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In a significant step toward its goal of providing the world’s most complete and flexible mobile commerce service, Ericsson today announced a partnership with Eurogiro that will allow more than 60 major banking groups and postal organizations worldwide to transact across Ericsson’s M-Commerce Interconnect service. This partnership adds global reach and flexibility to Ericsson’s m-commerce solutions.

Simply put, M-Commerce gives those without bank accounts access to a new world of goods and services, and allows those who do have bank accounts to safely and securely control their finances while on the move.

A new ConsumerLab report looks at a phenomenon best described as in-line shopping which merges in-store and online shopping.

More than a third of the world’s population has no access to bank services. However, 5 billion people have a mobile-phone subscription. An m-commerce ecosystem can bridge the gap, bank the unbanked and under-banked, and bring together all relevant stakeholders to provide financial services via the mobile device.

The mobile phone brought a new dimension to the economic life of Sub-Saharan Africa. A new ConsumerLab report examines how this dynamic region is embracing a new generation of m-commerce services.

The communications industry is in a state of transformation. People and machines have never been so seamlessly connected. The major building blocks enabling the Networked Society – broadband, mobility, and the cloud – are creating opportunities that are changing the way that many industries do business. And these opportunities bring with them a new set of challenges.

• System operated in partnership with Ericsson, TIM, Vodafone, Wind and 3 Italia
• Passengers can buy public transport tickets via text message and charge it to their mobile account
• Ericsson to provide mobile ticketing technology and systems integration services