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Top US cellular carriers join new Mobile Payments Committee

Who would've thought the U.S.'s four major cellular carriers - AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon - would ever join forces?That's reportedly the case as all four have joined the Mobile Payments Committee, a newly launched group put together by the Electronic Transactions Association. Google, ISIS, PayPay, Verifone and Intuit are also reportedly members. According to committee chair Jackie Moran, who also happens to be executive director of ederal relations at Verizon, the group will attempt to navigate through issues like interoperability, mobile payments lawmaking and emphasizing payment technology's benefits to...

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Published By: Tech Radar - Friday, 10 August, 2012

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