More than 2.5 billion wireless subscribers are expected to use mobile payment services by 2015, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Representing a 40% growth rate from 1.8 billion projected users this year, the firm said tickets for transportation and entertainment are...
There is no lack of headlines and stories that focus on that disparate group of organizations which we collectively refer to as the Mobile Internet ecosystem. End users, content providers, advertisers, developers, device vendors, mobile operators and of course, Internet companies in theory all...
PayPal has revised its projected 2011 revenue for mobile payments for a third time this year to $3 billion. Earlier projections from the company pegged mobile revenue at $1.5 billion and then $2 billion.“Mobile payments are growing at a rate we never could have...
It's still at least six months away but when Isis launches its mobile commerce platform in the first half of 2012, Austin will be among the first cities in the country to serve as a test bed. The joint venture between AT&T Mobility (T),...
PHILADELPHIA – Few could argue that the mobile industry is a complicated beast that seems to be getting more complicated by the day. With operators constantly upgrading networks and back-office infrastructure in order to handle constantly advancing devices that in turn are supporting constantly...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) is pursuing another track in the mobile payments race, announcing today plans to work with Payfone Inc. to build a new payments system for customers to use for online purchases.The new system will allow customers to make online purchases from their...
NOVI, Mich. — Toyota Motor Corp.'s (TM) man in charge of telematics, basically all things tech in a vehicle, offered some insights into the car maker's strategy for automotive apps here at Telematics Detroit 2011.Jim Pisz, corporate manager of advanced technology at Toyota, gave...
Money is an easy thing to want to be in business with -- I mean actual money. The carriers, banks, credit card companies and startups like Square Inc. are aiming for what many are predicting to be the next big channel for financial transactions....
Three of the nation's largest financial institutions have formed a new venture to set their collective sites on the red-hot mobile commerce space. With clearXchange, Bank of America Corp. (BAC), JPMorgan Chase and Co. (JPM) and Wells Fargo and Co. (WFC) want to give...
Arun Bhikshesvaran has been appointed Head of marketing and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Ericsson. He is currently Vice President Strategy and Marketing in region North America at Ericsson. Bhikshesvaran has more than 15 years of experience in the wireless communications industry. He...
Arun Bhikshesvaran has been appointed Head of marketing and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Ericsson. He is currently Vice President Strategy and Marketing in region North America at Ericsson. Bhikshesvaran has more than 15 years of experience in the wireless communications industry. He...
Will Visa Inc. (V) have any surprises in store when it adopts a mobile commerce strategy? During an earnings call, the company's CEO told analysts and investors that Visa would make a "significant" announcement about its global mobile commerce strategy as early as next...
What started as a grandiose plan for a nationwide mobile commerce network has been scaled down to nothing more than a mobile wallet. Those who were expecting Isis, the venture from AT&T Mobility (T), T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) and Verizon Wireless (VZ), to give...
Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of Series C funding in the wake of announcing the company’s partnership with AT&T Inc. (T) last week.
Investors include Mass.-based Battery...
Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of Series C funding in the wake of announcing the company’s partnership with AT&T Inc. (T) last week.
Investors include Mass.-based Battery...
AT&T Inc. (T) has partnerned with Digby to develop a new mobile commerce platform for retailers. The move gives the operator's business customers a new path to drive sales via smartphones.Digby Mobile Commerce from AT&T will enable businesses to reach customers across a variety...
The quick takeaways from analysts on AT&T Inc.'s plan to buy T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal are largely positive, albeit slightly reserved in a congratulatory tone as the transaction still awaits regulatory approval.Mark Lowenstein, managing director at consulting firm Mobile Ecosystem,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
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. In meteorology, clouds on the horizon may portend stormy weather. But in the wireless world, clouds could...
BARCELONA, Spain – L.M. Ericsson signed a strategic alliance with Akamai Technologies Inc. to jointly develop solutions around improving the end-user experience on the mobile web. Ultimately, the combination could enable over-the-top content providers to help develop better partnerships with wireless operators, said Mikael...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Visa Inc. has announced plans to acquire PlaySpan Inc. for nearly $190 million with additional earn-out potential.The move comes as incumbents in the credit card and traditional payments space jostle with startups for positioning in the nascent mobile arena. PlaySpan isn't purely mobile —...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Would you be willing to pay for coffee, a new sweater, or a movie ticket...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...
