Verizon has been hiitting the news a lot recently. This past week , the US’s No. 2 mobile operator has been the subject of a “will they, won’t they?” question on charging their subscribers for sending text messages. The plan was to charge $0.03 each, something that caused wide consternation in the mobile industry, particularly [...]
There’s been a big change to the UK WAP billing standard, Payforit, with all UK subscribers now pre-checked for marketing opt-ins after a billing transaction. The marketing opt-in is presented to the consumer as a “check box” once a purchase is confirmed, and enables the consumer to receive relevant marketing messages, sent to their phone. [...]
