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May 16, 2013 06:28 pm GMT
Google sadly scrapped its plans to introduce a plastic “universal” credit card that works at point-of-sale as a way to use its Google Wallet service out in the real world, but the company has not given up on its NFC-powered payments solution just. The company announced Wednesday evening the Google Wallet app now works on more phones: theSamsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC One on Sprint, and the Samsung Galaxy Note II on US Cellular. As you may have noticed, there’s a looming problem with Google Wallet. And no, it’s not international support – it’s that Google still can’t roll the app out across the U.S. Of the big four mobile carriers here, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile, all but Sprint are backing a competing NFC-based payments initiative called Isis. Though this program is only in pilot trials in Austin and Salt Lake City, it’s clear the carriers are hoping to delay and impede progress ofcompetitivesolutions when they can, using regulatory red tape and any other legal loopholes they can find. In Verizon’s case, the company skirted around the FCC’s 2012 decreewhich said it couldn’t block applications from download, with a few exceptions. (Initially, the carrier blocked the installation of the application from Google Play entirely). According to Verizon, the secure element being used in Google Wallet is the issue. The carrier told the FCC the fact that the app requires integration with the secure element on the device – something that makes is different from other m-commerce apps like Square or PayPal. And this is a “secure and proprietary piece of hardware,” that’s “fundamentally separate from the device’s basic communications functions or its operating system,” said Verizon. “Verizon has a straightforward process under which Google or others could launch devices on Verizon’s network with Google Wallet include,” Verizon respondedat the time of the FCC inquiry. In a sense, the carrier is positioning the Google Wallet app as something that requires additional oversight and control because of the way it integrates with phone hardware. Nevermind that the Verizon-backed Isis solution works in almost exactly the same way. (More on that here- specifically, see the amended complaint the site links to for a discussion of technical issues). So Google Wallet’s app continues to be non-functional on Verizon today. Meanwhile, other carriers like T-Mobile don’t even seem to be bothering to try and hide the fact that they’re actively
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Google Wallet Rolls Out To More Devices Nope, Still No Love For Verizon, AT&T Or T-Mobile Owners
Google sadly scrapped its plans to introduce a plastic “universal” credit card that works at point-of-sale as a way to use its Google Wallet service out in the real world, but the company has not given up on its NFC-powered payments solution just. The company announced Wednesday evening the Google Wallet app now works on more phones: theSamsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC One on Sprint, and the Samsung Galaxy Note II on US Cellular. As you may have noticed, there’s a looming problem with Google Wallet. And no, it’s not international support – it’s that Google still can’t roll the app out across the U.S. Of the big four mobile carriers here, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile, all but Sprint are backing a competing NFC-based payments initiative called Isis. Though this program is only in pilot trials in Austin and Salt Lake City, it’s clear the carriers are hoping to delay and impede progress ofcompetitivesolutions when they can, using regulatory red tape and any other legal loopholes they can find. In Verizon’s case, the company skirted around the FCC’s 2012 decreewhich said it couldn’t block applications from download, with a few exceptions. (Initially, the carrier blocked the installation of the application from Google Play entirely). According to Verizon, the secure element being used in Google Wallet is the issue. The carrier told the FCC the fact that the app requires integration with the secure element on the device – something that makes is different from other m-commerce apps like Square or PayPal. And this is a “secure and proprietary piece of hardware,” that’s “fundamentally separate from the device’s basic communications functions or its operating system,” said Verizon. “Verizon has a straightforward process under which Google or others could launch devices on Verizon’s network with Google Wallet include,” Verizon respondedat the time of the FCC inquiry. In a sense, the carrier is positioning the Google Wallet app as something that requires additional oversight and control because of the way it integrates with phone hardware. Nevermind that the Verizon-backed Isis solution works in almost exactly the same way. (More on that here- specifically, see the amended complaint the site links to for a discussion of technical issues). So Google Wallet’s app continues to be non-functional on Verizon today. Meanwhile, other carriers like T-Mobile don’t even seem to be bothering to try and hide the fact that they’re activelyOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3KxgMgkbNG8/
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