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Microsoft Renames Mobile Communications Business Unit
Redmondmag.com
Ballmer stepped into the mobile limelight last year after two long-time Entertainment and Devices Division executives (J Allard and Robbie Bach) stepped down from their positions. The company subsequently shed its short-lived Kin consumer mobile phones ...
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Sony Ericsson Readies NFC in Android Phones
Mobiledia
NFC is a much buzzed-about technology in the mobile phone business because it can pave the way to a wealth of new features in smartphones, and one of the biggest potential benefits of NFC comes from the user's ability to make mobile payments. ...
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The NFC evolution: Getting closer to mobile wallets
Digitaltrends.com
You need to have terminals in the stores in order for credit card companies and mobile phone companies to issue the cards in the phones…on the other side you need to have the cards in the phones." The factors in the mobile payments market are so ...
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Little interest among US consumers for mobile wallets
Computerworld
Taking into account the margin of error of 4 percentage points, he added: "The fact is, only around 25% of consumers would like to buy things with a mobile wallet and are waiting for that capability to be in their next cell phone. ...
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IPhone, Google, Starbucks applications offer new ways to pay
Tbo.com
Verizon Wireless is experimenting with a new system with the mobile payment company Payfone that would let customers pay with cell phones, iPads or other mobile gadgets. As they shop for items and make purchases, and pay with their mobile gadget, ...
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'70s Era Chicagoans Tried Out Nation's First Public Cell Phones (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Providing a bit of a history lesson for otherwise unaware Chicagoan tech-heads, the AT&T Tech Channel Monday unearthed a short video profiling early adapters of cell phones in the Windy City. You can practically hear the disco beats pulsating off in ...
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Mobile networks team up over 'wave and pay'
The Independent
By Nick Clark The rise of UK shoppers paying for goods with a wave of their mobile phones is set to accelerate after the three largest operators teamed up to launch a mobile commerce venture. Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere (EE), the parent of ...
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Retailers' m-commerce opportunity is growing rapidly
InternetRetailer.com
There are 234 million mobile phone users in the US, according to web and mobile web measurement firm comScore Inc. 48% of those phones, or 112.3 million, can access the Internet. Those numbers show that mobile technology is ubiquitous and merchants ...
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Cox kills its wireless network in a grim omen for the industry
CNNMoney
The next decade in mobile phones won't be like the last. The main business of selling voice minutes is finally in decline after three decades of growth. The hyper-profitable text messaging business is also under attack. The big carriers say growing ...
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Mascom launches new banking product
Mmegi Online
Mascom Money allows Mascom customers to perform several forms of banking through their mobile phones. These include sending and receiving money and purchasing prepaid airtime. An added advantage is that the service does not restrict sending money to ...
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Increase in mobile shopping thanks to 'wave and pay'
Telecoms News
The purchase of goods through mobile phones is proving so popular that the number of UK shoppers using this service is expected to grow rapidly, thanks to the partnership of three major operators to release a mobile commerce initiative. ...
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