ViaFone and X.com Partner to Incorporate Leading Online Payment Service, PayPal, Into M-Commerce Applications
Joint Solution Allows Businesses to Enhance Mobile Applications With Secure Payment Capabilities on Any Wireless Device
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaFone (www.viafone.com), a leading provider of enterprise mobile solutions, and X.com (www.x.com), provider of the leading online payments service PayPal, today announced a partnership that allows businesses to integrate a mobile payment solution into their m-commerce applications.
Through its partnership with PayPal, which is the largest Web-based payments network with nearly 4 million users, ViaFone will integrate PayPal's mobile payment service with its ViaFone OneBridge™ Mobility Platform. Now, with any mobile device, consumers can submit secure payments to businesses offering PayPal-enabled mobile applications created with ViaFone's OneBridge. This added functionality allows businesses to offer their customers an instant, secure mobile payment option, facilitating additional sales and enhancing their existing m-commerce strategy.
"One of the ways ViaFone helps businesses manage the complexity of delivering wireless solutions is by partnering with leading technology providers to deliver customized mobile solutions," notes Bernard Desarnauts, CEO and co-founder of ViaFone. "PayPal has revolutionized person-to-person payment, and as businesses incorporate mobile payment options, they're ideally suited for the PayPal person-to-business payment option. We're pleased to help our customers build a complete mobile commerce experience by offering them one of the leading payment solutions on the market."
"To help execute our mobile strategy, a natural extension of our business, PayPal looked for companies with a proven track record in building compelling mobile applications for leading online brands," said Reid Hoffman, Senior Vice President for Business Development at X.com. "Using that criteria, ViaFone was a clear choice for mobile solutions partner. We're excited to be able to streamline the mobile commerce experience with instant payments anytime, anywhere for mobile customers."
About X.com and PayPal
X.com provides the instant and secure online payment service PayPal, integrated with consumer and business financial services. With a customer base of nearly 4 million, PayPal is the world's first and largest Web-based payment network, and the #1 financial site on the Internet, according to PC Data Online. PayPal is the preferred payment service for online auctions and online community and group Web sites. Free to consumers, PayPal can be used from PCs or Web-enabled mobile phones.
A privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, X.com was recently named one of the 50 Most Important Private Companies in the World by Red Herring, one of the Top 25 New Companies by Fortune Small Business, and a Forbes Favorite Website in the magazine's latest "Best of the Web" issue. For more, visit www.x.com.
About ViaFone
ViaFone is a world-class enterprise software company whose product, the OneBridge™ Mobility Platform, enables Fortune 1000 companies to rapidly build, deploy, and flexibly manage the long-term lifecycle of mobile applications.
With its unique combination of data and voice technologies, ViaFone's OneBridge enables the most complete and effective mobile solutions for a vast array of WAP phones, PDAs, pagers, and standard voice telephones. Leveraging a strong partnership network and an open-platform approach, OneBridge integrates seamlessly with backend infrastructures and links to the most popular business software from companies like Oracle, SAP and Siebel. Dedicated to helping companies create new revenue opportunities through mobile user access, increased brand loyalty, and improved employee productivity, ViaFone also provides a complete range of consulting, application design, infrastructure development, and first-rank hosting and support services.
Founded in September 1999, ViaFone is based in Redwood Shores, Calif., and is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Partech International, Angel Investors, L.P. and others. To learn more about ViaFone's innovative solutions, visit www.viafone.com.
SOURCE: ViaFone