Telefónica Digital and Samsung Electronics have announced a global deal that’ll add direct mobile billing to the Samsung Hub and Samsung Apps services.
It means that Telefonica customers will be able to charge the price of apps and other content to their mobile phone bill.
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A new survey from the USA has published some of the reasons why consumers are giving up on mobile shopping transactions.
The 2013 Mobile Consumer Insights study, which was conducted on behalf of payment technology company Jumio, found that 68% of smartphone and tablet owners had attempted to make a purchase on their device. However, 66% of these people had failed to complete a mobile-based transaction.
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Podcast - 24th April 2013
There's a diverse collection of mobile-related news in this week's 30-minute podcast.
We start with the new Twitter music service before moving on to discuss quarterly results, patent licensing, wireless charging, advertising and mobile payments... before ending with a curious report about app-controlled underwear.
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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Networks and operators, Operating systems, Applications, Podcasts
Tags: podcast, twitter, music, microsoft, nokia, android, foxconn, patents, battery, payments, vodafone, orange, voip
Spring in the air
Mark Bridge writes:
The past few days have seen the arrival of two familiar seasons. Not only has the sun peeked its head from behind the clouds in an approximation of Spring but the mobile industry has been releasing its quarterly results.
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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Networks and operators, Applications, Opinion
Tags: opinion, microsoft, google, visa, payments, banking, vodafone, india, uk, t-mobile, legal, twitter, music, htc, lg, samsung
Visa Europe is enhancing its mobile payment service with two new features: Multi-Currency and Immediate Payments. They’ll be available to any of the organisation’s member banks and payment service providers.
Immediate Payments is being launched in the UK this week, making it possible for consumers to receive money sent from other mobile phones in less than 30 minutes.
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