Making the News

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Mobile commerce is by no means a new phenomenon; it’s been around for the last decade. Until recently, however, mobile commerce for many was more a concept than an actual reality.

Approximately 1-in-5 holiday shoppers in the US will be using their mobile phone to either purchase sales items online or find discounts from their favorite brands

Over one in ten sales shoppers set to avoid the crowds this year by shopping on their mobiles

14 percent will be using their mobile phone to either purchase sales items online or find discounts from their favourite brands

With mobile commerce certainly being looked upon by mainy retailers as the place to be as high street footfall decreases, Andrew Dark, CEO of mobile business company mBlox discusses the opportunities that mobile commerce will provide.Mobile commerce comes of age.

Offers SMS payments and streamlined credit/debit card billing on a mobile browsing session.

MEF, the global trade body for the mobile media industry with a dedicated focus on mobile commerce, and ASC X9, the US technical group that develops financial industry standards, today announced that they will work together with industry leaders to develop privacy and security standards for M-commerce.

mBlox aims to help brands make apps configured to user's location, network connection, battery life and more.

Kate Mitchell, the head of the National Venture Capital Association, points to mBlox as a company that's designed to cash in on the growing amount of mobile activity.

At the MEF Connects @ MWC party in Barcelona, Mobile Industry Review managed to get some time with Andrew Dark, CEO of mobile transaction network mBlox.

mBlox has announced that it successfully delivered over 4.4 billion application-to-person transactions in 2010, which represents almost a billion more transactions than the previous year. Globally, the company processed 26 per cent more transactions than in 2009. Furthermore, mobile transaction revenue across Europe grew by 12 per cent in comparison to the previous year.

mBlox, Raileasy and Concept Data Partner on Rail Ticketing Mobile

mBlox and Frudoo Partner for Charity Shortcode Initiative

mBlox has conducted a study into the types of mobile services offered by UK banks and credit card providers and is said to have found a gap in the range of mobile services currently available to consumers

Mobile banking is increasingly gaining foothold in the US and UK markets surpassing both branch and telephone banking in terms of popularity, according to a consumer research released by mobile transaction network mBlox

mBlox is proud to have been shortlisted for a Contactless Intelligence Monkey Award, in the transportation category, for its unique achievement with Arriva busses in the UK.

Ovum attended mBlox's m-ticketing seminar, held on 9 March 2010.

In 2009, mBlox successfully processed over 3.5 billion application-to-person transactions which is 46% up from the previous year.  

Mobile phones will become the new tickets to ride for Arriva bus customers