The MMA code of conduct for mobile marketing provides a robust framework for the industry to follow. This means that all off-deck services sold in the US need to be MMA compliant. The code of conduct has recently been extended to mobile web services and WAP billing systems such as Bango’s mobile billing platform.
Here’s [...]
In our experience, not necessarily! When we compare the top 10 countries for mobile web traffic with the top 10 countries for mobile payments, then only 3 countries featured in both lists - the UK, USA and South Africa (November 2008).
What’s happening here is that mobile internet growth rates are way higher in countries where [...]
The best way of understanding the recent changes in mobile billing is to think of the mobile content industry as an oil tanker. Previously, it has been moving in a northerly direction in the Premium SMS sea. But the captain (think of mobile operators here) has given the order and now our oil [...]
The news today from Bango that it has seen a four-fold increase in WAP billing transactions in the US over the last 3 months confirms that the US is finally realizing the benefits of WAP billing over Premium SMS.
So why is WAP billing proving so popular? WAP billing delivers a more transparent payment experience where [...]
