Mobile Commerce

NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect. Opportunity is …

The results of a wireless advertising study released today show consumers are extremely open to receiving advertisements on their wireless devices, and that wireless marketing may be so effective it …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A year after the launch of mobile Internet services in South America, almost all the cellular telephony operators are offering Internet services, although exclusively in the major cities …

Microsoft Corp. threw its rather large hat in the wireless arena at last week’s 3GSM World Congress, announcing plans to launch software aimed at multimedia-enabled phones that leverage its Windows-based …

While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set …

TheRightSize TheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers …

HAYWARD, Calif.-E-business infrastructure software company BEA Systems Inc. expanded its relationship with Certicom to include the company’s SSL Plus secure socket product for BEA’s WebLogic E-Business Server. BEA also licensed …

BOSTON-The mystery of how mobile location services will make money could be solved by the increasingly popular and consumer-friendly appeal of mobile commerce and its related advertising, both of which …

NEW YORK-Domestic wireless operators have begun to take prepaid services seriously, although it will be awhile before they approach the successful benchmark set by their European counterparts. Comfort with credit …

Location technology and services provider Cell-Loc Inc. pulled in the reins on its hopes for a national takeover and announced it will restructure its business plan, streamline its operations and …

NEW YORK-Before mobile commerce can reach the goal of providing a value-added revenue stream for wireless carriers, it must fulfill its potential as a value-added service for their customers. “Today …

WASHINGTON-As President-elect Bush crafts a diverse team of Republicans with Pentagon, state government and Old Economy business experience and confronts a slumping stock market increasingly subject to the vagaries of …

WOBURN, Mass.-Prepaid service provider Boston Communications Group Inc. and Cincinnati Bell Wireless announced their plans to launch a mobile commerce trial program for online shopping. The companies will test whether …

WASHINGTON-2001: A Space Odyssey? Perhaps if you’re working on the international space station or developing a Star Wars defense. But for wireless, it will be a year the industry comes …

NEW YORK-The importance of venture capital as a finance source for wireless Web businesses has increased dramatically amid the pullback of equipment vendors, commercial banks and public securities markets. “It …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-As we approach what was supposed to be the Bluetooth Christmas, all Santa Claus has to offer those wishing for a Bluetooth-enabled gift is a headset, some PC …

WASHINGTON-A French court’s decision to regulate the Internet could have repercussions for the wireless Web in the United States at a time when carriers are excited mobile commerce will help …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission, appearing to be staking out regulatory jurisdiction over the nascent mobile Internet industry, said it will examine a wide range of wireless consumer protection issues next …

Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just as content on the wireless Web is not at the same point as the wired Web, wireless Web security is not at the same level either. But if …

LOS ANGELES-SigmaOne Communications and InirU Wireless Inc. are following the rush to cash in on the elusive location-based mobile service market by teaming up to offer location-based advertising, promotions and …

NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of “coopetition,” said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International. Banks, …

SAN DIEGO-In a move to get access to BEA Systems Inc.’s WebLogic E-Business Platform and other m-commerce tools and services, Stellcom Inc. agreed to join BEA’s Professional Service Provider program. …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week said it will soon ask the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to craft national wireless location privacy rules that call …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Baltimore Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced a strategic agreement to provide security solutions for Internet-enabled wireless devices. Under the agreement, Baltimore will provide mobile root digital certificates which …