Verizon Wireless partnered with Danal Inc. to let subscribers charge online purchases of digital goods directly to their monthly wireless bills.

Firethorn now supports mobile banking for more than 3,000 U.S. financial institutions in their carrier-preloaded mobile wallet, which has the potential to be extremely valuable for both mobile payments and mobile marketing.

ShopRite, Safeway and Kroger along with other grocery chains are serving mobile coupons via Verizon Communications Inc.’s new free digital coupon service.

Jagtag claims that its 2D bar codes now work on every camera phone in the United States, delivering optimized multimedia content to both smartphones and standard feature devices.

Verizon Wireless’ blocking and reactivation of 4Info’s flagship short code and AT&T’s unhappiness about data consumption from a tiny slice of its customer base are cause for a chill in mobile marketing.

Verizon Wireless will use Amdocs digital commerce, settlement and reporting products to help attract developers to submit applications to the V Cast App Store.