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BARCELONA – Isis, as expected, has named the first three banks planning to issue payment applications for its Isis Mobile Wallet, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard US.
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Feb 27 2012 (All day)
By: Dan Balaban
BARCELONA – Yet another chip maker is planning to incorporate NFC into its portfolio, with an announcement today by U.S.-based Marvell Technology Group that it would combine NFC with super-fast Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies in...
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BARCELONA, Spain–Silicon vendor Intel said it inked a “multi-year mobile device collaboration across smartphones and tablets” with the world’s fifth largest handset maker, ZTE. The agreement represents another major step in Intel’s push into the mobile market.
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BARCELONA, Spain–If you think your daily commute to work is already fraught with traffic, consider this: Today there are approximately 1 billion cars and 7 billion people in the world. By mid-century those numbers will grow to 9 billion people with 4 billion cars on the road–often at...
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BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung expects to achieve the No. 3 LTE infrastructure vendor position by the end of 2012 and crack the top three infrastructure vendor rankings overall by the end of 2015 through organic growth, a senior executive said.
In a roundtable with reporters here at Mobile world...
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Isis has announced that Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard have entered into agreements to enable their credit, debit and prepaid cards to be placed into the Isis Mobile Wallet.
“Today’s announcement is testament to the vision and commitment of Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard to make mobile...
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Visa has made a series of announcement over the last several days at the Mobile World Congress 2012 to shore up its position in the ever changing mobile payments industry.
Vodafone and Visa Announce Mobile Payments Partnership
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Voltage Security has announced Voltage Security Mobile Plus, a multi-faceted initiative to extend its existing security solutions into the world of mobile devices, applications and data.
“The Voltage Security Mobile Plus initiative builds on our leadership in delivering data-centric encryption to...
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ROAM Data has announced that Ingenico has invested in the company to further fuel its growth and to jointly offer its mCommerce solutions to payment service providers worldwide.
“We are thrilled to have the trust and support of Ingenico’s team. Their recognized expertise in payments and global...
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While vague on specifics, Visa has announced to investors that it is changing its acquiring side fee structure in April.
First, Visa will lower variable acquirer processing fees for all Visa-branded products and across all merchant segments, including small merchants. Second, we are expanding...
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VeriFone has announced the PAYMEDIA Universal Acceptance Platform (UAP), a complete suite of services and software that enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to manage mobile wallet acceptance at merchant systems.
“The missing element in MNO’s mobile wallet plans has been the lack of focus on...
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Intel, Visa Partner on NFC Payments
Visa and Intel have announced a partnership that should make it easier for consumers to make mobile payments via phones and tablets powered by Intel chips.
Users will be able to wave an...
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More than a third of mobile product owners are using their devices for mobile commerce, according to a new study from the CEA. The report study also found that, on average, each consumer plans to spend $575 on mobile purchases in the next 12 months. Click here for more.
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China’s cellular connection revenue, which constitutes more than one-third of the Asia-Pacific’s (APAC) M2M market, is expected to grow from $642 million in 2011 to $2.76 billion in 2016. Click here for more.
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MoneyGram Adds Near East Bank to Money Transfer Network
Western Union, WIND to Launch Mobile Money Transfer service in Italy
GE Capital Retail Bank and Pep Boys...
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The US activist investor, Carl Icahn has sold US$1.2 billion worth of Motorola Solutions shares to the company itself. Click here for more.
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Sprint Nextel is reported to have walked away from an US$8 billion takeover bid for rival US network, MetroPCS Communications. Click here for more.
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The Italian mobile network operator is to work with French technology cluster Pole SCS on the development of a range of innovative NFC services which will be introduced first in the city of Milan from later this year.
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Visa (NYSE:V) and Intel Corporation today announced a strategic agreement to develop mobile commerce solutions tailored to consumers in developed and …
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International (NYSE:MGI), a leading global money transfer company, announced today the addition of Near East Bank to its network in North Cyprus.
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FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP) and rival Comcast’s (Nasdaq: CMCSA) dream of having a less restrictive regulatory structure in New Hampshire is nearing reality, as Senate Bill 48 (SB 48) passed the state Senate. However, it now has pass muster with the state’s House of Representatives.
If SB 48...
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Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), according to an article in FierceCable, has filed a patent for a new fiber deployment method and device that would enable to it rapidly connect homes to its 1 Gbps Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) network in Kansas and Missouri without having to dig trenches in the yards of...
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Panasonic has announced a second Eluga smartphone with support for NFC. The Eluga Power features a 5″ screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and superfast charging, allowing the device to reach 50% charge capacity…
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Paragon Application Systems, a leading global ePayment simulation, configuration and testing software provider, announces the appointment of Deborah …
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The affirmation follows the agency considering the likely impact on the French market of the entry of a fourth mobile operator, Iliad. Click here for more.
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Fueled by service providers’ ongoing migration to 40G and 100G transport, DWDM equipment market revenues rose 19 percent to $7.3 billion in 2011. And while the DWDM market saw growth within all of the world’s regions, Dell’Oro said in its Optical Transport report that North...
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Visa Inc. announced a service that provides financial institutions and mobile network operators with a one-stop solution to securely download payment account information to smart phones enabled with Near Field Communication technology.
The new service was developed in collaboration with Oberthur...
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By Bob Fontana, President and CTO, Codebench
Physical security professionals are hearing about public key infrastructure, or PKI, more frequently than ever before. This is because the federal government, through the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the Interagency Advisory Board...
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Nokia has announced the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone, a Symbian Belle device that features advanced imaging technology and support for secure NFC services as well as for pairing and tag reading applications. The handset includes Carl…
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The announcement earlier today of a deal between Chase and carrier-led NFC joint venture Isis is just the start of the US banking giant’s NFC plans, the company has revealed. The bank has signed a…
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Mobile network operator Orange has announced it will be the first operator in Europe to offer subscribers an Intel-powered smartphone. The new Android handset is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design and will be Orange…
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Afghanistan based mobile network, Roshan says that it is to launch the Western Union Mobile Money Transfer service. Click here for more.
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A team of researchers in Germany has created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, commonly referred to as the “last mile” problem. Click here for more.
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Chase announced that it has selected Gemalto’s mobile payments platform to provide its Trusted Service Management solution for its enterprise-wide mobile payments platform.
Gemalto’s Trusted Service Management solution will provision and manage the credit and debit card data of Chase...
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Isis announced that Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard have entered into agreements with Isis enabling their credit, debit and prepaid cards to be placed into the Isis Mobile Wallet.
Starting in mid-2012, consumers will be able to load their eligible Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard cards into...
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Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced findings from the latest Fiserv Consumer …
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Rule Financial, an independent provider of business consultancy, IT consultancy and IT services to the global investment banking community, today …
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Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced today that it has selected Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a leader in digital security, to provide its Trusted …
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The latest releases of SunGard’s AvantGard Integrity and AvantGard Quantum treasury solutions provide enhanced usability and functionality to help …
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Today at Mobile World Congress 2012, Orange announced that it is working with Facebook and others on initiatives to create new mobile web applications for customers. Click here for more.
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Huawei has shown off the world’s first 10-inch quad-core tablet. The Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD includes a Huawei 1.5GHz quad-core processor, Google Android 4.0 operating system and a 10-inch IPS high definition display screen. Click here for more.
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BARCELONA, Spain–Nokia here at the Mobile World Congress trade show launched a low-end Lumia phone, the 610, which will help the company expand its addressable market for Windows Phone gadgets. The 610 uses a new version of Windows Phone software, dubbed by blogs as “Tango,” which...
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BARCELONA, Spain–Everyone knows that mobile broadband usage is expected to soar in the coming years, but will it grow 10 times today’s usage or 100 times today’s usage? That is a question nearly every company on the show floor at Mobile World Congress this week is trying to...
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Gemalto launched the UpTeq NFC SIM vault to offer mobile operators higher security and bigger return on investment from NFC rollouts. The new SIM has attained security certifications from independent authorities to the highest levels. This enables mobile operators to install and manage new NFC...
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> HTC launched the One X for AT&T Mobility and the One S for...
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Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, and Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading total communications provider, today announced that …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Telefónica is the first operator to officially pledge support for open-source software initiative Mozilla’s fledgling Boot to Gecko open web mobile operating system, the two companies announced here at Mobile World Congress 2012.
Telefónica and Mozilla...
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Orange, mobile network operator and internet service provider, is launching a UK mobile contactless retail reward scheme in partnership with the EAT café chain, according to Mobile Magazine.
Customers using supported, NFC-enabled handsets are able scan specially-designed posters that activates a...
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BARCELONA, Spain–Everyone knows that mobile broadband usage is expected to soar in the coming years, but will it grow 10 times today’s usage or 100 times today’s usage? That is a question nearly every company on the show floor at Mobile World Congress this week is trying to...
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Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has significantly …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Half of all U.S. consumers access the web at some point during the shopping experience, with mobile devices playing an increasingly significant role in how customers shop both online and off, said eBay president and CEO John Donahoe during his keynote speech here at Mobile...
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A new version of Shazam, the media discovery app used by 180m people around the world, will allow Android phone users to share music, TV ads, tour dates, coupons and more via NFC.
Read the rest of Shazam shares music with NFC at NFC World.
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TradeKing, a North Carolina- and Florida-based online broker dealer, has gone live with SunGard’s Protegent Social Media Surveillance for regulatory …
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While awareness of machine-to-machine services is high, however, so too is concern over security, with 86% of respondents to a survey commissioned by AdaptiveMobile stating that they see risks associated with M2M technology. Click here for more.
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Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has made yet another move to bolster its optical capabilities by acquiring Lightwire, a provider of (CMOS) photonics technology vendor.
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Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will acquire the Allentown, Pa.-based vendor, which...
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Telstra (ASX: TLS.AX) has ironed out a commercial agreement to sell services via the Australian government’s National Broadband Network (NBN).
The incumbent service provider is the last large service provider to establish a 12-month wholesale broadband agreement (WBA).
While a Telstra...
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As Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) moves ahead with its acquisition of SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW), the two service providers have appointed their CFOs–Dan Bessey, SureWest’s chief financial officer, and Steve Childers, Consolidated’s CFO–to lead the transition...
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BARCELONA, Spain–Calling the explosion in smartphone adoption “the most important technology trend since the advent of the Internet,” Facebook CTO Bret Taylor announced the social networking giant is partnering with mobile operators across the globe to introduce streamlined...
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Ericsson has announced that it has won a contract to upgrade China Telecom’s packet data serving node (PDSN), expand its CDMA packet core network and provide related services for a period of two years. Click here for more.
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The Angolan mobile network operator, Movicel has signed a contract with Huawei for the supply of a LTE network. Click here for more.
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BARCELONA, Spain–Citing company research that predicts network traffic could increase 10 times by 2016–due to 5 times more smartphone users and 5 billion more mobile broadband users–Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today said that it has a number of initiatives and products planned to help...
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The new UpTeq NFC SIM meets a flight of top level security requirements and, says the digital security firm, can be used to generate legally binding digital signatures as well as deliver both e-health and e-government services.
Read the rest of Gemalto launches high security NFC SIM at NFC World
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BARCELONA, Spain–ZTE made no pretense in its ambitions to become one of the top smartphone makers in the world with a new high-end Android smartphone called the Era, a new phone running Android version 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich. The company also announced a new Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)...
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“Financial institutions, mobile network operators, and even transit operators now have a simple, secure process to activate payment applications at scale and make mobile payments part of everyday life for consumers around the world,” says Visa’s head of mobile products.
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Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a global security technology leader, has been selected by Intel to deliver lifecycle management of the embedded Secure …
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Social mobile games developer Glu Mobile has released an NFC-enabled version of its popular Gun Bros game. Gun Bros Multiplayer includes support for Google’s Android Beam NFC peer-to-peer technology, enabling players to start a multiplayer game…
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Easdaq N.V., owner of the pan European retail trading platform Equiduct, today announced the addition of four new members to its board.
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Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has launched a new market information and trading app. for iPhone® & Android.
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Western Union (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, and WIND, one of the largest mobile operators in Italy and the EU, have joined forces …
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Orange today unveiled ‘Quick Tap Treats’ – the UK’s first mobile contactless retail reward scheme, in partnership with the EAT. restaurant chain.
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Visitors to the BlackBerry stand at this week’s Mobile World Congress can use their NFC phone, or an RFID card provided by RIM, to share information collected at ‘Like Stations’ on Twitter and Facebook. RIM…
Read the rest of RIM demos NFC check-ins at MWC at NFC World.
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Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial …
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Chip maker NXP has announced a new secure element platform which is form factor agnostic and incorporates the company’s next-generation SmartMX2 technology. The new platform “brings passport level security, smart card performance and multi-applications capability to the…
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Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, launches the new UpTeq NFC SIM vault to offer mobile operators higher …
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Facing one of the most significant business challenges since the advent of the Internet, CIOs in emerging markets seeking to mobile-enable their enterprises are making mobility a higher priority and spending more money on achieving that goal than are their mature-market counterparts, Click here for...
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Nokia Siemens Network says that earlier this month, it achieved world record data speeds exceeding 1.4 Gbps using an LTE-Advanced system on 100 MHz of aggregated spectrum. Click here for more.
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Swedish start-up iZettle, which provides technology that turns mobile phones into card payment terminals, is preparing to move into the UK market, …
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Qualcomm today announced that its next generation Gobi modem chipsets, the MDM8225, MDM9225 and MDM9625 chipsets, will begin sampling in Q4 2012 and will be the first to support both HSPA+ Release 10 and the next-generation of the LTE mobile broadband standard, LTE Advanced. Click here for more.
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ZTE has announced a range of mid-range smartphones that company said will be aimed at users in the high volume/high value markets of Europe, Japan, the USA and China. Click here for more.
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Philippines based Smart Communications has signed a marketing partnership with Vodafone. Click here for more.
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The new PN547 offers twice the read/write range of its existing PN544 controller chip, is half the size, uses half the power and communicates at five times the speed.
Read the rest of NXP unveils next-generation PN547 NFC controller at NFC World.
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Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture created by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, has snagged deals with Chase, Capital One and …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Nokia (NYSE:NOK) took the next step to build momentum around its partnership with Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone operating system, announcing that it will sell the Lumia 900 in more markets as well as the new low-end Lumia 610.
At its first Mobile World...
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According to new research published by Acision, SMS still dominates the mobile messaging market when compared to other messaging services such as ‘Over the Top’ (OTT) Instant Messaging (IM) services. Click here for more.
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Controversial handset monitoring company, Carrier IQ is planning to make its service more appealing to customers, by letting them access the same reports that the mobile networks had been offered. Click here for more.
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Bloomberg today takes the wraps off a two-year development effort designed to simplify its desktop data service and pile the pressure on dealing …
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Mobile network operator Vodafone has formed a global partnership with Visa to bring contactless mobile payments to customers in more than 30 …
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Qualcomm announced today that it will offer a Pro version of the Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor to enable even more capable mobile computing devices. Click here for more.
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South Africa based MTN Group is to deploy an Ericsson supplied m-wallet service across its networks in Africa and the Middle East. Click here for more.
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The telecoms giant, which has 400m customers in more than thirty countries, is working with Visa to introduce a global Vodafone Mobile Wallet. Subscribers in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and the UK will be the first to get the new service, beginning this financial year.
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Apple’s purchase of Chomp, an application that helps users find relevant mobile apps based on their interests, is proof that as apps continue to be popular marketing components, developers need to think critically about ways to get them noticed.
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TMX Atrium, provider of smarter infrastructure solutions for the financial community, today announced that it has added MJT Software Development, the …
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KVH Co. Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform, and Koscom, a leading financial IT solutions provider, announced today that they will …
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Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (“Maple”), a corporation whose investors comprise 13 of Canada’s leading financial institutions and pension …
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Indata, a leading industry provider of software and services for buy-side firms including trade order management (OMS), compliance, portfolio …
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Tradition-Icap, the world’s leading voice broker and electronic platform for the trading of interdealer currency options, today announced the launch …
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The three card issuers’ 100 million customers will be able to store a full range of credit, debit and prepaid cards, as well as loyalty cards and special offer coupons, on their NFC mobile phones.
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Register for this free, hour-long webinar March 29 discussing the five keys to building app loyalty and long-term usage from brands that know best. Panelists from Staples, JetBlue Airways, ESPN and sponsor Fiksu.
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