Isis, a joint venture of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has debuted its long-awaited mobile wallet initiative in Austin and Salt Lake City. It joins a number of other initiatives — Square and Google Wallet, to cite just two examples — competing in the nascent mobile payments industry. Whether Isis will gain more traction than they have, however, remains to be seen. Consumers who want to try out Isis must first get a secure element SIM, which is available in the three mobile service providers’ stores in the two cities. The SIM works with 11 handsets.
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Isis Tiptoes Into Chilly Mobile Payments Water
Posted by: Erika Morphy October 22, 2012 11:59 AMIsis, a joint venture of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has debuted its long-awaited mobile wallet initiative in Austin and Salt Lake City. It joins a number of other initiatives — Square and Google Wallet, to cite just two examples — competing in the nascent mobile payments industry. Whether Isis will gain more traction than they have, however, remains to be seen. Consumers who want to try out Isis must first get a secure element SIM, which is available in the three mobile service providers’ stores in the two cities. The SIM works with 11 handsets.