Mobile Payments: Markets, Analysis And Forecast 2008-2013

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 09, 2009 -
San Francisco, CA and London, UK;
Article Source: http://www.visiongain.com/Report.aspx?rid=354

The technology available on mobile phones has rapidly evolved over the past few years. The mobile phone is now becoming an "essential life management tool" for users. Alongside the mobile Web and mobile multimedia, mobile payment, also called M-payment or mpayment, lies at the forefront of this technological innovation and development. Mobile phones, which are in greater number in the market than any other device, can now be used as a channel to advertise, sell and buy products and services. The options to purchase goods and services, which previously were available on the internet, are now being made accessible on mobile phones. This has opened a window of opportunities for both businesses and consumers. Mobile banking, mobile money transfer, mobile trading, mobile commerce, advertising and marketing, location based advertising and mapping services, and information and news services are some of the areas to lead significant growth in the mobile payments market.

All the stakeholders: mobile phone operators, developers and manufactures of payment systems, regulatory and standardisation bodies and services providers are now working together to make mobile payments a commercial success in the near future. They are hopeful of the fact that market will gain mass popularity and reach 'critical' mass. The latest studies/trials of mobile payment technologies at mass market scale have increased prospects for mobile payment applications in more areas pointing to faster growth in the future.

Why you should buy this report:
By reading this well over 100-page report you will understand all of the exciting opportunities that will be available to increase your revenues and brand awareness. As you would note in the Table of Contents attached here that the Mobile payments: markets, analysis and forecast, 2008-2013 report is aimed to answer all the possible questions. For example:

• What is a mobile payment, and what are the available technologies, methods and possible applications of the mobile payments?
• What are the main markets of mobile payments?
• What are the areas of attractive or potentially higher applications of mobile payments?
• Who are the main players in m-payments and what are they doing?
• How the market is expected to shape in the future?
• Which are the possible areas of higher revenue/financial gains for stakeholders?
• What are the latest/major developments in mobile payments industry over the span of a year or so?
• Where the mobile payments market is expected to be in the next five years?

Who should buy this report?
Directors, VP and Senior managers at business such as:
• Mobile/ Cellular carriers and operators
• Banks and credit card companies
• Financial services providers
• Handset manufacturers
• Mobile handset security providers
• M-ticketing providers
• Brands looking to tap into the mobile audience

Companies Listed
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7-Eleven
A1 Bank
Abbey Group
Agilent
Alliance & Leicester
Alltel
Amadeus
American Express
America Online
AOL
Arby’s
AT&T
au
AuthenTec
Barclays
BancorpSouth
Bank of America
Banksys
Base
BB&T
Bharti Telesoft
Boater’s World
Bouygues Telecom
British Airways
Broadcom
Bull Hungary
Burger King
Cellfire
CheckFree
Chiltern Railways
China Mobile
Citi
Citizen’s Bank
Coca-Cola
Columbia Card Services
Comerica
Compaq
Cricket
CrossCheck
CSAM
CVS/Caremark
Danal
Deloitte & Touche
Deutsche Bank
Diners Club
Dolby
dotMobi
eBay
Ecrio
Extended Systems
Firethorn
First Direct
First National Bank (FNB)
Fornax
France Telecom
Fraunhofer FOKUS
Frontier Economics
Garanti Bank
Gemalto
Globe Telecom
Google
Grameen Bank
Groupe d'Economie Mondiale
GTECH
Harex InfoTech
HBOS
Helio
Hewlett-Packard
Hitachi
Hong Kong CSL
HSBC
IDTechEx
In2M
Infineon
Ingenico
Intrasoft
IST
JCB
JPMorgan Chase
KALL
KDDI
Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank (Commercial and Credit Bank Hungary)
KeyBank
KPN
KTF
Kyocera
LaSalle Bank
LG Electronics
Libri
LINK
Link Evolution
Lloyds TSB
MasterCard
Maxis Communications
MBlox
MBNA
Mcdonald’s
MCI
Meijer
Mellon
mFoundry
Microsoft
Mitsubishi-Tokyo-UFJ
Mizuho Bank
MoBeam
Mobilkom Austria
MobiPay
Money Gram
Monitise
Morgan Stanley
Motorola
Movistar
MP3NY
M-Pesa
MTC-Vodafone
MTN
National Bank of Kuwait
National City
NatWest
NEC
New Bank (Shinginko)
Nokia
Nova Bank
Novalog
NTT DoCoMo
NXP Semiconductors
O2
Obopay
OneBip
Oracle
Orange
Oyster
Palm
Panasonic
Pantech
PayCircle
PayForIt
PayPal
Personal Solutions
Piraeus Bank
PNC
Profitrade
QUALCOMM
Raiffeisen Bank
Regal Entertainment
Regions Financial
Ritz Camera
Rogers Wireless
Safaricom
SafePay Systems
Safeway
Samsung
SFR
Sheetz
SimPay
SingTel
SK Telecom
Smart Communications
Smart SMS
Societe Generale
Softbank
Sony
Sprint Nextel
SSB
Starbucks
Suica
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank
SunTrust
Symbian
Telecom Italia (TIM)
Telefonica Moviles Espama
Telenor
TeliaSonera
Tesco
Texas Instruments
TextPayMe
T-Mobile
Toshiba TEC
Turkcell
Unify Media Group
US Bank
Valista
VH-1
Virgin
Verifone
Verizon
Verrus
Vimpelcom
Visa
ViVOtech
Vodafone
Vodafone-Panafon
Wachovia
Walgreen
Wawa
Wells Fargo
Westel Mobil
Western Union
w-HA
Wikipedia
Wind
WIT-Software
Xringer
YourRail
Zagat
ZiLOG

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