After a lull of, well, some years, mobile banking is again a hot topic in America. Last week, several banks announced they would offer mobile banking applications to Cingular customers, including...
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by tom on March 09, 2007
Britain's House of Lord has indicated support for the German EU President's call for a cap on the cost of roaming interconnect charges, with the suggested price being €0.30 (about 25pence) a...
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by tom on July 19, 2006
mBlox are claiming they are the first company to be ready for the upcoming mobile Internet billing scheme PayForIt, saying they are successfully accredit with both Vodafone and Orange. The PayForIt...
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by tom on July 11, 2006
Vodafone has thrown a spanner into the works of Ericcson's IPX WAP billing solution in the UK, citing both a Data Privacy issue and a lack of a need for an interim solution before Vodafone's...
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Debi Jones over at mobilejones has a good post today about mobile billing for content and services, specifically Cingular's policy that all partners must use direct billing and not offer payment...
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by tom on June 19, 2006
This story comes to us via Engadget and MocoNews, with apparent word that EA have decided to sell their mobile games (which now includes Jamdat's back catalogue) direct to consumers via their...
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by tom on May 16, 2006
UK 3G operator 3 has announced its paid-for music download service has passed the 1 million per month mark.Graeme Oxby 3's Marketing Director said: "This million a month milestone is...
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SanDisk, makers of flash memory products, is cooperating with Philips to put mobile payment capabilities directly into flash memory cards that can be used with mobile devices to create a mobile...
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by tom on March 28, 2006
The BBC has a story about the EU Commission looking at the cost of roaming charges for European mobile users, with word of a proposal to scrap the charge to receive an incoming call while travelling...
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by tom on March 23, 2006
PayPal has launched a mobile version of it's service, allowing customers to send and make payments using the PayPal service from any supported mobile device.You can use your mobile phone to...
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by tom on March 13, 2006
A number of sites including CNN Money are reporting that both Cingular and T-Mobile USA have stopped sales of Motorola's RAZR handset, due to concerns about dropped calls and inadvertant...
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by Scott on January 29, 2006
Wireless Watch Japan reports that the new Mobile Suica system, which allows contactless ticketing from a mobile-based wallet, has gone live on the Tokyo metro system. Using the FeliCa-based mobile...
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by Scott on January 23, 2006
Smart Mobs namechecked us earlier in the week, so we are returning the favor. It appears that the big dive in Tokyo stocks last week due to allegations against Japanese Internet company Livedoor were...
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by Scott on January 21, 2006
Mobile Box Office has developed an application to allow mobile owners to purchase and carry movie tickets on their handsets. Using WAP, buyers purchase tickets with a secure credit card transaction,...
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