Mobile payments just hitting the starting line, says Rogers

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Developments in the mobile payments space have been slow and ongoing for a number of years but those efforts are beginning to bear some fruit, said vice-president of emerging business at Rogers Communications Inc. David Robinson.However, he cautioned, there is still work to do. Speaking at the 2010 Mobile Money Forum in Ottawa last week, the Rogers’ executive talked about the Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative and how efforts among a large number of international mobile operators, handset makers and the Global Mobile System Association (GSMA) are making headway. In a nutshell, the initiative is trying to combine the large payment...