Midwestern supermarket chain Hy-Vee is letting consumers shop, create shopping lists and locate in-store products via a new mobile application.

Intuit is teaming up with AT&T to bring its GoPayment mobile payments service to small businesses and make it easy for them to process credit and debit card payments using a smartphone or tablet.

Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming up with handset manufacturers and payment networks to launch a near field communication platform to compete with its rivals’ Isis joint venture.

Isis has introduced its very first pilot mobile commerce program in Salt Lake City, where consumers will be able to leave their wallet at home and simply use their mobile device to make point-of-sale purchases.

With Google, MasterCard and Citi reportedly teaming up to go head-to-head with the U.S. carriers’ Isis joint venture with Discover Card and Barclaycard, a war in the near field communication space is on the horizon.

ORLANDO, FL – A panelist at International CTIA said that 2010 was the year of mobile apps, but in 2011 retailers will shift their focus to delivering relevant, location-based offers to consumers on their mobile devices to drive them in-store.

AT&T has beaten its competitors to the punch by becoming the first wireless carrier in the United States to offer a large-scale, location-based mobile marketing program to consumers and advertisers.

AT&T has updated its Yellow Pages application for Apple’s iPhone to include local deals from merchants and enhanced search capabilities.

AT&T is creating the Location Information Services platform to help businesses and organizations with mobile initiatives improve productivity and have better visibility into their assets.

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have formed a joint venture called Isis, a national mobile commerce network that will let consumers use their mobile phones to make point-of-sale purchases.