Mobile Commerce

OpenGrid Wireless Internet solutions provider OpenGrid Inc. appointed Gary Rhea to the position of chief financial officer. Rhea will oversee the company’s financial activities, including treasury, accounting, business planning and …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-M2card Inc., a payment solution provider, and Inciscent, a wired-to-wireless application service provider, announced they have formed a strategic alliance to develop wireless transaction services designed to complement …

Formus Communications Inc. filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of its class A common stock. Formus, a wireless broadband carrier, expects to complete the offering by the …

OmniSky OmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company’s new senior vice …

BERLIN-Siemens AG’s new Information and Communication Mobile group announced it will cooperate in a global strategic alliance with SAP AG to provide a range of mySAP.com Mobile Workplace solutions with …

ATLANTA-First Data Corp. announced a partnership with Aether Systems Inc. under which the two will develop and market wireless payment products and services for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services. According to i3 Mobile, the service …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Gemplus, a provider of smart card-based solutions, launched GemXplore Trust, an enhanced subscriber identity module card platform for mobile commerce security. GemXplore Trust has an on-board cryptographic engine …

LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems developed a betting application for Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services enabling mobile subscribers to place bets using their mobile phones. The application allows customers to …

InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for Web sites and devices, said wireless Internet opportunities continue to represent the company’s biggest opportunity and fastest-growing area. Within that space, InfoSpace …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Pixo Inc. a developer of mobile commerce solutions, announced it has appointed Dave Rothschild its new president and chief executive officer. Rothschild most recently served as vice president of …

With concerns rising over the need for enhanced security in future wireless e-commerce, several firms in both the wireless and security industries launched efforts last week aimed at designing secure …

NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland’s Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company’s executive vice president. In partnership with …

Corsair Communications Inc. introduced this week its PrePay Open billing system, as well as its PhoneFuel mobile commerce application, both of which allow carriers to add Internet access to their …

Driven by the collision of wireless and the Internet, wireless e-commerce represents the single most powerful market disrupter of this decade. It will entice new “virtual” operators that will help …

Nokia reported it is developing a solution enabling immediate access to mobile commerce sites via Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones. Partnered with Hewlett Packard, IBM and Nocom, the collaboration hopes to …

LONDON-The Radicchio initiative announced 16 new companies have joined the group, which hopes to set a Public Key Infrastructure standard for secure e-commerce transactions over wireless networks. The new members …

LONDON-The mobile commerce market could reach $200 billion by 2004, according to a study released by Strategy Analytics. The report predicts an explosion in demand for mobile commerce services during …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. introduced a feature that will allow consumers to control whether their location is tracked when they access Internet services from their wireless phone. Xypoint said it plans to …

GENEVA – Sonera SmartTrust and L.M. Ericsson announced a digital signature solution for secure wireless e-commerce using Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones. Sonera SmartTrust developed wireless security solutions based on Public …

GENEVA-Finnish personal communications services carrier Sonera said it bought the business activities of ByeDesk from TeamWare Group of San Jose, Calif., for an undisclosed sum. TeamWare is a subsidiary of …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. plans to begin trials in Europe late this year of CardFone, which it hopes will be the first handset available commercially to give users access both to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have …