CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Zentropy Partners opened offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Geneva to expand its digital consulting and development practices for WAP and m-commerce technologies.Zentropy Partners is affiliated with The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. It will offer consulting, development and implementation services to its client...
TORONTO-Mobile-commerce security firm Diversinet Corp. said Gemplus has embedded its public key infrastructure security technology in its GemXplore Trust SIM cards.The joint solution is aimed at bringing greater security to GSM network m-commerce applications, the two said.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and MasterCard International said they will commit resources in a joint effort to speed mobile commerce deployments.The companies will collaborate on research and development projects to assure interoperability between MasterCard's electronic payment system and Motorola's Internet-enabled wireless devices.Motorola and MasterCard also...
In a Dallas factory once used for making bombs during World War II, Stick Networks Inc. is building a new class of wireless Internet services it hopes will prove just as explosive.Much has been discussed about the convergence between the Internet and wireless networks....
Adding to the list of carriers deploying its BrandFinder and MapBlast! location-based marketing information, Vicinity Corp. said Verizon Wireless will offer the services to its subscribers nationwide with Internet-enabled phones.Vicinity formerly had a similar relationship with GTE Wireless, which Verizon now owns. AT&T Wireless...
NEW YORK-Three companies have joined forces to create a professional services joint venture providing end-to-end implementation of wireless content delivery and m-commerce applications.The participants include Internet business strategy firm K2 Design Inc., venture capitalist Unwired Ventures Inc. and wireless content delivery consultants SilverCube Inc.The...
Lightbridge Inc. expanded its Business Advisory Services to the global market and added new services, including a more packaged offering that is designed to help carriers better understand fraud, customer acquisition and retention, distribution and call center management issues.Kevin Bresnahan, director of Business Advisory...
HONG KONG-The government of Hong Kong is likely to be among the first in the Asia-Pacific region to clear spectrum and issue licenses for third-generation (3G) mobile phones, according to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)."While the USA and Europe may take five...
ROSH HA'AIN, Israel-CT Motion Ltd., a location-based mobile Internet service developer, said it is developing its MobileMate personal portal for m-commerce services.The company said the portal analyzes usage habits and travel patterns and learns where the user lives, works and shops for the purpose...
WASHINGTON-As the phone tax repeal and electronic signature bills progressed in Congress last week, two other bills of importance to the wireless industry-uniform sourcing and China trade-remained in limbo.On a separate front, the House Appropriations Committee last Wednesday approved legislation denying the Clinton administration...
HONG KONG-Netalone.com Ltd., an e-commerce enabler in Asia, formed a strategic partnership with L.M. Ericsson in an attempt to capture the mobile e-commerce business in China.Netalone will provide its technical expertise in e-commerce applications, cross platform solutions and systems integration to develop a mobile-commerce...
Web sites that offer comparison shopping for wireless phones and services appear to be a dime a dozen these days. Consumers go to these sites because they promise to be objective. But what happens when wireless companies invest in the e-tailers promising that objectivity?Recently,...
InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for Web sites and devices, said wireless Internet opportunities continue to represent the company's biggest opportunity and fastest-growing area.Within that space, InfoSpace is betting mobile commerce services will play an important role in providing value to its...
Boy, you take a few months off to have a baby and the world changes. I don't think RCR had used the term m-commerce when I left in early February to have Jack Ford, my own little spinoff. We were wondering if we should...
Mobile commerce services are almost universally expected to become huge revenue generators for carriers in the future. Analysts predict a market potential of more than $200 billion by 2005.As such, a slew of start-up companies have sprung up offering various types of m-commerce applications...
NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland's Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company's executive vice president.In partnership with content, service and technology providers, Mspace will conduct in Finland "real life trials with consumers...
IBM and AT&T announced an alliance to offer wireless data services to their business customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies said they expected significant opportunities for wireless services linking corporate information systems with a wide range of portable computer...
