News - Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile join forces for UK mobile wallet joint ventu

[HEXUS]

An acknowledgement of the challenges ahead, but Three is excluded.

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[cameronlite]

In the near future, people will now start leaving their wallet at home, and in the mid term their keys may also be integrated into their mobile as NFC allows the mobile to act as a digital access card.

Sweet!

Find a phone, gain a bank account and a car... and 10% of coffee at Starbucks.

[Brewster0101]

Interesting, considering all the negative comments abouth this idea on a recent story (last couple of days)

I am glad three are excluded from such a stupid venture. They can concentrate on actually providing a better mobile network.

I would imagine the exclusion is becasue three are annoying the other operators with their data packages. I bet market data would show alot of people moving to three from other operators because of three's more generious data allowances and less rules on how to use mobile data.

Good for three...

[crossy]

It will be interesting to see what the real story behind this exclusion is. Was Three even approached?

If they weren't, then I think there's surely a reasonable case for the regulator refusing this cartel?

I am glad three are excluded from such a stupid venture. They can concentrate on actually providing a better mobile network.

Hmm, yes, despite their recent "enhancements", my daughter's phone gets a more-reliable/stronger 3G signal than mine (T-Mobile v's Three).

I would imagine the exclusion is becasue three are annoying the other operators with their data packages. I bet market data would show alot of people moving to three from other operators because of three's more generious data allowances and less rules on how to use mobile data.

Yes, surely that's got to be their major (or only perhaps) selling point - Three are the "mobile data" company. The others (Voda, O2 and T-Mobile/Orange) just haven't caught up with the amount of data a smartphone-user needs if they're using their phone "on the hoof" a reasonable amount.
That said, I wouldn't mind better billing, better customer support, and some technical support folks would be nice.

[miniyazz]

Maybe they tried to approach Three but couldn't get through the Customer Services

[Behemoth]

Maybe they tried to approach Three but couldn't get through the Customer Services

Or if they did nobody could understand a word they were saying.

[crossy]

Maybe they tried to approach Three but couldn't get through the Customer Services

True, true - probably find that customer services offered to read their bill out and top up their account. Certainly that's what they do every time I phone them.