'Mobile Payments Making Progress in North America' is the Essential Guide for Any Company Considering Offering Mobile Payments and Mobile Financial Services.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79207) has announced the addition of "Mobile Payments Making Progress in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. " to their offering. Using mobile handsets to accomplish financial transactions and purchases is starting to appear as something inevitable in the worldwide marketplace. However, we do not believe that 2008 will be the year of mobile payments. It may not even qualify as the year of trials of mobile payments; However, there is evidence that the US market may overcome a crucial issue: technology incompatibility, and make progress toward contactless payments using cellphones. The key enabling technology will be near field communications Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station. (NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference ) chips deployed into handsets as well as in merchant payment terminals. This report includes a review of recent progress in deployment of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. in cellphones and includes brief profiles of many of the companies involved with bringing those services to the market, particularly in the US. This report is important for any company considering offering mobile payments and mobile financial services including operators, handset vendors, application developers, and semiconductor makers. Content Outline: Executive Summary Introduction It's Working in Japan Conditions in the US May Be Improving There Have Been Failures The Vision for Mobile Wallet Contactless Payments Expanded Shopping and Purchases Mobile Banking and Transactions Content Discovery and Other Functions Identification Personal Payments, Transfers, and Remittances Companies, Practitioners, and Initiatives Mobile Operators SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis A tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization. , Mobile Operators Trusted Service Manager/Application Provider SWOT Analysis, Trusted Service Manager/Application Providers Hardware and Semiconductor Vendors SWOT Analysis - NFC Hardware and Semiconductor Vendors Merchants Industry Groups Global Mobile Money Transfer (GSM Association (GSM Association, Dublin, Ireland, www.gsmworld.com) A membership association founded in 1987 that promotes the development and evolution of the GSM communications standard worldwide. ) Pay-Buy-Mobile (GSM Association) Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Transactions Conclusions and Forecasts? M-Commerce in the US Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats The Missing Link? Who Gets Paid? Other Issues Forecast Mobile Financial Services (including Contactless Payments) Forecast?North America Contactless (NFC) Payment Forecast? North America Methodology End-User Survey Industry Research Related Reports List of Tables List of Figures Companies Mentioned: - AT&T Mobility - Cellular South - ClairMail - Firethorn firethorn: see pyracantha. Holdings - INSIDE Contactless - KDDI - mFoundry - Moversa - mPoria - NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. - Obopay - PayPal - Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind - Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. (US) - ViVOTech For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79207 |
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