BROWSING: Mobile Commerce

Google Inc. (GOOG) and its Android operating system will be the biggest story of 2011, with more than 50% of survey respondents picking it as top story, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting's annual survey of wireless industry executives. Fourth-generation network rollouts and the...

Google Inc. (GOOG) acquired an early-stage mobile payments startup that might shine more light on the company's plans for mobile commerce. Toronto-based Zetawire, which does work in near field communications, holds a patent for mobile banking, advertising, identity management, credit card and mobile...

Almost half of all smart phone users in the United States have already made purchases or plan to do so soon, according to a new survey from ABI Research. The survey of 2,000 smart phone users also found that 53% use or plan to...

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal. Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business. ATG made the announcement on the...

The national mobile commerce network being developed by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless is still in its early stage, but it finally has a name and a leader. Isis will be led by CEO Michael Abbott, formerly with GE Capital, the companies...

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.ATG made the announcement on the...

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Five billion people worldwide have made mobile services an integral part of their daily lives today....

The people that work at Apple Inc. (AAPL) have been known to create news by simply arriving or leaving the company. Late last week that news came in the form of Benjamin Vigier.Apple has hired the near field communication expert on the heels of...

VeriSign Inc.’s mobile messaging unit said it won a contract to offer text-messaging-based mobile banking services to Wilmington Trust. Customers can access banking information, such as ATM and branch locations, personal account information, and recent transaction history by text message. Wilmington Trust offers regional...

The hospitality industry is realizing the increasing importance of adding mobility and wireless technologies to its business processes, according to a recent survey commissioned by Motorola Inc.’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions unit.The survey found that 82% of respondents said that mobility was becoming more important...

Hardware, software, high-speed networks, uptake . it seems all the pieces are in place for mobile commerce to take off. Well, all the pieces except maybe a viable business model or two.That was the takeaway from last week's Mobile Financial Services Summit in Denver,...

A Federal Trade Commission commissioner warned cellphone content providers they need to do a better job of disclosing the costs consumers incur when clicking or downloading services for their mobile devices.Speaking yesterday at the start of a two-day Federal Trade Commission forum on mobile...

Regional wireless provider Cellular South said it is teaming with fellow Mississippian BancorpSouth Inc. to expand its m-banking offerings.The Web-based application allows BancorpSouth customers to view account balances and history, transfer funds and pay bills from a Cellular South phone. The service is powered...

Mention mobile commerce in North America, and the common response is a roll of the eyes. It's not hard to guess why. Back in the heady days of the Internet dot-com bubble, mobile commerce was one of the many buzz words connected with e-commerce...

Alltel Corp. introduced a free mobile shopping service for Research In Motion Ltd. Blackberry users through a partnership with mobile commerce provider Digby. The service gives Blackberry users access to products from a range of retailers including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Godiva Chocolatier...

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...

Hello!And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We...

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...

Mobile banking and payments are gathering steam in the U.S., but the space is also drawing significant interest abroad. Within recent weeks, a series of international companies have made banking-related announcements, including:-- Royal Bank of Scotland Group, which offers banking services in Europe, the...

As mobile banking and payments come further into focus, one of the potential areas for carriers to explore involves international remittances, or cross-border person-to-person transactions. Today, that market is dominated by players like Western Union, which claims more than 170,000 agent locations worldwide where...

LAS VEGAS-With more than 6 million users already on board in the United States and year-over-year growth of 188 percent last year, according to Telephia, mobile television is a force to be reckoned with-so much so that it got its own standout show at...

As the hype machine clicks into high gear for the CTIA Wireless 2007 show, I thought it might be nice to review some of the hype from years past. The goal, of course, is to show that this year's hottest thing might not...

LONDON-Consumers worldwide have been slow to purchase 3G phones and slower to avail themselves of the technological edge that 3G makes possible, market analyst firm TNS said in a new report. Americans, despite a reputation as slow to adopt advanced services, seem focused on...

LONDON—Consumers worldwide have been slow to purchase 3G phones and slower to avail themselves of the technological edge that 3G makes possible, market analyst firm TNS said in a new report. Americans, despite a reputation as slow to adopt advanced services, seem focused on...