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Verizon Wireless shuns Google’s Wallet – hope still lies with Sprint

Stephen Vagus
Mobile Commerce

Telecommunications giant Verizon Wireless has announced that it will not support Google’s ambitious mobile payment applications, called Google Wallet. Verizon is set to compete with Google for control of the emerging mobile commerce industry. The company is part of a triumvirate, which included AT&T and T-Mobile, which is working to build the mobile payment platform known as Isis. With Verizon choosing not to support Google’s platform, the technology company’s last hope remains with Sprint. Google has worked hard to promote its mobile payment platform and consumers have shown some favor…

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T-Mobile unveils m-commerce Direct Carrier Billing solution

Jennifer Goula
T-Mobile mobile network carrier Technology News

T-Mobile USA has announced the introduction of Direct Carrier Billing, which provides its subscribers with a new mobile commerce solution that lets them buy digital products and services using their web enabled mobile devices such as PCs and netbooks, but also smartphones and tablets. Direct Carrier Billing was originally meant to leverage partner billing services from Boku, Zong, BilltoMobile, Payfone, and OpenMarket, and it allows customers to make purchases of digital products such as games, music, videos, or social networking credits so that they never need to enter their credit…

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