BROWSING: m-commerce

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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! What's standing in...

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 money service M-Pesa, having hit 25.3 million users at the end of March. The carrier...

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 the increasing penetration of mobile telephony in the global unbanked population, the Amdocs Mobile Financial Services...

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 profit fell 42.1%. In a statement, América Móvil explained that depreciation and amortization charges rose...

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 announced via his preferred communication method – Twitter – that consumers who sign up for the...

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 youth of today. Twenty years ago the world was a very different place: The cold...

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 say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

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.

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

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 via desktops rose 12% year-over-year to $56.1 billion for the quarter, ComScore reported – the...

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 about trends in commerce from mobile phones (m-commerce): Pictures are certainly worth a thousand words...

With more than 17% of global internet traffic already coming through mobile devices, an increasing volume of digital entertainment and media is purchased and

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 running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems through Square’s mobile application. Verizon Wireless said...

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

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?

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 Commerce (Camara-e.net) with its members of the retail committee. Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to...

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

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

A new, potentially disruptive phenomenon called network unaffiliated virtual operators, or NUVOs, has emerged in the North American e-commerce marketplace.

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 its customers to a wide range of mobile financial services. Telefónica expects to...

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.

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. (T) and T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) are gearing up to invest at least that...

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. This week marks the start of the second half of 2011 – a perfect time...

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 billion projected users this year, the firm said tickets for transportation and entertainment are...