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Articles tagged with: Premium Sms
Premium SMS Scratchcard Vendor Fined for Misleading Promotions
The UK's premium rate telephony regulator, PhonepayPlus has slapped a £100,000 fine on a company that used scratchcards to promote a premium SMS service. Abstract Games (trading as Mediaprom) has also been barred from providing or operating any scratchcard services for six months, except those for which compliance advice has been sought and implemented to PhonepayPlus' satisfaction. more
Related Tags: phonepayplus, text-message, UK
SMS Based Micro-Payments Overtaking Credit Card Sales for txtNation
Mobile billing supplier, txtNation says that the majority of its website merchants using mENABLE are now processing more revenues with SMS via a website widget, than using credit card. txtNation also says that merchants are now becoming more respective to this form of transaction, charging smaller amounts as a form of micro-payment. more
Related Tags: txtnation, billing
Australian Regulator Clamps Down on Premium SMS Abuse
Australia's Communications and Media Authority has announced plans to increase consumer protection when dealing with premium short message services (SMS). The ACMA plans to mandate a minimum set of standards and a "significantly improved" industry-developed code that sets out detailed rules and procedures for a number of matters. more
Related Tags: australian-communications-and-media-authority, acma, Australia
UK Operators Drop Processing Fees for Charity Premium Text Messages
The UK's main mobile network operators, 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin and Vodafone have jointly agreed to waive their processing charges for premium SMS messages - when used by the Red Nose Day charity appeal. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, mms, sms, eu, vodafone, o2, charity, UK
Bango reports four-fold increase in WAP billing in the USA
In the last three months, mobile billing vendor, Bango says that it has seen a four-fold increase in the number of WAP transactions in the USA, as content providers choose to sell their content using its mobile billing relationships with AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Virgin Mobile. This reflects a shift in the way mobile content is sold in the US with WAP billing gaining momentum as the industry realizes the mobile web delivers a superior and safer consumer experience. more
Related Tags: sms, bango, sprint-nextel, virgin-mobile, sprint, nextel, billing, mobile-billing, wap, USA
Telcos Believe Launching New Mobile Content Should Take Less than a Month
A survey commissioned by Valista and conducted at the Building Blocks 2008 conference held last week found that over 86 percent of the industry insiders interviewed believe that it should take less than a month to launch new mobile content and services with an operator. This expectation is far from reality, as 80 percent of respondents stated that it actually takes between 3 and 9 months to introduce new mobile content and services. more
Related Tags: juniper-research, sms, nfc, near-field-communication, mobile-payments, san-jose, 3, seven, valista, mobile-content
Nelson Mandela Charities Launch International SMS Campaign
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, his charitable organisations have come together to launch an international premium SMS service, allowing millions to text their own birthday message to the former South African president. more
Related Tags: zain, customer-care, tim, charity, mblox
Swiss Operator Offers Mobile and Web Music Downloads
With the relaunch of Sunrise musicworld, Sunrise has become the first mobile operator in Switzerland to offer an integrated web and mobile shop allowing users to download content to both PC and Mobile without additional costs. This landmark service features an online and mobile shop system powered by 24-7 Entertainment and includes a download-to-own solution with access to more than 2 million full length tracks. more
Related Tags: sunrise, Switzerland
Vodafone UK moves to the top spot in off-portal sales
Looking back over 2007, UK based mobile billing provider, Bango reports strong commercial gains for UK operators that moved to open up the mobile web, with Vodafone UK rising to first place in the value of off-portal content sales. Measured across its total base of content providers, Bango saw traffic grow fastest on networks where steps were taken to encourage more browsing off-portal and payout rates increased to content providers. more
Related Tags: bango, mobile-advertising, vodafone-uk, mobile-billing, wap, UK
Calls for Tax Exemption for Charity SMS Donations
Vir2, a provider of SMS marketing and fundraising solutions for charities, has welcomed the decision by UK politican, Mark Oaten MP to file an Early Day Motion calling upon the Government to stop charging VAT (sales tax) on UK charity donations made by SMS. All other methods of giving to charity are VAT exempt. Premium SMS texts are a particularly useful way of collecting money quickly, but the Government are not treating it the same as other methods. more
Related Tags: ofcom, charity, UK