Tag Archives: mobile payments
Bango hits 100 operator connections
Bango (AIM: BGO) now has 100 mobile operator payment connections globally. Bango continues to expand the reach of its mobile payments platform to deliver its frictionless payment experience as widely as possible for the world’s leading content providers. Bango’s 100th … Continue reading
Posted in carrier billing, operator billing
Tagged mobile commerce, mobile content, mobile payments, RIM
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Bango goes live with Facebook in France
Bango announces that their integration with Facebook is now live in France, on the Orange network. Bango provides Facebook mobile web operator billing in Germany, the UK, USA, and now France, connecting Orange’s 26 million subscribers to a frictionless, one-click … Continue reading
Mobile wallets and Bango
In the last few years, the idea that we will soon abandon our wallet in favor of our mobile phones has moved from being an interesting possibility, to a future-gazing cliché. Many have begun to fear that the flying car … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile commerce, mobile payments, mobile phones, mobile wallet, SmartPhone, user-experience
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Operator billing reaches inflection point as O2 increase payout rates
Today Telefonica O2 slipped out a deceptively low-key announcement: They’re increasing payout rates to merchants, in order to help drive adoption of operator billing. The announcement is here. We at Bango think this could be a hugely influential move. Bango … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile payments, UK mobile market
Tagged mobile commerce, mobile payment, mobile payments
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Carrier billing available to more BlackBerry App World customers
Bango and Research In Motion have further expanded the ability for BlackBerry smartphone customers to pay for BlackBerry App World apps on their monthly bill. Telefonica Germany, Tigo Colombia, Virgin UK and Vodacom South Africa are among the latest carriers … Continue reading
Posted in app store, BlackBerry, carrier billing
Tagged Mobile apps, mobile payments, SmartPhone
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HTML5 – the mobile game changer?
…and how web innovation will challenge Apples control Everyone in mobile knows that to sell something on the iOS platform you must pay your 30% tax to Apple, and that Apple has final say over whether your app will be … Continue reading
Posted in app store, Apple, html5
Tagged mobile billing, mobile content, mobile payments
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Carrier Payments help oil the machinery of mobile commerce
Recent numbers published by a developer selling on the BlackBerry App Store show a straight line, month on month increase in the percentage of revenue contributed from carrier-billed payments. It’s clear that when available, customers like to charge mobile-purchased, digital … Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, carrier billing, Mobile payments
Tagged mobile billing, mobile content, mobile operators, mobile payments
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Will NFC lead to the cashless society?
…and why getting enough juice in the morning is important Ever since I read a BBC news article over nine years ago, about the cashless society and how we would all soon be shopping for everything with our mobile phones, … Continue reading
App Stores give carrier billing a new lease of life
Just when you thought that the dominance of the App Store had relegated carriers to little more than a marketing channel for Apple devices, and that SMS as a charging model for wallpapers and ringtones had been regulated into oblivion, … Continue reading
Posted in app store, carrier billing, mobile payment
Tagged mobile payments, user-experience
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How far fetched is Near Field?
Near Field Communications technology has been around for a while. Slender chips embedded in a range of products from handheld computers to bank cards are enabling applications to speed up information exchange. Where NFC has caused most interest recently is … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile commerce, mobile web
Tagged mobile commerce, mobile payments, Near Field Communication, NFC
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