Mobile phones have increasingly become tools that consumers use for banking, payments, budgeting, and shopping. Given the rapid pace of developments in the area of mobile finance, the Federal Reserve Board began conducting annual surveys of consumers’ use of mobile financial services in 2011. This 78-page report, “Consumers and Mobile Financial Services” (March, 2015) examines trends in the adoption and use of mobile banking, payments, and shopping behavior and how the emergence of mobile financial services affects consumers’ interaction with financial institutions.
4G World Asia Call for Papers
4G World is launching the first ever 4G WORLD ASIA, set for April 17-19, 2012, at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore.
4G World is the only conference and expo focused exclusively on the next-generation trends and technologies fueling growth across mobile network connections, advanced devices, applications and content.
4G World has announced a call for papers for 4G WORLD ASIA. Prospective speakers are invited to submit proposals by Monday, Oct. 31. The organization is seeking papers describing original ideas, groundbreaking results and/or quantified network/system experiences. In particular, they encourage submissions that highlight real-world deployments, new application domains, innovative system and solution designs, and new approaches to customer experience, business models and monetization of networks.
Submission process
Proposals for the call for papers must be submitted electronically on the 4G WORLD ASIA Web site.
Best of 4G Awards Nomination Deadline Extended
The Best of 4G Awards nomination deadline has been extended to Sept. 16, 2011
Do you have a product, service or network innovation worthy of recognition? 4G World invites you to submit a nomination today.
The Best of 4G Awards recognize the best of the best within the wireless and mobile supply ecosystem.
The awards are open to all. Final selection of winners will be made by an independent award selection committee and a special Best in Show at 4G World Award will be voted on by conference attendees. Winners will be announced at the 4G World Meet the Press & VIP Party on Oct. 24, 2011.
This year’s award categories are:
- BEST NEW MOBILE DEVICE
- MOST INNOVATIVE NETWORK DEPLOYMENT
- MOST INNOVATIVE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
- BEST MOBILE APPLICATION FOR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET
- BEST USER EXPERIENCE FOR MOBILE
- BEST MOBILE COMMERCE SOLUTION
- BEST OVERALL INNOVATION IN MOBILE
- BEST IN SHOW
To enter or learn more about the categories, visit: 4G World Awards Submission
Award submissions close Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Source: 4G World
Best of 4G World Awards 2011 Call for Submissions
Yankee Group today opened the call for submissions to its 2011 Best of 4G World Awards. Open to any company, the awards recognize the best companies, products and innovations within the wireless and mobile supply ecosystem. The final selection of winners will be made by an independent committee and will be announced at the Meet the Press & VIP Party for 4G World 2011 on Oct. 24 in Chicago, IL. [Read more…]