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About Anita Karve
Anita is a writer and editor with 20 years of experience covering just about everything in the technology space with a focus on computer networking and telecommunications. She was managing editor of Billing & OSS World magazine and technology editor at Network magazine and most recently was in charge of newsletter coverage at TM Forum.
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Personalized shopping reaches out to touch you

January 29, 2015 Anita Karve 0

Just a decade ago, personal shoppers were considered a luxury reserved for rich old ladies or busy executives who didn’t have time to go to a store or who wanted the red carpet treatment when […]

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Is sponsored data dead in the water?

January 21, 2015 Anita Karve 1

Mobile operators are famous for coming up with new and interesting business models and schemes to try to siphon customers away from the competition. T-Mobile’s ‘Uncarrier’ initiative is a great example, as is Sprint’s seemingly […]

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Payments warranty for merchants – clever!

January 14, 2015 Anita Karve 0

Hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear about some kind of credit card breach. While larger retail chains may be in a better position to deal with a drop in business after a […]

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Two sides of the mobile commerce coin

January 8, 2015 Anita Karve 0

As we’ve recently predicted right here in these pages, 2015 will finally be the year of mobile payments. We’re certainly seeing more mobile payment options and easier methods to make payments, and there are a […]

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Another reason to leave your wallet at home

December 23, 2014 Anita Karve 0

The next time you get pulled over by a cop for a traffic violation – which we hope isn’t a common occurrence – you may be showing the officer your driver’s license from your smartphone […]

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Google plays well with direct operator billing

December 18, 2014 Anita Karve 0

When you hear the name Google, many things come to mind. It could be the ubiquitous search engine, Android mobile phones, cloud applications and services or even that less-than-stellar movie The Internship. And now you […]

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Bill shock knows no boundaries

December 11, 2014 Anita Karve 0

If your credit card is stolen, you’re generally not responsible for errant charges even if they took place prior to when you reported your card missing. However, that courtesy doesn’t appear to extend to mobile […]

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A bank that pays its customers

December 4, 2014 Anita Karve 1

How many banks do you know that share their massive profits with their customers? None? Well now we can add one to that lonely list. Tigo Pesa, a mobile money service of Tanzanian operator Tigo, […]

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The next generation of MVNOs shakes things up

November 26, 2014 Anita Karve 0

Not so long ago, MVNOs were all the rage. Everyone from 7-Eleven and Circle-K convenience stores to Disney and ESPN jumped on the bandwagon along with dozens of other brands both big and small. Many […]

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Retailers look for a beacon this holiday season

November 13, 2014 Anita Karve 0

Halloween was a couple of weeks ago, and that can mean only one thing: The holiday shopping season is now upon us! Holiday lights, decorations and gifts have already been spotted on the shelves of […]

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Recent Posts

  • Turns out analytics is the answer January 30, 2015
  • Personalized shopping reaches out to touch you January 29, 2015
  • Be afraid, its Data Protection Day January 28, 2015
  • Shopping today? It’s a blur January 27, 2015
  • India turns to corner shops, mobile phones for banking revolution January 27, 2015

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