Beyond Billing
Mobile payments cross digital divide
It is often the quiet ones that make the biggest steps. And Bango is not necessarily a company you would think of when reviewing a list of billing companies. The company has teamed up with […]
loyalty
Billing
Consumers still don’t want bills
This piece from Market Strategist Hugh Roberts started life as a comment on the previous piece, Consumers don’t want bills – we decided it deserved a proper airing as an article in its own right. […]
Beyond Billing
Bundles, Big Macs and billing for stuff
50 percent of revenues in the automotive market come from premium services, according to Dr Ekkehard Stadie of Simon Kucher and Partners, speaker at the recent IIR pricing data and BSS conference. In telecoms, this […]
Payments
Apple Pay – evolution or revolution?
Innovation in payments tends to be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. The success stories in payments tend to be based on taking what’s already there and making it work better. This approach also happens to be […]
Billing
Do CSPs’ future pivot on OTT collaboration?
The communications industry now realizes that Over the Top (OTT) players can be friends, not foes. Without them CSPs cannot take advantage of the app economy and will lose an opportunity to support an entire […]
Billing
Clarity in data pricing week continues, with a glass of wine
It seems to be ‘data pricing’ week at BillingViews Boulevard. And why not? Almost every day another example of plans that make no sense comes to light. So why should we not complain, compare and […]
Beyond Billing
Drop me a message when I can build my bank account
I was thinking the other day about where retail banking should go next. However hard you look for the account package that suits your needs, you end up choosing accounts that have been designed by […]
News
What will it take for mobile payments to take off?
A frequent theme here at BillingViews is the slow uptake of mobile payment adoption and the disappointing sighs that go along with it. The subject has come up time and time again but usually in […]
Analytics
Context aware marketing – music to our ears?
Research house Berg Insight predicts that mobile advertising will grow from almost €7 billion a couple of years ago to €28 billion in 2018. We believe that this is completely feasible – as long as […]
Beyond Billing
When the walls come tumbling down – the end of siloed thinking
We have been discussing silos in the telecommunications industry for many years. We know they must go and real-time is driving a sea change in the way that communications providers operate and organize themselves. Silos […]