HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of the WAP 1.2 specification.According to the companies, this real-time payment solution makes secure m-commerce possible. Users perform transactions with a...
TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. expanded its mobile-commerce offerings with the release of its Mobile Commerce Services Platform, which the company said will give customers alerts when particular sales occur and simplifies purchases spurred by offline advertisements.The company said its MSP product gives users an "actionable...
While mobile commerce won't become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study from The Strategis Group, with about 90 million users generating more than $50 billion in revenues by 2007.The study, "U.S....
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens Business Services announced an alliance with Aerita Inc., a mobile commerce technology company based in the United States. SBS will deliver Aeritas' nonstop mobile check-in and boarding service to its customers in the European travel industry. The service allows airline passengers to...
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 knocking for expansion of their use in provisioning of telecommunications services. Beyond that deployment, smart-card...
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 will drive the adoption of mobile commerce and the usage of the wireless Internet.SkyGo...
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 of the region and without generating profits.Entel PCS of Chile is the most advanced,...
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 software.Microsoft said the smart phone platform, code named "Stinger," is built on a version...
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 out by the wired Internet.Eric Harber, vice president of marketing and business development for...
TheRightSizeTheRightSize 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 search for their favorite brand and style of clothes. The service also can find sizes...
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 Certicom's WTLS Plus for use in its future mobile commerce products.
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 will account for $8 billion in revenues by 2005, predicts research and analyst firm...
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 is a key distinction between American consumers and those abroad, where cash is king. Prepaid...
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 eliminate about one-third-47 positions-of its work force."The top priorities guiding our business plan are...
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 Cincinnati Bell's prepaid service will allow subscribers to make purchases through proprietary content added to...
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 m-commerce is a subset of e-commerce, and it's having problems. It's not taking off. You've...
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 high-tech shares, it remains to be seen whether the next administration can achieve the...
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 back to earth and gets back to basics as carriers, manufacturers, dot-coms, government policy-makers and...
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 is so painfully obvious that the financing side of the equation has become a major...
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 cards and the promise that next year his bag will overflow with Bluetooth products.Those...
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 them increase revenues.A French court recently told Yahoo! Inc. it has three months to...
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 month at a two-day workshop here."Mobile wireless Internet and data technologies raise many of...
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 revenue-stealing problem.While carriers continue to battle fraudsters on the voice front, a new problem...
