Payfone's pre-authorization and intelligent routing features will help Verizon Wireless customers who use the Serve application make mobile payments simply and securely.
The new version of WAP, or wirelessapplication protocol - a standard that allows mobile devices to display Web-like information - is due out by January, and is expected to create a PC-type environment that could open the door to attacks.
Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ), which develops chips and other wireless technology, owns a slice of 700 Mhz spectrum, which it uses for its mobile TV application, mediaFLO.
Mobile Server works by taking in application data from servers and transforming it into formats such as the Wireless Markup Language or compact HTML for presentation on wireless devices.