RCR Wireless News global tour set for next week in Philadelphia
RCR Wireless News’ visit to Philadelphia is set to begin next week, bringing with it a one-day conference scheduled for June 8 as well as a visit to the city to get an update on its municipal Wi-Fi...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: 2012 mobile trends – mobile commerce, product ecosystems,...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.This week marks...
View ArticleeBay acquires Zong for $240M
eBay Inc. (EBAY) has reached a deal to acquire Zong for $240 million in cash. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides mobile payments through carrier billing channels and has deals with more than...
View ArticlePayPal readies NFC app for payments on Android devices
Considering all the activity of late, PayPal appears to be jumping into the deep end of the mobile payments space. The company is planning to launch a new application for Android devices later this...
View ArticleEBay’s PayPal Unveils Mobile-to-Mobile Payment System With NFC Technology
EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal unit unveiled a service that will let users make payments by tapping their mobile devices together, joining rivals in the market for wireless transactions using near field...
View ArticleWal-Mart’s Rocky Path from Bricks to Clicks
Since Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) first ventured into cyberspace 15 years ago, the Bentonville (Ark.) company has struggled online. …
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: Get set for stronger OS oligopoly
With the recent HP shut-down of the WebOS and Palm divisions, it’s becoming increasingly clear that to succeed in the mobile device market, an OS needs to have significant device, developer, and...
View ArticleFeature Report: RCR Wireless News Capital Markets Update 2012
The sluggish recovery and the threat of the fiscal cliff make the capital markets uncertain territory, but the wireless industry has fared better than most in 2012. Venture capitalists have been ready...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: Why isn’t EBay an MVNO?
At the peak of the mobile virtual network operator fervor we witnessed in the 2005 to 2007 timeframe, common wisdom held that a successful MVNO must have killer content, a highly targeted
View ArticleM-commerce (infographic): A mobile shopper’s path to purchase
Citrix this week released a quarterly report detailing a variety of statistics related to the mobile industry, including statistics on application usage and e-commerce habits. This infographic was...
View ArticleEBay’s PayPal Unveils Mobile-to-Mobile Payment System With NFC Technology
Bloomberg | July 13, 2011 | Douglas Macmillan EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal unit unveiled a service that will let users make payments by tapping their mobile devices together, joining rivals in the market...
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