"Porcelain" communications from .mobi

Esoteric title in reference to this Guardian article describing the activity to create a mobile-only TLD (.mobi): Consortium to start releasing mobile-only internet addresses. Interesting stuff. The consortium includes Microsoft, Ericsson, Nokia, T-Mobile, Vodafone . . . and a few other comparable "lightweight players." All speaks to further settlement of the mobile option for communications.

More interesting, and buried at the back of the article, is the following snip:

The news comes as another long-awaited mobile service is to finally get the green light. MobileATM, a 50-50 joint venture between IT firm Morse and the LINK cashpoint network, announces plans today to introduce mobile banking by the end of the year.

MobileATM has spent the last two years developing a simple to use service which effectively turns a mobile phone into a cashpoint machine. Although a mobile phone cannot dispense £10 notes, customers can check their bank balance and top-up pre-pay phones from their bank account through the service, by using their PIN.

Posted by Grayson at July 12, 2005 07:51 AM