Mobile Commerce

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it broadened a two-year licensing agreement with Seattle-based Qpass. The two companies agreed to add Qpass’ Content Delivery Platform and Content Management Services to …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc., Intel Corp., and IBM Corp. said they have come together to develop a new security specification for such advanced online mobile commerce services as electronic tickets and …

TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. and China’s Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority recently began working together to stimulate China’s emerging mobile commerce and mobile digital certificates market. Under the partnership, the companies will use …

TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. and China’s Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority recently began working together to stimulate China’s emerging mobile commerce and mobile digital certificates market. Under the partnership, the companies will use …

Two of the world’s most notable mobile commerce startups, Network365 Ltd. and iPIN, announced today they will blend into a new player, Valista, a move company officials said will create …

The mobile commerce industry saw several new announcements and partnerships in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, but the most notable event included a teaming …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said it has signed a contract with Coastel Communications of Lafayette, La., to provide its Voyager Billing and Customer Care offering, which BCGI said includes …

NEW YORK-A series of diverse mobile commerce announcements show the industry is still interested in the technology, with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc., start-up Network365 and a New York candy …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch a mobile-commerce service the carrier said will allow its subscribers to purchase accessories, perfumes and health care goods using …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Mobile Payment Forum, a standards group devoted to mobile commerce that includes many of the world’s biggest credit card companies, announced it will expand into new areas including …

WASHINGTON-For the third time lawmakers are attempting to pass a permanent Internet tax moratorium. Legislation introduced last week in both the House and the Senate would make permanent a moratorium …

TOKYO-Index, a leading Japanese mobile content service provider, won a total of 2 million yen (US$16,600) in funds from Dentsu and NEC, the firm announced. Index issued 1,140 new shares …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Following the exit of the company’s majority shareholder, European mobile commerce company Paybox said it will shut down its consumer-oriented services-which totals 750,000 users-and will focus solely on the …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-Lippo Telecom (LippoTel), Indonesia’s first regional GSM 1800 MHz mobile operator, announced this week it was awarded a license for nationwide operation by acquiring the licenses of five regional …

NEW YORK-PayCircle, a group formed to push mobile commerce applications through standard application programming interfaces-released the PayCircle Payment Web Service Specification 1.0, which covers WSDL sources, XML schema definitions and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Students and faculty at the University of Southern California campus will get to jump into the market for mobile commerce under a new service from infrared-based proximity payment …

MUNICH, Germany-Five companies have agreed to work together to develop mobile commerce security standards for Flash memory cards. Hitachi Ltd., Ingentix GmbH &Co., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., ScanDisk Corp. …

WOBURN, Mass.-Positive earnings, a new contract and a new business line were among Boston Communications Group Inc.’s announcements this week. The company said its net income for the second quarter …

DALLAS—Alliance Data Systems Corp., Alon USA and Cellenium Inc. announced a new joint mobile commerce product, a move that further crowds the already complex mobile commerce market. The three companies …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Due to Argentina’s economic crisis, the mayor of the city of C

WASHINGTON—A new Federal Trade Commission staff report concludes more government guidance may be necessary to supplement self-regulation of wireless privacy, security and advertising in the infant mobile commerce sector. “Additional …

WASHINGTON–AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal after completing a comprehensive certification process. “Consumer education about privacy issues is critical to establishing consumer confidence. As our …

MANILA, The Philippines—The development of wireless devices and services could push new modes of commerce during the next 10 years, according to a report released by information technology (IT) consulting …

TORONTO—Finance.com Group of Morocco announced it will use a mobile commerce product from 724 Solutions, which will allow its customers to access banking services through Finance.com’s holding company BMCE Bank. …

MANILA, Philippines—The adoption of wireless data applications and services among Asian mobile-phone users has to rise in order for the wireless industry to fully take off in the region, according …