Perhaps related to this bit of information from the GigaOM article (link: http://gigaom.com/2011/09/19/google-wallet-goes-live-with-nfc-payments/ http://gigaom.

Perhaps related to this bit of information from the GigaOM article (link: http://gigaom.com/2011/09/19/google-wallet-goes-live-with-nfc-payments/ http://gigaom.com/2011/09/19/google-wallet-goes-live-with-nf...): Isis, a rival NFC payment system led by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile is also preparing to launch early next year.