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 Send to email | Mobile money transfer goes international; exchange funds via SMS in |  By Marc Flores
el 09-Dec-2008 | 
First, it was PayPal. All you needed was access to the Internet and you could pay bills and make money transfers at your computer. Now, that same type of service is going to be available via mobile phones and SMS. Mobile banking is certainly nothing new and has been around for quite some time, but you were usually limited to viewing account information, transferring funds within your own account, and making bill payments (except Obopay, which allowed transfers from user to user). Some countries support transferring money between phones, such as India and the Philippines, but other countries and carriers are taking a serious look at adopting the service for themselves. Carriers like Vodafone are teaming up with financial institutions like Western Union to make these types of transactions and services more ubiquitous. If this catches on, it’s going to make money transfers, and life in general, a whole lot easier. However, like with PayPal, there’s no doubt that security concerns might push people away for a little while.
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| FCC approves AT&T spectrum transfer to T-Mobile | | Following AT&T’s failed attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion, AT&T had to pay a lofty break-up fee as per the terms of its agreement. AT&T’s related expenses totaled $4 billion, and included in that sum was the transfer of AWS spectrum licenses to T-Mobile in 128 different markets. On Wednesday, T-Mobile announced that the Federal Communicat [..] Read complete article | | Published 25-Apr-2012 by Zach Epstein in BusinessMobile4G4G LTEAT&TawsFCCLTEspectrumT-Mobile
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| T-Mobile and AT&T apply for $1 billion spectrum transfer with FCC | | T-Mobile and AT&T have filed with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer $1 billion worth of AT&T’s AWS spectrum into T-Mobile USA’s ownership. AT&T previously promised the spectrum to Deutsche Telekom in the event that its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA failed. “This additional spectrum will help meet the growing demand for wireless broadband services,? Tom S [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Jan-2012 by Todd Haselton in BusinessMobile$1 billionawsDealDeutsche TelekomspectrumT-MobileT-Mobile USA
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| T-Mobile USA considers selling cellular towers to raise funds for ?capital spending? |  Here’s a head scratcher. During a speech today in New York City, Deutsche Telecom CEO, Rene Obermann, told investors that T-Mobile USA would consider “selling nonstrategic assets such as its broadcast cellular towers in order to raise additional funds for capital spending.” We were under the distinct impression that cellular towers were, in fact, capital assets (especially for a [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Jan-2011 by Andrew Munchbach in Carriers - USassetscarrierCEODeutsche TelecomObermannPhillip HummReneSalessellT-Mobile
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| Verizon introduces Mobile Email 4.0, brings Exchange to feature phones |  Think you can avoid having corporate email on your mobile device by buying a feature phone? Think again, as today Verizon Wireless announced an update to its feature phone email solution, Mobile Email 4.0. The downloadable application will allow users to connect their non-smartphone devices to Microsoft’s Exchange environment, leverage push email, and utilize an integrated contact list. The [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Dec-2010 by Andrew Munchbach in
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| Boost Mobile intros International Connect |  News from Boost Mobile this morning brings its subscribers a new international texting and walkie talkie option that will definitely turn heads. Dubbed International Connect, the $10 plan enhancement affords customers unlimited SMS and PTT from the US to Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile. Though the new International Connect option is hardly worldwide [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 31-Mar-2009 by Zach Epstein in
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| Boost Mobile intros International Connect | | News from Boost Mobile this morning brings its subscribers a new international texting and walkie talkie option that will definitely turn heads. Dubbed International Connect, the $10 plan enhancement affords customers unlimited SMS and PTT from the US to Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile. Though the new International Connect option is hardly worldwide [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 31-Mar-2009 by Zach Epstein in
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| T-Mobile to introduce two new international calling plans that don?t suck |  According to the latest intel gathered by TmoNews, the nation’s fourth largest carrier, T-Mobile, will begin offering two new, pre-paid international calling plans on March 13th. Aimed at those who frequently dial from the U.S. to friends and family internationally, the plans include unlimited calling to landlines in 50+ countries, unlimited text messaging to any mobile phone in over 220 cou [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Mar-2011 by Andrew Munchbach in
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| T-Mobile to announce new, low-cost international talk and text plan |  According to a memo acquired by TmoNews, U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile is set to introduce a new, low-cost, international text and calling plan in time for the holidays. The new offering will allow users to send unlimited text messages to cell phones in over 220 countries and call land-line phones in 56 countries without incurring long-distance charges — calls to these countries will count [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Nov-2010 by Andrew Munchbach in Carriers - UScallingCountriesinternationalplanT-Mobiletextingworldwide
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