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BlackBerry may find the success it needs in the mobile commerce space

BlackBerry has been having a difficult time finding traction in a changing business environment recently. The BlackBerry platform has been failing to attract consumers for some time, largely due to the difficulties associated with competing with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone platforms. In order to remain somewhat relevant, BlackBerry has been focusing more heavily on enterprise services, but this has only provided the company with a modest degree of success. Now, BlackBerry is turning to mobile payments in order to stay afloat.

EnStream and BlackBerry will work to promote mobile commerce among mobile consumers and banks

BlackBerry has entered into a three-year partnership with EnStream, a mobile commerce firm. Together, the two organizations will form a joint venture that will focus on providing secure financial services to consumers and banks. These services will primarily deal in the transfer of credit card information from a mobile device. EnStream will be using BlackBerry’s backend infrastructure in order to allow banks and other organizations to conduct NFC-based mobile transactions.

Mobile commerce competition is quite fierce and BlackBerry may not be able to keep up

The mobile commerce space is currently rife with competition and BlackBerry may find it difficult to keep up with an ever evolving market. There are a large number of mobile commerce firms competition with one another for the attention of consumers, and smaller organizations are being pushed out of the market by their larger counterparts. While BlackBerry has won favor within the enterprise sector, whether or not the platform is suitable for mobile commerce is currently unknown. Enterprise clients may not be willing to use BlackBerry for mobile payments, but other consumers may.

Mobile payments may be BlackBerry’s last and best chance to find success

Mobile commerce may be the last chance for BlackBerry to find success. The company has been facing monumental problems that have been very difficult to overcome in recent years. Without finding some sector in which to thrive, BlackBerry may eventually become something of the past, replaced by other platforms that have managed to find more success with consumers.

The mobile commerce sector may yield the next multi-billion dollar startup.

These startups are somewhat rare, but tend to emerge in technology fields that are rife with competition yet have a great deal of consumer activity. There have been numerous mobile applications that have proven to be quite valuable over the years, and some of these apps are very simply in their offering of particular services and features. The mobile commerce space is currently filled with skilled developers and business professionals that are constantly producing innovative solutions.

Exactly what the next multi-billion dollar startup will be is difficult to say for certain. There are many factors that influence the mobile space and determine whether or not a startup will be successful. A startup can do everything in its power to comply with market trends and engage consumers successfully but still fail to find any traction in the mobile world. Startups that ignore market trends can sometimes find significant degrees of success as well. There is no decisive formula to follow when working to succeed in the mobile commerce world.

Because there is currently an extreme level of competition in the mobile commerce space, there is a great deal of potential for this sector to produce the next massively successful startup. Innovation thrives in competition and innovative startups are often rewarded with consumer attention. Large companies, like Facebook and Google, are often on the lookout for startups that are creating something new and engaging. These large companies tend to either invest in these startups or acquire them outright.

It could be years before a massively successful startup emerges in the mobile commerce world. Many startups are finding it difficult to overcome the security issues that are related to mobile payments. These organizations are also falling prey to other problems, including NFC technology failing to generate traction with some consumers and businesses, as well as growing tensions with larger organizations t hat are working to establish dominance in the mobile space.