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Google’s Checkout hits WAP

Google Inc. is jumping onto the crowded m-commerce field with a wireless version of its Checkout service.Google Checkout, which launched a year ago, is a PayPal-type offering that allows users to make purchases online from partners including Toys "R" Us, RadioShack Corp., Dick's Sporting...

Partnerships key for pushing content

ORLANDO, Fla.-The day two keynotes at CTIA Wireless 2007 were all about collaboration. And, of course, money.From music to video to m-commerce, Wednesday's speakers hammered home the need for content providers and financial institutions to partner with carriers to push mobile data services and...

Investors ditch troubled SmartVideo

Shares of SmartVideo Technologies Inc. tanked after the company said it was seeking an infusion of cash.SmartVideo, which operates under the brand uVuMobile, is hoping to find "additional capital to fund the roll-out of new products and applications" for its Mobilecasting offering, which was...

Emerging opportunities: Industry looks to Africa, Asia, South America for growth

BARCELONA, Spain-The show is in Spain, but last week's 3GSM World Congress was all about emerging markets in Africa, Asia and South America.After rising by an average of 25 percent for the last three years, global handset growth will slow to a 13-percent clip...

Nokia phones to scan barcodes

Nokia Corp. said it will embed barcode-reading technology from Scanbuy Inc. on some of its handsets. The world's No. 1 handset manufacturer said it will preload the software on its S40 and S60 devices, allowing mobile users to read barcodes on products and advertisements...

Visa enters mobile payment fray

Visa launched a mobile payment platform designed to support contactless payments, coupons and other m-commerce-related applications.The offering "is designed to foster collaboration between the financial services and mobile telecommunications sectors," the company said, and consists of a suite of technology tools, applications and security...

News Corp. plunks down $188M on Jamba to expand off-deck plans

VeriSign Inc. finally jettisoned the bulk of its direct-to-consumer mobile content business, selling a 51-percent stake in its Jamba subsidiary to News Corp. for $188 million. The companies announced plans to form a mobile entertainment joint venture, with Fox Mobile Entertainment retaining the Jamster...

News Corp. spends $188M on Jamba venture

LOS ANGELES—News Corp. and VeriSign announced plans to form a mobile entertainment joint venture in which News Corp. will have a controlling interest in VeriSign’s Jamba subsidiary. News Corp. said it plans to pay $188 million for the ability to combine Jamba with Fox...

M-payment moves beyond passing curiosity

It may seem like you've been hearing about the concept of a "wireless wallet" for decades, but in North America, at least, m-commerce is very much in its infancy. Mobile money seems to be getting legs in Japan, where credit-card companies have teamed with...

PayPal unveils ‘Text to Buy’ mobile payment service

SAN JOSE, Calif.-PayPal quietly launched a service allowing users to make purchases or send money to other users from a mobile phone. The world's largest supplier of online payment services is testing the offering, which allows users to send a text message indicating the...

MobileLime uses NFC technology for cell-phone purchases

BOSTON—Wireless marketing company MobileLime is using Near Field Communication technology to allow mobile users to pay for purchases and receive rewards over their cell phones.The company is pushing an enhanced "MobileLime wallet" centered on an NFC-compatible phone that can be waved over a contactless...

Motorola enters thorny m-commerce market

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is hoping to kick-start the lagging mobile-commerce market with a system that allows users to purchase products, transfer funds or pay bills with their cell phones. The company unveiled M-Wallet, a downloadable application for both smart phones and mass-market devices...

Motorola enters thorny m-commerce market

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is hoping to kick-start the lagging mobile-commerce market with a system that allows users to purchase products, transfer funds or pay bills with their cell phones.The company unveiled M-Wallet, a downloadable application for both smart phones and mass-market devices from...

DoCoMo invests $185M in Fuji TV

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. continued its move to m-commerce and traditional media with a $185 million investment in Fuji Television Network Inc. The operator announced an agreement to buy 2.6 percent of Fuji TV, a 46-year-old, publicly held broadcaster that is not affiliated with Fuji...

Canadian operators rally around m-commerce standard

TORONTO-Canada's top-three wireless providers are partnering in an effort to allow users to make payments with mobile phones. Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility this week unveiled Wireless Payment Services, a joint venture to provide a platform for wireless payments. The carriers hope...

Nokia’s Preminet small entourage starts to broaden

Nokia Corp.'s Preminet offering gained another backer last week as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira has made its Jump software available to developers and publishers looking to deliver content across a variety...

Benefits of wireless connectivity are key to handset-based m-commerce

There's little doubt that m-commerce is quickly gaining traction among U.S. users. But exactly what m-commerce means to the wireless industry is far from clear. Contactless payments-speedy point-of-sale transactions that are processed through RFID chips-are being deployed at thousands of merchants in the United...

Consolidation wave continues among telecom vendors

Wireless-related mergers and acquisitions dominated the headlines last week from technology pairings to content match-ups. Here is a roundup: Qualcomm Inc. paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW platform...

Pipeline to pay up to $2.5M for m-commerce firm

QUINCY, Mass.-Pipeline Data Inc. Tuesday said it will acquire m-commerce provider World Products Inc. for as much as $2.5 million in cash and stock.Pipeline, which provides integrated transaction processing services for major credit cards, said it will pay $200,000 in cash and issue 900,000...

Content Briefs

Moviegoers with Bluetooth-enabled handsets can download movie trailers, ringtones and wallpapers at three Loews Theatres this summer. Twentieth Century Fox is providing kiosks at theaters in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco that will automatically send messages to devices with activated Bluetooth technology....

Marriott to lead MMA

BELLEVUE, Wash-Laura Marriott has been named the new executive director of the Mobile Marketing Association, its board of directors said. The MMA aims to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing, m-commerce and supporting technologies. Marriott most recently served as Intrado Inc.'s director of international...

M-commerce effort Simpay collapses

An effort to provide a pan-European mobile payment service was aborted just weeks before it was slated to launch. Simpay, a joint venture established two years ago by Orange plc, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone plc, pulled the plug after T-Mobile withdrew its support....

U.S. service allows parking time purchases via cell phones

TORONTO-Motorists can use their cell phones to pay for parking at nearly 5,000 meters in Coral Gables, Fla., through a new m-commerce application powered by Canadian electronic payment provider Mint Inc. The offering, called PayMint, allows drivers who have registered with the service to...

U.S. service allows parking time purchases via cell phones

TORONTO-Motorists can use their cell phones to pay for parking at nearly 5,000 meters in Coral Gables, Fla., through a new m-commerce application powered by Canadian electronic payment provider Mint Inc. The offering, called PayMint, allows drivers who have registered with the service to...