April 13, 2015 — Overland Park, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint (NYSE:S) today will transform forever the way customers buy or upgrade their mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices with the introduction of Sprint Direct 2 You. Sprint is bringing an in-store experience…
Samsung yesterday afternoon said it has reached an agreement to acquire LoopPay, developer of mobile payment technology that converts existing point-of-sale (POS) terminals into contactless receivers. LoopPay’s approach to mobile payment has the potential to work with approximately 90% of…
Connected multi-purpose devices have been making strides toward obsoleting single-purpose products one by one (viz. cameras, CD players, radios, books and e-readers). The latest device in high-tech firms’ sights is the wristwatch — but if the launch of the Apple…
WALTHAM, MA – March 7, 2013 — NetCracker Technology announced today that C Spire Wireless has selected NetCracker’s convergent BSS solution to consolidate and manage all billing, customer account, and service activation activities for prepaid, postpaid, and hybrid customers. C…
BELLEVUE, WA – Jan 24, 2013 — T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced two new B2B solutions to help businesses manage their wireless telecommunications investments. In a November 2012 survey1 by Gerson Lehrman Group, 89 percent of CIO respondents said that…
San Francisco, CA – Jan 23, 2013 — BOKU, Inc., the global leader in online mobile payments, today announced a partnership with U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) to maximize the adoption of direct-to-bill mobile operator billing as a payment option. BOKU…
Consumer use of mobile payments—paying for purchases by tapping a smartphone against the merchant’s point-of-sales (POS) terminal, for example–is emerging, but perhaps not as fast as technology proponents had projected. A combined 13% of Americans indicated they have made purchases…
In this “Part 2” post about the AT&T 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference, we look at AT&T’s forthcoming Digital Life home automation and home control offerings, several other connected market initiatives, and provide a peek toward AT&T’s larger game plan. …
More than 40% of retailers in a new Motorola Solutions survey (42%) said they are currently piloting or starting trials of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) within the next 36 months. The goal of these trials is to give customers the ability…
AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless today announced they will build Isis, a nationwide mobile electronic commerce network that the partners anticipate will eliminate the need for consumers to carry and use debit cards, credit cards, transportation cards and…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 25, 2008–Customers of Sprint (NYSE:S) can now conveniently access their bank accounts and, in an industry first with PayPal, send payments to friends and family from most Web-enabled Sprint phones* with the launch of MyMoneyManager. MyMoneyManager…
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