m-commerce

The wireless industry has already admitted-repeatedly-that it jumped the gun a bit on the whole wireless Internet thing, acknowledged that its fruition still is more than a bit in the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a growth rate above 50 percent during 2001 and a 20-percent penetration, cellular telephony has proven itself as the main communications vehicle in Paraguay. Four operators compete …

Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses. With the battle for market share boiling up over the next …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of the WAP 1.2 specification. According to …

I’ve seen the future and it is m-commerce. M is for money, isn’t it? Money or mobile, same thing, different pronunciation. At Accenture’s Global Communications Forum last week in Miami …

Instant messaging, the simple act of writing to another person in real time, is a big deal. This fact has been proven by the popularity of America Online Inc.’s instant …

While mobile commerce won’t become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study from The Strategis Group, with about …

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., which provides Internet infrastructure software, has acquired technology and service offerings developer Webhelp Inc.’s Web Application Event Framework (WAEF) technology. WAEF technology, which is compatible with most …

NEW YORK-Snaz Commerce Solutions, which provides wireless commerce solutions, launched its next-generation mobile wallet. The new wallet facilitates a range of transactions, including micropayments, retail purchases and time-sensitive services. “The …

Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to …

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Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to retain customers. The most common retention method is to offer services that customers like to use so much that they are willing …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. and IBM Corp. announced they will port Release 6.0 of Convergys’ Atlys solution onto IBM’s Unix server platform, including the new eServer pSeries line. Atlys Release 6.0 is …

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The idea sounds compelling. With Web-enabled cellular telephones, users can dial up their favorite merchants to make automated purchases. It’s called mobile commerce, but for skeptics like Lawrence Steinert, it’s …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Mobileum Inc., which provides wireless and mobile-commerce solutions, announced it has joined the Openwave Developer Alliance Program. The Openwave Developer Alliance Program aims to promote the concept of wireless …

NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect. Opportunity is …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it is the leading investor in the GameWorld.com’s current investment round. GameWorld produces end-to-end game and application publishing solutions for rapid inexpensive development by independent designers. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A year after the launch of mobile Internet services in South America, almost all the cellular telephony operators are offering Internet services, although exclusively in the major cities …

TOKYO-Mobile Internet shopping is no longer a futuristic idea, but a daily practice, at least for early adopters in the browser phone-advanced nation of Japan. The Ministry of Posts and …

Handsets Sendo European mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light …

With President Bush banking on churches, synagogues and mosques to do what government policies and free-market forces cannot, it is only fitting that a faith-based approach be adopted by the …

Many discussions about what’s inherently wrong with the wireless Internet, m-commerce or mobile data in general seem to end up placing the blame squarely on the device. It’s too big. …

As carriers and companies worldwide rush to offer all kinds of location-based services, one consulting firm is warning that location-based services may not live up to the wireless industry’s expectations. …