m-commerce

NEW YORK-A series of diverse mobile commerce announcements show the industry is still interested in the technology, with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc., start-up Network365 and a New York candy …

TOKYO-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular Telephone plan to offer a new payment collection service where charges for purchases through participating online shopping sites are invoiced to end users …

LONDON-Alcatel said it has entered a cooperation with Vianet Group plc to ensure Vianet’s vOpen telemetry platform is interoperable with Alcatel’s mPayment application solution. The companies said they will provide …

DALLAS-Nokia Corp. announced it is continuing its mobile-commerce trial with credit card company MasterCard International through a new trial in Nokia’s home base of Irving, Texas. The market trial will …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Mobile Payment Forum, a standards group devoted to mobile commerce that includes many of the world’s biggest credit card companies, announced it will expand into new areas including …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-With as many as six mobile payment “standards” competing to gain acceptance, four European mobile operators have clubbed together in an attempt to agree on a clearinghouse mechanism …

LONDON-European mobile operators Orange, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile AG and Vodafone Group plc signed an agreement to form a new Mobile Payment Services Association designed to deliver an open, commonly branded …

MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Following the exit of the company’s majority shareholder, European mobile commerce company Paybox said it will shut down its consumer-oriented services-which totals 750,000 users-and will focus solely on the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to bring some order into the chaotic and extended fight over mobile payment standards, the European Union (EU) has stepped in and said it will …

NEW DELHI, India-Sri Lankan operator Celltel Lanka has launched a set of secure m-commerce services on a short message service (SMS) platform. The new service called CellWallet stores encrypted electronic …

TORONTO-Canadian company Diversinet said Hong Kong’s 16 brokerage firms have seen improved productivity of 80 percent since launching an m-commerce brokerage solution in April. The service allows investors to place …

ZAGREB, Croatia-Croatians sent nearly 600,000 short message service (SMS) messages through an m-commerce parking service in the capital of Zagreb. Th mobile parking service is offered by parking company Zagrebparking …

ARMONK, N.Y.-Technology giant IBM Corp. released an important new product the company said allows wireless device users to seamlessly roam across a variety of disparate wireless networks-including wireless local area …

LONDON-Text messaging company Scan Mobile scored a major new outlet for its applications, announcing a partnership with European carrier Orange to offer a variety of messaging applications. Among its portfolio, …

WOBURN, Mass.-Positive earnings, a new contract and a new business line were among Boston Communications Group Inc.’s announcements this week. The company said its net income for the second quarter …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African financial services companies are reported to be using General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology as a key means of delivering products and services to customers. The …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to set the global standard for secure mobile payments, Visa said it will launch a fraud prevention service next year that it previously developed for …

ATLANTA—Intec Telecom Systems announced it has partnered with m-payment solution provider MoreMagic to develop a solution that delivers real-time m-commerce mediation between customers and content. The new technology can: facilitate …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—A joint venture between Orange and U.K.-based cable operator NTL should soon enable Orange cell-phone users to order digital content and have it downloaded via NTL’s broadband connection …

MELBOURNE, Australia—As part of its expanding mobile data strategy, Telstra announced this week a three-month trial in which customers can pay for parking using their GSM mobile phones. “Our customers …

WAYNE, Pa.—USA Technologies Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Stitch Networks, with approval from its shareholders to authorize the shares required for the transaction. USA Technologies offers solutions …

BRUSSELS, Belgium—GSM Europe member operators met with the European Commission in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss mobile industry issues, the GSM Association said. The meetings came ahead of new telecommunications …

DALLAS—Alliance Data Systems Corp., Alon USA and Cellenium Inc. announced a new joint mobile commerce product, a move that further crowds the already complex mobile commerce market. The three companies …

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—3Com company CommWorks said it has rolled out its cdma2000 1x EV-DO solution for mobile subscribers at speeds up to 2.4 Megabits per second, 16 times faster than …