Tag: carrier billing
The consensus seems to be forming that the recent MWC in Barcelona was actually some weird virtual reality experience. Real reality seemed to have left the building. Even the hype was being hyped (presumably to keep investors investing until the hype becomes reality). Among the over-hyped hype, however, was one small note of sanity. Oddly, […]
With Juniper Research putting the ‘cost’ to mobile operators from OTT messaging in 2017 at $104 billion, the search for quick new revenue streams must surely intensify. With revenue models from IoT, 5G, VR, AI and ‘Who Knows What’ still crystallising, there is one immediate opportunity that seems to be slipping through operators’ fingers. Carrier […]
Apple has launched carrier billing options in Japan, giving residents there an alternative to using credit or gift cards when making purchases from iTunes, Apple Music, or the App Store. At the moment the option is restricted to customers of local carrier KDDI, CNBCsaid. Purchases will automatically appear on person’s monthly phone bill. Apple introduced carrier billing to Taiwan […]
Bango (AIM: BGO), a provider of app store carrier billing today announced it has acquired the BilltoMobile carrier billing service and associated contracts from Danal Inc. The acquisition positions Bango as the leader in carrier billing in the U.S. market and consolidates its position as the world’s leading provider of carrier billing for app stores. […]
Many CSPs are now offering ‘carrier billing’ to third party content and digital service providers as a means of generating new revenues. What sounded like a perfectly logical business option has created some unforeseen issues that are costing some of them dearly. For those lumbering with unwieldy legacy billings systems, many no longer being supported […]
Following a conversation with the Marketing Director of Bango, Richard Leyland, we have decided to change the term Direct Operator Billing (DoB) in our articles, to Carrier Billing (CB). The reason we made the decision, was Bango themselves did some research last year that showed the overwhelming majority of players – from telecoms operators, device […]
Further proof, if further proof is needed, of the real value that a communications provider can deliver to customers came this week. Telecoms.com and others reported that O2UK has launched ‘Charge to Mobile.’ As you might expect, this means that customers can, er, charge things to their mobile. Etisalsat has also announced that they will […]
It is one thing to read surveys (even our own) that say that 15 percent of Americans are ready to try Direct Operator Billing (DOB). It is quite a different thing to hear that DOB is a genuine and healthy new revenue stream for a global carrier. Listening in to a Mobile Payments Today webinar this […]
With capex in danger of overtaking mobile service revenues, operators are, not surprisingly, worried, says research house Infonetics. According to analyst Stephane Teral, service revenues are moving away from the operators to OTT players. Mobile broadband will overtake voice contracts by 2015, now just two years and a few days away. While this might plunge […]
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