The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Kevin Martin) announced yesterday a delay in the voting on his proposal to auction an unused piece of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum. The...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by leo on March 12, 2008
There are indications that mobile users are starting to warm up on mobile commerce and mobile banking which may eventually make these services. According to research firm Harris Interactive, 16...
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As expected, mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks will increase this year. However, the attacks vary from region to region. A new study conducted by messaging security company Cloudmark shows...
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Image analytics and pattern recognition software firm Mitek Systems is all geared up to take mobile banking to the next level with its ImageNet Mobile Deposit - the first mobile banking software that...
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Mobile technology has become so powerful that it has a dramatic impact even on the future of global retailing. In the latest National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual convention in New York,...
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From the why are they patenting this department, Jeff Goldman at Wireless Weblog reports that Apple filed a patent application related to ordering from a cafe from your mobile phone, potentially...
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Following the success of its contactless communication system, Barclaycard OnePulse has teamed up with Nokia to test the practicality of mobile payment in London. Early next year, Barclaycard...
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As what may be a preview of the bright future of mobile commerce in general, the latest study of Juniper Research shows that about 52 million people will adopt mobile payment methods like NFC (Near...
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Riding the recent developments on mobile payment system, Western Union is taking its business mobile with its new partnership with GSM World to develop a global mobile money transfer service. The...
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Security risks and low awareness level remain the biggest hurdles for mobile banking to gain mainstream acceptance. A new survey says that American consumers are quite obsessed with their finances...
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Verizon Wireless has redesigned its Mobile Web 2.0 service to enable easier access to mobile Bank of America, the leader in online banking. It simply means:Customers are able to check account...
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Time might be the best ally of mobile commerce. In a new survey among 633 Americans and Canadians, 77% of consumers prefer to do business with companies offering self-service and almost all (92%)...
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With the recent announcement of Verizon Wireless about its partnership with Obopay, analysts are seeing a bright future for mobile payments and for mobile commerce as a whole. Even research firm...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by tom on June 19, 2007
The use of premium SMS to buy products and services in the US is rising, with reports from Media Post claiming US$273 million in premium SMS sales in the past year.Most of this revenue (79 percent or...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by leo on May 23, 2007
After allegedly dominating the online banking segment, Bank of America ventures to mobile banking to serve their existing 20 million online customers. Designed for those who are always "on the...
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The business world will never ever underestimate the power of blogs again. The recent "mistake" of Engadget about delayed launch of iPhone knocked $4 billion off Apple's market...
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Despite the recent findings of JupiterResearch that mobile banking is not really based on consumer demand, Commerce Bank still launched Virtual Private Bank - the first web-based private banking...
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Although mobile banking is once again a hot topic in US, a new study reveals another possible marketing blunder. According to JupiterResearch, the resurgence of mobile banking is mainly driven by...
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As an emerging technology deeply associated with "contactless mobile payments", Near Field Communication (NFC) remains far from consumers' reach, according to a new study from ABI...
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Combining the advances in mobile technology with the interactive nature of Web 2.0, you will get: Online Payment thru Mobile Devices. The concept of mobile devices as payment mode is gaining grounds...
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