Telefónica
The Project Haiku concept, which was presented at last month’s Mobile World Congress, allows users to add mobile capabilities such as localization, images, music, recordings, video, micro-payments, etc, to micro-services. The idea is to allow users to create and publish a small app that takes advantage of the carrier’s network and pay processing capabilities.
Telefónica said Project Haiku will enhance real-time interaction between users and allow them to make micro-payments to each other. The movistar micro-service is being developed by Telefónica R+D, in collaboration with
Telefónica España.
Examples of possible micro-services include personal ads and ads for geolocalized professionals (e.g. an English teacher offering private classes in a specific area) or interactive online messaging (e.g. attaching comments to a photo published on a micro-service), all allowing micropayments to be made between users.
Telefónica will carry out a pilot test with movistar customers in 2010.http://http://