Mobile Payment Strategies Report: Opportunities & Markets 2011-2015

A new study from Juniper Research has determined that the total value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions will reach $670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year. These forecasts represent the gross merchandise value of all purchases...

Research Report: Positioning for Payments in the New Mobile-Social Technology Era

We are at the beginning of a new technology cycle as consumer adoption of mobile and social media extends the reach of the web and integrates those media into the physical world. Facebook is only eight years old, and yet its planned $5 billion IPO is the largest Internet IPO ever. As in every new technology...

Mobile Industry Predictions Report: 2012

The Yankee Group has just released its free 17-page 2012 Annual Predictions Report, which looks into what the future has in store for the ever-growing mobility landscape. Overview: The world is in transition and in the year ahead, mobile will be both the protagonist and the subject of this instability....

Google Launches Mobile Wallet

In May Google announced its mobile wallet, which uses NFC for tap and pay, in collaboration with Citi, MasterCard, Sprint and First Data. According to a recent blog post, Google is releasing the first version of the app to Sprint, so Google Wallet will be available on Sprint Nexus S 4G phones. With the...

Report Says ISIS to Invest $100M to Challenge Google Wallet

With summer days dwindling, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has less than two weeks to make good on its pledge to launch its Google Wallet mobile payment service. Google Wallet is a mobile application service that will let owners of Sprint’s Samsung Nexus S 4G smartphones use their phone as a wallet at some 20...

Mobile Banking Markets and Opportunities Report Announced by Research and Markets

Research and Markets  has announced the release of a new report, entitled “M-Banking Markets and Opportunities.” Mobile banking refers to a client-server system that is specifically designed for mobile devices, allowing banking customers to use handheld devices to...

Sprint Selects BilltoMobile to Provide Direct to Mobile Billing for Sprint Customers

BilltoMobile has announced a  Direct Mobile Billing Gateway Servce Provider agreement with Sprint, which will allow Sprint customers to charge online purchases directly to their Sprint bill. Once implementation is complete in the coming months, merchants and payment resellers using BilltoMobile’s...

BilltoMobile Adds Sprint, Extends Reach to 240 Million U.S. Customers

A year ago, few people in the U.S. had ever heard of BilltoMobile, a direct carrier billing company with roots in Korea. But the San Jose, Calif. company is fast emerging as a leader in the mobile payments space with direct billing arrangements with Verizon and AT&T and Friday, it’s adding Sprint to...

Mobile Payments Research Report 2011: Battle in a Fragmented Market

Research and Markets  has announced the addition of the “Mobile Payments – A Battle of Giants in a Fragmented Market” report to their offering. This study spotlights the mobile payment market, provides details about the related services and their technological aspects,...

Verizon Will Have 33% of 376 Million U.S. Mobile Subscribers by 2014, Say Forecasters

The United States will have 376 million mobile subscriber connections by 2014, with Verizon Wireless taking just over 1/3 of the market share, according to IE Market Research, a Canadian market intelligence and business strategy research and consulting firm. The company’s report shows industry-average...

Top Smartphones for the Holidays

Smartphone reviews and top smartphone models available by carrier. If you’re upgrading your smartphone for 2011, here’s a list of the hottest smart phones for the holidays. Aaccording to research firm Gartner, Android made up 25.5 percent of smartphone sales to end users in the third quarter, up...