Carrier networks

Sprint has taken a step that may change the mobile commerce landscape. The wireless carrier’s new Samsung Exclaim is going to be preloaded with the ScanLife 2D bar code application.

Scanbuy Inc.’s 2D bar code application will be pre-loaded in camera phones from LG Electronics Inc., the No. 3 handset maker worldwide.

O2 Wireless has inked a deal with Best Buy to offer O2 Wireless products in Best Buy retail, kiosk, online and mobile stores.

Sprint mobile phones can now read 2D barcodes, making it simpler for the carrier’s customers to get product information via mobile.

AT&T will offer Webalo Inc.’s Mobile Dashboard service to target professionals in the retail business.

Starbucks Corp. will use the AT&T Wi-Fi service at more than 7,000 company-operated coffee shops nationwide, ditching longtime partner T-Mobile USA.

O2, a British provider of mobile and home broadband services to consumers and businesses, launched Britain’s first large-scale pilot of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on mobile phones.