Digital wallet mavens were abuzz Tuesday with the story that,out of nowhere, Verizon Wireless has told Google to delete itsWalletfrom the Google Nexussmartphone (via Samsung) that is coming soon to Verizon.
|The terse, confirming email from Google's media relationsdepartment to Credit Union Times reads thusly: “We'regoing with a simple statement of 'Verizon asked us not to includethis functionality in the product.'”
|For its part, Verizon Wireless told the WallStreetJournalitis “still negotiating” whether Wallet – the underpinning ofGoogle's mobile commerce strategy – will be permitted on the phonesthat run on its network.
|Verizon is allied with competing carriers AT&T and T-Mobilein building out the Isismobile wallet network, a product that directly competes with GoogleWallet.
|Verizon is the leading cellphone carrier in the U.S. Third-partyexperts believe that if it persists in blocking Wallet the absencefrom the Verizon network will be a significant impediment to wideadoption of the Google m-commerce tool set.
|The dispute also highlights the jousting of players for bothmind- and revenue-share as the m-commerce landscape begins to takeclearer shape.
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