Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless in association with American Express are integrating Serve online payment system for the use in mobile phones and tablets.

Customers may fund their Serve accounts via an existing credit or debit card or checking account, and then make purchases from a mobile device. The payment is authenticated with the user's mobile number.

Besides, customers will be given a Serve card when signing up for the service. This card then can be used for in-person purchases in stores.

Verizon Wireless will pay a $10 billion dividend early next year to its stakeholders Vodafone Group Plc and Verizon Communications.

According to the statement Vodafone will be paid $4.5 billion, or $1 billion less than the amount the British company's chief financial officer, Andy Halford, had said he expected as recently as June 30.

The payouts will be made on the basis of the stake owned by each parent company. 45% share belongs to Vodafone while the rest is owned by Verizon Communications.

Verizon Wireless has partnered with Payfone to implement a new mobile payment system for Verizon Wireless consumers. The service will enable users to make purchases online from their smartphones, tablets and PCs using numerous payment methods, including charging purchases to their monthly wireless statements or using traditional payment methods through financial institution partners.

In a move to rival the stir created by Verizon Wireless iPhone the number four US mobile carrier T-Mobile is launching a new promotion: all of its phones will be free with a two-year contract.

The phone that will be given to subscribers will include such models as the Android-equipped HSPA+ myTouch 4G and G2, and the Windows Phone 7 HTC HD7. A total of 30 free phones will be available from brands that include HTC, Garmin, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung.

Motorola Mobility Holdings makes a dull forecast for its sales in this quarter impacted by the next Apple iPhone that comes with Verizon Wireless. The company expects unusual drop and has already already noticed a decline in smartphone sales, Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said on Wednesday.

Motorola first-quarter phone sales typically fall 7 percent to 10 percent from the fourth quarter shopping season.

Three major mobile industry players AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have partnered to launch a joint venture that builds on ISIS, a national mobile commerce network that aims to fundamentally transform how people shop, pay and save.

Sunday the mobile carrier Verizon Wireless announced its plan to repay millions of dollars in refunds to 15 million cell phone customers who were unjust charged by the company for data sessions and Internet use.

While the amount for repayment was not disclosed by the carrier it is known that 15 million consumers will receive credits or refund checks that in most cases would range from $2 to $6 but would go beyond this in some cases, on their October or November bills. Former customers will get refund checks while existing customers will get credits.

Microsoft promises the next month debut of its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system to take place on AT&T and/or T-Mobile handsets.

As it was reported, Windows Phone 7, the stylish successor to Redmond's aging Windows Mobile platform, will initially appear on GSM cellular networks, which in the US means just AT&T and T-Mobile.

A TechCrunch contributor Steve Cheney speculated on the facts that point to the high probability of Apple’s plans to launch iPhone 4 on Verizon network in January next year.

Thus, Cheney notes that usually baseband for iPhone 4 like phones comes from Infineon and its GPS chipset from Broadcom.

Motorola and Verizon Wireless are partnering for a digital tablet device which would allow users to watch television on it, as reported by the Financial Times. The tablet is expected to tie closely to Verizon's FiOS digital pay television service, the newspaper said, citing the sources familiar with the case.

Verizon Wireless will soon start selling Motorola Droid X phone on Google Android platform. Beginning next month the move marks the continued quest of the three companies to occupy more space in the smartphone market as Apple is launching its mauch expected iPhone 4 on five continents.

Verizon Wireless said that Droid X will go on sale on July 15 for $199.99 after a $100 rebate to customers signing a two-year contract.

On Tuesday the Wall Street Journal reported that Google and Verizon are partnering for the launch of a computer tablet to compete with Apple in the market. According to the Journal Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam mentioned the tablet during an interview.

Meantime, the company declined to comment on the report with Google also saying it has nothing to announce.

Google Inc announced its plans to discontinue offering its Nexus One device for the Verizon Wireless network. Besides, the company said it will change its distribution plans in Britain. The announcement comes about four months after Google unveiled the Nexus One.

Meantime, analysts do not expect any significant impact of the Verizon decline on Google’s revenue who has earned 97% of its $23.7 billion in revenue last year from advertising.

Next week Microsoft is about to unveil its widely expected "Project Pink" phones, according to the sources with the knowledge of the matter.

Verizon Wireless will sell the devices which target mainly fans of social network sites, according to sources. When the launch is officially announced the phones will have different names.

The devices will come to the market not earlier than this summer. They will be manufactured by Sharp Corp who has already made Sidekick phones for Microsoft.

Starting from Thursday Verizon Wireless will sell its nine phone models utilizing Skype's popular telephony application.

Verizon Wireless expects Skype to attract a big enough number of new data to the company that it will offset any revenue declines.