Billing & Payments
EDITORIAL Mainstream content and crypto: where DCB could shine – if it overcomes the lack of joined up thinking
Vodafone Australia has become the first operator in a first-world country to start using carrier billing in mainstream entertainment, signing…
Vodafone Australia introduces offers on Amazon Prime, Spotify Premium and Netflix, in partnership with DOCOMO Digital
Vodafone Australia has partnered with DOCOMO Digital, the preeminent mobile commerce payments platform, to offer exciting new subscriptions for Amazon…
Rob Weisz, CEO of Fonix discusses the evolution of carrier billing into utilities, ticketing and entertainment – and how it can be embedded in social media for content snacking
Rob Weisz, CEO of carrier billing, messaging and engagement specialist Fonix, comes from an entrepreneurial background, being one of the founding…
Is direct carrier billing the key to unlocking the potential of virtual and crypto currencies?
There’s a unique opportunity for mobile operators to help push blockchain-based content and crypto currencies into the mainstream, Tony Pearce,…
Booming LatAm mobile and ecommerce market ripe for expansion
Latin America (LatAm) is poised to be the next great telecoms and ecommerce market, according to a white paper published…
More than half of UK retailers now take Apple Pay over £30, giving m-payments the edge over contactless cards
More than half of contactless payment terminals in the UK now accept Apple Pay transactions of more than £30 –…
Mobile payments set to almost triple in the next five years, Forrester report predicts
The European mobile payments market will almost triple over the next five years, vaulting from €52 billion at the end…
The march of mobile payments across Europe
As consumers embrace contactless payments, mobile payments seems inevitable – but while European consumers are interested there are some things holding…
Oxygen8 rebrands as Dynamic Mobile Billing as its focus shifts
Oxygen8 has commenced a re-brand exercise to Dynamic Mobile Billing (DMB) to better reflect its changing focus on mobile payments –…
M-commerce boom in UK driven by traffic from Germany and Estonia
Ecommerce search volumes in the UK are on the up, driven by rapidly expanding mobile shopping habits among consumers –…
Independent company to handle PRS complaints and refunds set up to help boost service use
The UK PRS industry has got a boost thanks to changes in how customer complaints can be handled. Until now,…
EDITOR’s BLOG 060417 Interconnect issues
Recent news that BT is to be fined £42million by Ofcom for abusing the terms of the contract by reducing…
The dawn of micro payments for online publishers
Mention the word “Paywall” to an online publisher and you will get a stern stare back at best or sharp…
One in four businesses still unprepared for GDPR
A quarter of marketers (26%) believe their companies are still unprepared for the introduction of the EU General Data Protection…
GUEST OPINION PSA’s regulatory framework and special conditions
Telemedia readers will have noticed that The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) published a number of documents last week, including statements…
Watch the video and vote for KWAK at the European Business Awards
KWAK Telecom is the first telemedia company in history to be crowned “National Champions” in the “Business of the Year“…
I-New launches “weex” MVNO in Mexico with VAS for subscribers’ everyday needs in mind
Mobile network infrastructure around the world continues to evolve with the subscribers in mind and no more so than in…
World Telemedia Marbella: The key issues
This year’s World Telemedia in Marbella on 18-20 October couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for the industry. In…
Why I’m going to World Telemedia Marbella
As we gear up for World Telemedia Marbella on the 18-20 October, we asked some of the key speakers and…
txtNation launches carrier billing in ‘lucrative’ South African market
txtNation is now offering carrier billing services in South Africa, a market the company deems to be “highly lucrative”. Called…
Text donations increase in popularity, driven by AIME’s work in the UK
The Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME) has been pivotal in facilitating collaboration between charities, mobile network operators and…
Oxygen8 rebrands as Dynamic Mobile Billing as its focus shifts
Oxygen8 has commenced a re-brand exercise to Dynamic Mobile Billing (DMB) to better reflect its changing focus on mobile payments –…
Fonix listed 150th in FT1000 of Europe’s Fastest Growing companies
Mobile payments and messaging specialist Fonix has been ranked #150 in the FT1000 list of Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies. The…
Chinese shoppers visiting the UK can now pay with WeChat Pay
Through its strategic partnership with payment solution Valoot Technologies, Fintech business Tramonex has begun a cooperation with Chinese messaging app…
Customer churn all down to not receiving push notifications, says Urban Airship study
A study spanning new users’ first 90-days of app usage within retail, media, sports & recreation and utility/productivity, finds that…
TELEMEDIA VIEWPOINT Bringing DCB and physical goods together
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use carrier billing to buy goods? Well now you can – Donr has…
MWC18 Crazy4Media on blockchain, logistics and fraud
Crazy4Media’s Tom Horsey talks about the company’s moves against fraud, the growing use of blockchain and an interesting logistics tracking…
MWC18 Ingenico talks shopping from messaging apps
VIDEO: Payment company Ingenico talks about its service that let’s merchants sell through common messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger…
MWC18 mGAGE talks about plans for Payforit thanks to accreditation
VIDEO: Nick Daley, senior enterprise consultant at mGage talks about how Payforit accreditation makes the charge to mobile tool something…
More than half of UK retailers now take Apple Pay over £30, giving m-payments the edge over contactless cards
More than half of contactless payment terminals in the UK now accept Apple Pay transactions of more than £30 –…
Change at the top of ImpulsePay as Newell hands over the reins
Adam Williams is to take over as CEO at ImpulsePay as CEO Chris Newell and right hand man Paul Paterson…
Why I’m going to World Telemedia Marbella
As we gear up for World Telemedia Marbella on the 18-20 October, we asked some of the key speakers and…
PhonepayPlus appoints Khamisa as chair of new Code Adjudication Panel
PhonepayPlus has appointed Mohammed Khamisa QC as the chair of a new Code Adjudication Panel – the long awaited replacement for the Code…
A noble cause
John BaRoss, who at one time was the head of e-commerce at ClickAT&T, has a vision for a global advocacy…
DIMOCO acquires Mpulse as base for French micropayment expansion
DIMOCO, a leading carrier billing and mobile messaging provider, has their bought messaging and micropayments company Mpulse and will be…
Commission must act now or add major payment obstacles for EU online merchants facing global competition
Ecommerce Europe remains strongly concerned about the European Banking Authority’s final draft RTS on Strong Customer Authentication. The European Commission…
Independent company to handle PRS complaints and refunds set up to help boost service use
The UK PRS industry has got a boost thanks to changes in how customer complaints can be handled. Until now,…
The dawn of micro payments for online publishers
Mention the word “Paywall” to an online publisher and you will get a stern stare back at best or sharp…
Exclusion confusion dogs PSD2
With the implementation of PSD2 gathering steam, issues abound about how exclusion to it will work – with direct impact on…
One in four businesses still unprepared for GDPR
A quarter of marketers (26%) believe their companies are still unprepared for the introduction of the EU General Data Protection…
Oxygen8 awarded accredited platinum partner by Vodafone
Oxygen8, a leading global technology provider of multi-channel solutions, has been awarded Vodafone Platinum Partner status. Oxygen8 is one of…
EDITOR’s BLOG 060417 Interconnect issues
Recent news that BT is to be fined £42million by Ofcom for abusing the terms of the contract by reducing…
ICT sector see massive rise in SME entrants
The information and communication sector has seen a 33% increase in the number of SMEs from 2010 according to the…
Exclusion confusion dogs PSD2
With the implementation of PSD2 gathering steam, issues abound about how exclusion to it will work – with direct impact on…
Mobile industry collaborates to tackle messaging fraud as sharp practices threaten to erode consumer trust
A2P messaging is a key growth area for the telemedia industry, but while it continues to grow and is trusted…
OPINION Why mobile tickets are the ‘ghostbusters’ businesses should be using
With more and more businesses operating in a paperless environment and cashless payments set to increase with unrivalled speed year…
Beat off the bots
With bots scalping tickets left, right and centre, could mobile change the face of entertainment and ticketing? Rory Maguire, Managing Director…
Contactless payments and ticketing to be a winner at Eurovision 2016
Digital security company Gemalto is collaborating with Visa to equip visitors to the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm with contactless payment…
TELEMEDIA VIEWPOINT Juniper Research’s take on Global DCB
Elson Sutanto, senior analyst at Juniper Research, spoke at World Telemedia Marbella about trends in global DCB and where the…
EDITORIAL World Telemedia Marbella show: a maturing industry uncovered
Another World Telemedia show is done and dusted and, bags unpacked, it is clear that the industry has come on…
WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Unlocking the DCB opportunity
Direct carrier billing is having a moment. If this year’s World Telemedia Marbella was anything to go by, DCB is…
WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Fraud – no longer a dirty word
Fraud used to be such a dirty word – especially in connection to telemedia. However, as this year’s show proved,…
WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Best of the rest
World Telemedia Marbella 2019 was a triumph – showcasing just how far the industry has come. While we have looked at…
