Mobile payments and mobile commerce have been voted the top 2 breakthrough categories in mobile this year for the second year running, according to a Chetan Sharma survey released in January 2011. Respondents believe that financial institutions such as Visa will drive the payments and commerce space, with operators, startups, and Google also influential.
Rounding out the top 5 projected breakthrough categories are mobile health, mobile enterprise, and near field communication (NFC), each of which were cited by roughly one-quarter of respondents. (more…)