Articles tagged with: Valista
Northern Ireland based telecoms software house, Aepona is to buy valista, a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of payment, settlement and service lifecycle management solutions. The companies said that the acquisition, which comes into effect immediately, creates a powerful, independent vendor, operating under the Aepona brand, with a complete solution for the "Network as a Service" (NaaS) business model now being embraced by Telcos globally. more
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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
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Managed Payment Services for Off-Deck Content Proves Popular
valista, a managed payments service provider is reporting that 79% of participants of a survey carried out on its behalf have considered off-deck content as a means to generate new revenue and increase ARPU. Furthermore, 75% would consider using a managed payments service for their company's off-deck mobile content offerings. more
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Can Global Telcos Replicate the UK's Success with PayForIt?
PayForIt is the consumer-facing brand of the UK's five operators and the PayForIt scheme in the UK is the first move by operators to provide a standard direct-to-bill charging facility. It promises a safer consumer experience by asking accredited payment intermediaries (aggregators) to improve transparency, consistency and usability of charging. more
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Industry Insiders Unhappy with Operators Cut of Mobile Transactions
valista has released the results of research, carried out at this year's Mobile Content World Conference in London which quizzed over a hundred show attendees, and revealed that when it comes to mobile content, network operators are taking too large a share of the revenue. more
Related Tags: mobile-payments, london, mobile-search, premium-sms
Valista Poll Predicts the End of Premium SMS
valista has published the results of a survey conducted at the Mobile Content Off-Deck conference held in New York City last week. Almost half of the industry insiders polled believe that in five years, the consumer's bill will be the most widely used method for purchasing on and off-deck content. Only 6% of respondents predict that SMS shortcodes will be the primary payment option in 2011. more
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