Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: Barriers to IMing; Telecom, meet the Internet; Mobile e-commerce (it’s gonna be big!) … this week in 2000 >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Vodafone mobile money service passes 25 million mark >
Despite growth, Vodafone plans to shut down the M-Pesa service in South Africa on June 30 Vodafone Group said it recently passed 25 million active customers for its M-Pesa mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Banks, telcos target the unbanked population with new services >
The international remittance market will reach $610 million this year ORLANDO–Digital financial services will represent a huge business opportunity for banks and telecoms operators in the comings years due to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LatAm: América Móvil Q1 net profit down 40%; Colombia to auction 700 MHz >
Latin America’s largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while operating profits declined 6.6% and net …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">T-Mobile US offers $20 spiff tied to tax refunds, Mobile Money program >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
T-Mobile US is offering to put a bit of green in the pockets of consumers who are willing to let the carrier manage their finances. T-Mobile US CEO John Legere …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Generation Wireless: What’s in your Apple Wallet? >by Jeff Hawnby Jeff Hawn
Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Five ways retailers can leverage the power of mobile >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: The battle over mobile banking >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Implementation of mobile payment systems varies widely, and with the major players relying on their strengths and attempting to overcome their weaknesses, there is not yet a single business model that dominates across the globe.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Better authentication methods for mobile payment security >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Why don’t consumers wholeheartedly embrace the ease and convenience of mobile payments? Quite simply, they are worried about the security risk. That’s understandable, given that trust in the security of personal
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ComScore: Mobile commerce up 23% in first quarter >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Purchases via mobile devices grew nearly twice as fast as desktop e-commerce in the first quarter of 2014, according to ComScore’s most recent quarterly estimates of digital commerce. Digital purchases …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">M-commerce (infographic): A mobile shopper’s path to purchase >by Jarad Matulaby Jarad Matula
Citrix this week released a quarterly report detailing a variety of statistics related to the mobile industry, including statistics on application usage and e-commerce habits. This infographic was especially revealing …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Tapping into mobile app revenue with direct carrier billing >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
With more than 17% of global internet traffic already coming through mobile devices, an increasing volume of digital entertainment and media is purchased and
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon Wireless to offer Square Mobile m-commerce device >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Verizon Wireless is getting more intimately involved in the m-commerce space, announcing today plans to begin selling Square’s card reader. The carrier said the device will be compatible with smartphone’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">2013 Predictions: Mobile content and m-commerce predictions for 2013 >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, starts the new-year by unveiling its mobile predictions for the next twelve months. The international trade association is ideally placed
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">2013 Predictions: Eight far-out predictions for mobile tech in 2013 >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Gazing into our crystal ball – or crystal-ball app, rather – we’re taking a peek into what the state of mobile tech will look like a year from now. What will IT departments be focused on – or will they exist at all?
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brazil’s m-commerce doubles in 2012 >
Mobile commerce in Brazil is rising. Purchases made from tablets and smartphones doubled in 2012, reaching 10% of total e-commerce sales, according a survey conducted by the Brazilian Chamber of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Mobile financial services – Open for business anytime soon? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The leading mobile operating systems, Google Android and Apple iOS, are increasingly taking on the role of financial services platforms. Android and iOS smartphones and tablets host applications
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Top-up, remote payments, mobile banking – not NFC – are the real opportunity for m-commerce >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Most conversations today surrounding mobile payment solutions are overly focused on the opportunities promised by near field communications technology and how this functionality will transform
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Will NUVO providers disrupt m-commerce? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
A new, potentially disruptive phenomenon called network unaffiliated virtual operators, or NUVOs, has emerged in the North American e-commerce marketplace.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telefónica set to launch mobile wallet service >
Telefónica Digital tapped Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase and a SAP company, to be its global, strategic partner on providing mobile wallet services, which will be the gateway for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: M-commerce in Latin America >
Contrary to what we might have once believed, the mobile phone is the vehicle that will become the basis of all convergent channels. Before, it was thought that this main vehicle would be the TV or even the computer, but the mobile phone has won this battle — not only with its incredible growth in units but also because these small devices incorporate more tech features every day.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carriers ready $100M war chest for mobile payments venture >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
The strongest venture from within U.S. carrier ranks in m-commerce is doubling down, if you will, on its collective bet to the tune of $100 million.Verizon Wireless (VZ), AT&T Inc. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: 2012 mobile trends – mobile commerce, product ecosystems, location integration >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Payments projected to reach 2.5B users by 2015 >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
More than 2.5 billion wireless subscribers are expected to use mobile payment services by 2015, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Representing a 40% growth rate from 1.8 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">PayPal projects $3B in mobile payments this year >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
PayPal has revised its projected 2011 revenue for mobile payments for a third time this year to $3 billion. Earlier projections from the company pegged mobile revenue at $1.5 billion …