which companies currently provide international airtime top ups. It was difficult to find which ...

Mobile Advertising Rewards - A new way for MNO's to attract subscribers?


Anant Tailor  March 26, 2010

A company named 'MyScreen' recently landed a deal with Latin America's largest mobile operator, America Movil to launch an advertising service with carriers in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. MyScreen provides a service that shows a full-screen mobile advertisement each time a subscriber completes a call.  The user can click on the ad to learn more or press 'End' to exit the advertisement. For viewing the ad, the subscriber will be rewarded (e.g.. 10 Free Text Messages for every ad viewed), therefore providing an incentive to view as many ads as possible.  The MyScreen platform has the ability to impose limits ...

Mobile Marketing Trends: Social Network Ad Revenue to double in 2010


Kent McNeil  March 25, 2010

The annual CTIA convention in Las Vegas is underway and as always with the CTIA many new research reports have been released.   One report from Informa has some positive data points for the future growth of mobile marketing.  According to the Informa ‘fact sheet’ mobile advertising will be a key agenda item for the CTIA conference.  Informa is forecasting that US mobile social networking alone will reach revenues of $421 million USD, marking a 50% increase. The fact sheet continues to say the U.S. mobile social networking market will continue it’s robust growth into 2013 when it is projected to breakthrough the 1 billion revenue mark. These statistics, taking with a grain ...

Thoughts on BilltoMobile


Long Van  March 24, 2010

It looks like everyone is talking about Verizon Wireless's partnership with Danal to offer BilltoMobile to it's subscribers.  I think this is a great step forward and maybe in a year or so, we would have enough data to really understanding how the American market will adopt this alternative method of payment from Verizon.  Based on the descriptions of the BilltoMobile service, here are some points that really jump out at me: -Verizon's BilltoMobile can only be used to purchased digital content from participating e-tailers. -A comprehensive list of e-tailers that accept BilltoMobile is currently not yet available. -Purchases through BilltoMobile will be ...

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Brent Ho-Young  10.22.2012
For those interested in the Royal Canadian Mint's MintChip Developer Challenge Awards Ceremony, please see below for information about tickets to the ceremony occurring this week in Toronto, Ontario.   From the MintChip Challenge:   We're releasing a limited number of tickets to the MintChip Developer Challenge Awards Ceremony. Join us for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, ...