Sprint and mFoundry teamed-up to deliver mobile banking and mobile financial services to the operator’s Vision and Power Vision subscribers. Carrier’s Spotlight mobile banking solution will enable consumers to check bank balances, transfer funds and make bill payments with a number of financial institutions, including Citibank. mFoundry is promising high level of security, like multi-factor…
Blue Sky Positioning announces their GPS enabled SIM card
The Register reports that Blue Sky Positioning has announced their GPS enabled SIM card at SIMposium, in Berlin. The company has apparently managed to fit an entire GPS receiver onto a SIM card. The entire system, including the antenna, fits onto the card, but processing is done by your phone. The unit had to be…
GSM Association rallies Industry heavy-hitters for eWallet Standards
Nokia, LG, and Samsung have teamed up with AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, and KTF, in conjunction with financial institutions like Mastercard, towards a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based eWallet initiative, dubbed “Pay-Buy Mobile.” The GSM Association has garnered the support of these industry heavy-weights for a standard set of NFC chips, sourced from NXP and Sony,…
EU fails to reach accord on roaming rules
The European Union failed to come to an agreement about price caps on roaming fees. Furthermore representatives from the EU countries couldn’t agree whether roaming customers should be switched to a regulated rate. The two areas that proved to be the stumbling blocks were rules for “opt in, opt out” and the limits of the…
AT&T Busts Out 3G USB Modem And Hybrid ExpressCard Modem
AT&T released two new wireless connectivity options today, one being a 3G USB adaptor from Sierra Wireless, and the other, a Hybrid ExpressCard modem. The former rocks Mac and Vista compatibility, while the latter is limited to just Windows Vista applications.
Only 8% of U.S. mobile users interested in mobile banking
Mobile banking is coming whether we want it or not. According to the latest study conducted by Jupiter Research there isn’t a real consumer demand for such services, it’s the banks and financial institutions that desire to expand their relationships to the mobile channel. Furthermore, Jupiter’s research numbers suggest that only 8% of U.S. respondents…
UK teens to get a free cell phone service in exchange for ads
Free cell phone service is coming to the kid near you — that’s if you live in the UK. Blyk is launching a free cell phone service for kids ranging from 16-24 years old, who accept to receive ads in exchange. Already on board to annoy the kids are companies like Coca-Cola, L’Oreal and Buena…
Nokia Readies Shipments Of WiMAX Phones For 2008
With the hot new high-speed technology being WiMAX, is it such a surprise that Nokia is already preparing for the 4G technology from Intel? The Finnish mobile manufacturing giant has announced, at Web 2.0 Expo, that they are going to leap-frog 3G and 3.5G tech for an early 2008 release for their 2+mbps WiMAX phones.…
Helio announces end date for its Hybrid service
After talking about it for some time, Helio finally decided to pull the plug of its WLAN-3G Hybrid offering, for which the MVNO carrier partnered with Boingo. Official termination date is set for May 8, 2007, and Helio said that subscribers can keep their laptop cards and will be billed through May 7, 2007. Helio…
Affected by the Blackberry push email crash? Call Cingular for your cut… NOT!
If you were one of the users affected by the Blackberry push email crash, Cingular understand you (NOT) and wants to offer you a “fair” compensation. If you call Cingular these days, you will be able to apply for a whooping $2.50 refund. Yes, you’ve got the number right – it’s two bucks and fifty…