ISIS

Sprint working on NFC service of its own despite competitors collaboration

April 4th, 2011

According to Bloomberg, U.S. wireless provider Sprint is working on a mobile, touchless payment service based on NFC (Near Field Communications) technology. Sprint’s vice president of product platforms, Kevin McGinnis, told the publication that his company plans to make its touchless payment system “an open solution” that will work in a variety of physical locations. …

Official: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon to launch mobile commerce network

November 16th, 2010

Andrew Munchbach

Today, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless officially took the wraps off of their rumored mobile payment service. Dubbed ISIS, the new “mobile commerce network” aims to use NFC (near-field communication) technology to make mobile phones the preferred method of payment for consumer point-of-sales transactions. “While payments are at the core of the offering, it is only …