O2 (UK) sale units, and with handset manufacturers, such as Apple and Samsung, to enable NFC technology on all future devices. On 23 February 2011, O2 announced it would launch a "second phase" for O2 Money, by discontinuing its branded cash cards in favour of a "mobile wallet" application for Android and iOS devices. The application would use NFC technology embedded in a phone to access money. It was announced on 9 January 2014 that the O2 wallet service would close on 31 March 2014. The BT Cellnet consumer brand was renamed O – the chemical symbol for an oxygen molecule –
Webline Communications Webline Communications Webline Communications was a contact management company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on September 22, 1999. Webline Communications was founded by Pasha Roberts and Firdaus Bhathena when they were students at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge MA. Pasha, Firdaus and Webline won the prestigious MIT 50K Entrepreneurial Business contest which provided seed money to begin the company. After winning this contest, Pasha put his MIT studies on hold to take full advantage of the seed money and focus on making the company financially successful. Pasha is widely credited for the