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Visa Announces Mobile Payment Partnership with Samsung
February 25, 2013 11:08 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsUnder the agreement, financial institutions will be able to securely upload customers’ payment account information onto NFC-enabled Samsung phones using Visa’s Mobile Provisioning Service. Also, Samsung has agreed to pre-load Visa’s payWave app onto its NFC-enabled devices, allowing end-users to make touchless payments.
Boost, Virgin Mobile Announces LTE Service, New Phones
February 25, 2013 10:33 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsBoost and Virgin Mobile are making the jump in speed up to LTE. Both operate on Sprint’s LTE network. The postpaid providers have each announced the first phones that will run on their new faster offering, with Samsung’s Galaxy Victory coming to Virgin and the HTC One SV coming to Boost.
Huawei Reveals 'Fastest Smartphone in the World'
February 25, 2013 10:14 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | CommentsHuawei, a Chinese company that recently became the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, calls its new flagship product "the fastest smartphone in the world" and wants to use it to expand global awareness of its brand. Parts of the presentation of the phone at a press conference Sunday...
Nokia Launches New Lumias, Feature Phones at MWC
February 25, 2013 10:10 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsKicking things off early on the first official day of Mobile World Congress, Nokia made a splash by announcing four new phones. The Finnish handset maker unveiled two new Windows Phones, the Lumia 520 and 720, as well as making good on rumors by showing off two new budget friendly feature phones, the 301 and 105.
Telecom CEOs: US regulators better than Europe
February 25, 2013 10:08 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | CommentsThe CEOs of AT&T, Vodafone and Telefonica — three of the world's largest cellphone companies — had some rare words of praise for U.S. regulators Monday, saying they're doing better than their European counterparts in promoting faster wireless data networks...
EXTRA: More News from MWC 2013
February 25, 2013 9:59 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsRed Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM) with more than 1.6 billion Red Bend-Enabled™ devices, today announced it has partnered with Samsung to conduct enterprise trials of a dual-persona version of the popular Samsung Galaxy S III...
AT&T Snags GM Contract from VZW
February 25, 2013 9:48 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsAT&T has managed to snag a contract to provide connectivity for General Motors' OnStar service beginning in 2014. Competitor Verizon Wireless is the current provider for OnStar. While financial details of the deal were not announced, AT&T said in a statement that...
Mozilla Touts Carrier, OEM Support for Firefox OS at MWC
February 25, 2013 9:45 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsThe mobile Firefox OS from non-profit browser-maker Mozilla might have seemed a longshot to even make it to market, much less garner the kind of carrier support the company has announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. Mozilla has announced 18 carrier...
Alcatel Appoints Combes as Successor to Verwaayen
February 22, 2013 10:25 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsAlcatel-Lucent’s board of directors today approved the appointment of Michel Combes as the company’s new CEO. The change goes into effect April 1, 2013. Combes will also join the company’s board, subject to the approval of shareholders at the Alcatel-Lucent annual general meeting on May 7, 2013...
Report: Nokia to Push Cheaper Phones at MWC
February 22, 2013 10:15 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsReuters, attributing the news to company sources, reports the Finnish handset maker is turning some of its focus back to low-end products in order to maintain its worldwide mobile phone market share, under threat from Chinese manufacturers like Huawei and ZTE.
Vodafone CEO Open-Minded About VZW Options
February 22, 2013 9:51 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsVodafone CEO Vittorio Colao says he's unsure about the future ownership of Verizon Wireless, according to an interview published in the Wall Street Journal Friday. Colao said he has an "open mind" when it comes to the joint venture that is Verizon Wireless. Verizon Communications currently...
HP's 1Q Offers Glimmer of Hope, Stock Surges
February 22, 2013 9:34 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | CommentsHewlett-Packard Co.'s latest quarterly results provided a glimmer of hope after months of gloomy news. The fiscal first-quarter numbers announced Thursday topped what the slumping personal computer maker's own management and stock market analysts had forecast...
First News Briefs for February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 9:33 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsJumio launched an SDK for Netverify for iOS and Android, which enables any mobile app to authenticate users within moments, using a smart phone camera. SideCar (a ride sharing service), is using it to verify user's identity. It can verify various forms of ID from over 60 countries), with a scan of the camera, rather than having a potential customer return paperwork via fax or e-mail.
N. Korea to Allow Mobile Internet for Foreigners
February 22, 2013 9:20 am | by Jean H. Lee, Associated Press | CommentsNorth Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week.
Ergen: Dish Has Time to Mull Many Options for Wireless
February 21, 2013 10:20 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsDish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said his company has plenty of time to decide how to use its spectrum, which was recently approved by the FCC for use in deploying an LTE-Advanced wireless network. "I think the focus for the next year will be to figure out what the best path...
