Magic Potent for Selling Wireless: Good Information

The best way to sell wireless to consumers? Give them a "clear picture of how the offerings can be used in everyday life," according to a new study from ConStat, a wireless telecommunications research firm. Read more ...

Cell Costs Drop in U.S., California in Particular

Cell phone costs are going down in the United States and particularly in California, according to a new study by a Los Angeles-based economic research and consulting firm. Read more ...

Fast Gas the Wawa Way

Verizon has teamed with Pennsylvania-based Wawa, a milk company-turned-convenience-store, on an m-commerce initiative aimed at getting customers gassed up and back on the road in record time. Read on ...

Motorola: Euro 3G Still a Couple Years Away

How long will it take for third-generation telephony to develop in Europe? Try 2004 – that's when Motorola predicts 3G technology will hit Europe's mainstream market. Read on ...

AirIQ Keeps Dunkin' Donuts Rollin'

Donuts, those flaky fried pieces of dough that fell out of favor in the 80s because of their hefty proportions of sugar and fat, are back in favor again. Racing to keep up with increased consumer demand: Dunkin' Donuts via a wireless solution from AirIQ. Read on ...

From Handheld to Hand Held

In a cross-media twist, Airborne Entertainment – which began life providing games for wireless devices – will now license some of its original titles to a brick-and-mortar board-game company. Read on ...

Oregon Co. Gets Patent for Wireless Watermarking

An Oregon company has received a patent for technology that embeds digital watermarking in wireless communications. Read on ...

Ericsson: When in Doubt, Do It Yourself

Ericsson is hoping to jump-start next-generation mobile communications development with a fast-track licensing strategy. Read on ...

Bridget Jones Goes Mobile in Asia

For Asia mobile users who are as obsessed with calorie-counting, dating and self-help as Bridget Jones – the pop heroine of Helen Fielding's best-selling novel – Riot Entertainment is offering daily dairy updates. Read on ...

Cahners: M-Commerce Is Still a Work in Progress

Mobile commerce is still a work in progress rather than a viable source of revenues, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. Despite its slow-growth path, the research firm predicts m-com still holds promise. Read on ...

Oracle and Ford Behind the Wheel

Oracle and Ford are jumping into the telematics market with a new partnership aimed at creating voice-activated services for in-car Internet communications. Read on ...

Hitachi's Tiny New Chip Packs Powerful Punch

Hitachi is on the way to creating more powerful ways to authenticate and track currency, legal documents, and other products with its new micro radio-frequency identification chip. Called Meu, the chip – the size of a "speck" – can be embedded in paper, transmit data over the 2.45 Ghz band and may be a solution that helps foil counterfeiters. Read more ...

NCR Takes Wraps Off Electronic Labeling Solution

Attention shoppers: NCR Corporation is introducing a wireless electronic labeling solution that can change store prices at the blink of an eye. Read more ...

Zing Goes the Strings of M-Commerce

A new day is dawning for radio in Philadelphia. Beginning July 1, two Philly stations – WLCE-FM (ALICE 104.5) and WJJZ-FM – will be offering a voice-activated service from Zing Interactive aimed at giving m-commerce a chance. Why it could work: It's a marriage of two common and comfortable consumer pastimes, interacting with radio stations and talking on cell phones. Read more ...

Bluetooth: The Doctor Is In

A medical electronics firm in Minnesota is developing Bluetooth solutions for life-saving emergency room and home medical monitoring uses. Read more ...

e-Vend.net Takes Vending to the Max

Vending machine technology provider e-Vend.net is helping companies cash in on new "smart appliance" trends, including the option of allowing consumers to make payments wirelessly and machine operators to monitor kiosks with mobile devices. Read more ...

MasterCard Gives Mobile Payments a Boost

MasterCard International is rolling out a system that it says sets the stage for members to participate in new business opportunities – both globally and locally – including mobile commerce. Read more ...

Beam Me Up for Financial Services

Infrared technologies took aim at mobile commerce April 9 as industry executives demonstrated "point and pay" financial transactions using a "beam" and a handheld. Read more ...

Bluetooth Goes Shopping with a Eurocard

Shopping in Sweden could be as easy as pointing your phone at the cash register. That's the idea behind a trial run set up by Ericsson and Eurocard AB in Sweden using Bluetooth technology in Ericsson's R520 phones. Read more ...

A Practical Bluetooth Solution for Travelers

Travelers who worry about the fate of their luggage are getting a boost from Bluetooth. Sabre Holdings, the heavy-weight travel industry services company, and Danish Bluetooth developer, BlueTags, have teamed up on eBaggage Tracking, a product that will keep tabs on baggage from start to finish. Read more ...

SNAZ Showcases M-Wallet

CTIA News – SNAZ Commerce Solutions is demonstrating its new wireless shopping wallet this week in Las Vegas. Called Mobile Wallet, the m-commerce solution facilitates a range of wireless transactions. Read more ...

Ericsson Launches M-Commerce Platform

Ericsson yesterday launched its new mobile commerce platform, a scalable solution that includes modules for access, payment and security. Targeted at network operators and service providers, the Mobile Commerce Platform also allows for payments for both site content as well as goods and services purchased. Read more ...

Bluetooth: Red-M Tees Off with Stonebriar CC

Texas's tony Stonebriar Country Club is getting an extra dash of polish from Red-M's Bluetooth technology. Read more ...

FedEx: On the Move With Wireless Technology

FedEx, with solutions from Vicinity and w-Technologies, is making strides with new mobile services.Read more ...

Sprint Plans to 'Mobilize' the Enterprise

Capitalizing on the projected growth of wireless in the enterprise – and its own expertise in the field – Sprint has formed a new services and consulting division that it says will get companies up and running in time for the m-commerce bonanza. Read more ...