More than half of purchases using direct-to-carrier billing were made by returning customers
Customers who’ve bought goods and services by adding the charge to their mobile phone bill tend to make further mobile purchases, according to a new study by payment provider mopay.
The company analysed information from 300 of its clients, accounting for more than four million mobile transactions in over 80 countries during the past three years.
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Podcast - 5th September 2012
Last week's IFA electronics show in Germany has prompted most of the major mobile manufacturers to make a new product announcement. Samsung, Sony, Nokia, ZTE…
We're covering all the big news from Berlin in this week's podcast - and also finding time to talk about the Apple vs Samsung legal action.
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We recently heard about a new industry group aimed at driving the adoption of indoor positioning services. It’s called the In-Location Alliance and contains 22 tech companies including Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung and Sony.
Now ABI Research has published a report noting that the indoor location and application market is entering a new phase of growth.
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Samsung Galaxy SIII joins the Quick Tap portfolio
The Samsung Galaxy SIII is the first Android smartphone available with Orange’s Quick Tap contactless payment service.
Customers will be able to load money onto the phone using any UK MasterCard or Visa card and can then pay via NFC technology.
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IBM and Vodafone have announced a collaboration that combines mobile communications and cloud computing to enable the remote management of ‘smart home’ appliances.
The two companies have demonstrated the technology at the IFA consumer electronics event, showing how a washing machine and other domestic systems can be controlled via a smartphone.
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