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The next step in their NFC payment project.

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Weekly 11.18

Touches on the potential of the iPhone 5 to have NFC and how that will popularize NFC in Europe since there is no carrier exclusivity there. Since AT&T/Verizon have iPhone now, could see something similar take place in the US.

This could cause a major decline in traffic to carrier stores

T-mobile and Sprint are not locking the SIM's

The number of AT&T's iPhone customers leaving for Verizon Wireless since the rival operator started selling the smartphone last month has been "within expectations," said AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega at an investor conference yesterday.

Take Verizon to that announcement!

At the YouTube Space London (also at King's Cross), popular YouTube celebs can already record and edit their videos. The new "gift shop" will allow them to sell their merchandise, such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, videos, mugs, books, etc. YouTube - which is owned by Google - hopes the Creator Store will help educate YouTubers about licensing their own products and brand. The 20,000-square-foot YouTube Space London houses three recording studios, state-of-the-art camera and video equipment and 4K screening facilities.

Social spotlight? - video web series again, but done by AT&T

The company plans to spur the development of apps that will help improve the state of education, and is planning an education-centric "hackathon" contest in June to find the smartest apps. The idea is to bring the Internet, video, social media, and the concept of "gamification" to the learning proce

But in the last several months, AT&T has been reducing the number and length of calls to its call centers by relying on so-called smart videos from New York City-based SundaySky. The videos are personalized tutorials that are built on the fly using pre-scripted clips mixed with the subscriber's own data. The system works off a video template that incorporates visual elements, narration and integrated information from a user's account. Users end up seeing a video bill that addresses them, acknowledges their recent account activity and leads them through their biggest billing questions.

Ouch, not even an extra $50 could convince Blackberry owners to get another Blackberry.

Credit to Mr. Jerry Hudson.

Media consolidation, just in time for media disintermediation.

An overview of the milestone that non-human objects came online with AT&T and Verizon in greater numbers last quarter than new human subscribers did. Includes an overview of what this means for consumers.

AT&T broadband users will soon face a cap on the amount of internet data they can download a month.