Google is offering a new mobile payment service, involving credit and stored payments methods in Android smartphones, plus hooks to loyalty cards and special offers.
China Unicom - which has just launched a new nationwide mobile service using the CDMA technology popular with US and South Korean networks, if almost nowhere else - already has fixed-line operations.
Just last week on the World Service radio show Go Digital, we interviewed Christian Ogoo from Datatel GSM, and Peter Bedimer from Gateway Communications, who are both involved in launch of a new mobile phone service in Sierra Leone.
It increasingly looks like Google will announce a new mobile-payment service for its Android devices tomorrow.
In trying to wrap my head around the Karma hotspot a new prepaid 4G mobile hotspot service that relies on a novel model I keep coming back to the (often post-Apocalyptic) sci-fi stories where some other commodity or service has supplanted cash or gold as the chief currency.
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The Minneapolis-based bank doesn't plan to charge for its new mobile photo bill-payment service.
In September Blyk, a new mobile operator, launched a service in Britain that aims to do just that.
Instead, T-Mobile's new service plans require that customers pay for their smartphones either up front or in monthly payments over two years.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) announced today that it has selected new service partners for Target Mobile.
Start-up SCVNGR is launching a new version of its LevelUp mobile loyalty offers service with American Express.
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In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which pounded the Northeast in late October, many New Yorkers found themselves without power and without mobile service.
The deal gives the company something that has been in seriously short supply in the mobile business: new spectrum to expand wireless data service.
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Voice chat start-up Vivox is powering a new service called Bobsled for partner T-Mobile that enables people to talk with their friends on Facebook.
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With the new HTCSense.com service, people can simply manage their mobile phone experience from their HTC phone or personal computer.
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That said, it does run EarthLink's efforts head to head with wireless Internet service from mobile carriers and Palm's new i705.
Mobile payments start-up Square has announced a new service that allows consumers to pay for purchases by just giving their name to a merchant.
And it plans to launch a new store format that will prominently feature home broadband and mobile broadband service offerings along with Internet-ready TVs.
Thus, to better service its mobile users, Expedia launched a new update and rolled out an exclusive feature for its hotel mobile application.
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O2 is making customers' mobile phone numbers truly mobile with the launch of TU Go, a new service that is open to Pay Monthly customers.
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T-Mobile earlier this month rolled out an entirely new set of service plans that it says are contract-free as a way to lure carrier-wary users to its network.
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Apple released the update to its mobile operating system Sept. 19, adding a new maps service that was built using its own data rather than relying on maps information from partner-turned-smartphone and tablet rival, Google.
Sometimes described as a 2.5G technology because it acts as a bridge between mobile telephony and the full-fledged mobile Internet, the service has spawned a whole new style of phone usage, particularly among Japan's youth (see accompanying story).
Under Marissa Mayer, the service appears to be on the upswing with some new mobile releases.
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Desktop and mobile music streaming service Spotify is close to completing a new round of funding from Facebook backers DST Global and Kleiner Perkins, according to sources close to the deal.
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Based on the technology services of mSpot, a leading mobile content service provider recently acquired by Samsung, the new Music Hub service will initially be available on Samsung Galaxy S III devices sold through leading U.S. carriers.
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The GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0)'s superb multimedia experience is further boosted by Samsung's AllShare Play, a new content-sharing service available for the first time on any Samsung mobile device.
The two new Indian entrants are Sunil Mittal of the Bharti group, a leading mobile phone service provider in India, and Anil Agarwal of Sterlite industries.
Target will soon be flexing its omni-channel muscles with its new service, code-named Cartwheel, which will integrate online and mobile channels, offering features like coupons, rebates, and price comparisons.
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The Japanese company is considered to be one of the world's most advanced mobile operators, so if it continues to encounter problems when the new service is launched it will be a blow for telecoms firms everywhere.
This week, global music subscription service Deezer launches a new, recharged exclusive beta version of its mobile app for Android, designed to enhance the user experience for music fans worldwide and enable them to discover new artists and tracks like never before.
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