 Ways to ensure an accurate Network Inventory
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......
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 WorkLight, a mobile banking solutions provider, joins Mobile-Financial.com as a valued Sponsor
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 ...
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IT Transformation Programs…let the madness begin.
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......
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 5 Common Challenges in Testing a Mobile Money Transfer Solution
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 ...
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 Does anyone have a good list of international airtime top up providers?
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 ...
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Mobile Advertising Rewards - A new way for MNO's to attract subscribers?
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 ...
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 Mobile Marketing Trends: Social Network Ad Revenue to double in 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 ...
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Thoughts on BilltoMobile
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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Verizon enters the Mobile Payments Space
Verizon has just announced that it will enter the mobile payments space by offering its consumers the ability to pay for online goods and content by effectively 'billing' the items to their mobile phone account. All items purchased in this manner will appear on their post-paid phone bill, which they will pay as per current processes. Verizon is offering the service through Danal Inc's BilltoMobile payment service, providing Verizon's customers with immediate access to content and goods sold through Danal's network of eCommerce merchant partners.With Verizon entering this space, providing this form of payments to their large customer base, this ...
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 OSS Metadata Management - The Right Approach
I'm often asked what is the best way that a communications company can manage their OSS metadata? There seems to be an infinite number of approaches that can be taken each with their own merits and shortcomings. Based on m......
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