A Wall Street Journal article regarding Isis, the joint venture by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile, has stirred up a lot of buzz around the industry. However, Isis claims that the Journal article is profoundly inaccurate.

Verizon Wireless and USA Technologies are teaming up to enable mobile payments at vending machines nationwide.

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.

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 – An International CTIA Wireless panel discussed the various tactics that companies are using to monetize their applications and which approaches work best.

Nonprofit organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, wireless carriers and a range of celebrities have stepped up to issue mobile calls-to-action to raise funds to support victims of the tragedy in Japan.

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.

Amazon.com’s Kindle reading experience is preloaded on many Android devices running on the Verizon Wireless network and will be available on more handsets in the future.

Verizon Communications’ $400,000 investment in mobile loyalty specialist CardStar proves that value-added services are key to driving adoption of mobile payments.

Charge Anywhere has debuted a new Verizon Wireless billing option for its consumers giving them the option to accept and process credit and debit card payments from their phones.