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Pilot in Indonesia Will Be Popular, But BlackBerry Must Consider Next Step
Last week the commercial pilot of BlackBerry's BBM Money launched in Indonesia. The service allows BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) users to make person-to-person payments in a similar way to the M-Pesa service in Kenya. Users can open BBM, select a BBM contact and trans... Read more

Participation in Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative Gives Chinese Player Greater Coverage
Earlier this month Microsoft launched the 4Afrika Initiative. The software company aims to invest $74 million over the next three years to support economic development in Africa. As part of the project Huawei has released a budget Windows Phone 8 device ... Read more

Easier Creation of Basic Apps Raises the Challenge of Search and Discovery
Recently I attended the BlackBerry Jam developer conference in Amsterdam. This event saw over 1,000 of the top BlackBerry developers in Europe getting together to learn about the new BlackBerry 10 platform and tools.
If I'm honest I had pretty low expectatio... Read more

Comparison Reveals SFR Tariff More Expensive than UK Rivals
A recent comment by the CEO of French operator SFR took me by surprise. Stephane Roussel said that mobile tariffs in France were becoming "dangerously low". He claimed that employment and investment in the country were threatened by recent trends.
There's no doubt that the... Read more

Despite the Challenges Facing This Market, Digital Payments Have an Assured Future
Last week I attended a mobile payments conference at Canaccord Genuity, an investment bank. Other attendees included telecom and technology companies such as O2, Bango and Monitise, as well as other investment banks.
Most of the issues discussed at t... Read more