Fun things are afoot at the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, Spain.
Today's news comes from Deutsch Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile here in the U.S. and around the world. The corporation announced that it's rolling out the ability to make payments with a near-field communication (NFC) enabled smartphone starting this year. Throughout 2012, the full payment system will be rolled out in the U.S. through a previously announced joint venture with Apple and Verizon.
The system, to be known as T-Mobile's Mobile Wallet, will let users make payments simply by waving an NFC-equipped phone near a payment kiosk. The company believes that mobile payments that replace cash, such as buying a 72-ounce Slurpee at the
