Vizzavi: left to sink or swim

In the short term, the mobile portal will suffer. Its share of airtime revenues will fall from 50% to just 5%. However, if it can significantly increase uptake of premium mobile services, it will reap more of the profits. In effect, Vodafone and Vivendi are taking away their protective cushion from Vizzavi, leaving it to flourish or perish on its own merits.

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Vivendi: polishing up its telecoms operations

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Vivendi/News Corp: the set-top box market is not enough

The battle almost sounds like a Bond movie. But its target is very real: the vast market for pay-TV set-top boxes. It's impossible to predict the outcome just yet, but one thing is clear: people will not trust interactive TV services until their security is improved. The media industry needs to learn the latest security techniques from other IT sectors.

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Visa and DeviceFidelity partner to bring mobile payments one step closer

Visa and DeviceFidelity have announced plans to launch an NFC-capable microSD memory card for use in mobile phones, effectively turning them into contactless payment devices. Although Visa's involvement makes this new device a much stronger proposition than previous offerings, perennial issues such as competing technologies, revenue models and consumer acceptance must still be tackled.

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Virus protection: epidemic shows vendors are failing

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Viag Interkom: consumer GPRS isn't worth the hype

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Verizon/Lucent: it's good, but it's not 3G

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Verizon Wireless: no limits on data

As well as rolling out its Express Network to 29 new markets, Verizon has also become the first US mobile carrier to implement a flat-rate data transmission pricing model. But while Verizon's first-mover status may allow it to take the lead in the mobile data space, it will soon face strong competition from other carriers' next generation networks.

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Utilities: mCommerce meter reading cuts costs

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US gets serious on cyber-terrorism

The US government is carrying out its war on terrorism on many fronts. One of the latest initiatives is the Bush administration's Cyber Security Research and Development Act, which earmarks $900 million for IT security research. Datamonitor's Ian Williams investigates what the money will do for the online community - and for the IT security industry.

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