RE: UKNM: Re: Mobile Commerce

[Ken Cowley]

Here's the state of play:


BT Charge you for the phone call

A share goes to the content provider

ICSTIS (the regulatory body for premium rate) restricts the value of such

calls to �20, and the top rate in this country for most content is �1 per

minute.

In some territories (cf Belgium, Germany, Australia) 'drop charges' can bill

you substantially immediately upon connection, with again a proportion going

to the 'content provider'


GIB runs a global premium rate ISP which can charge in this way for

content/downloads anywhere in the world. Email off list if anyone's

interested.


Ken Cowley

New Product Development

Global Internet Billing

598-608 Chiswick High Road

London

W4 5RT


http://www.glintbill.com


+44 (0)20 8612 8612

DDI: +44(0)20 8612 6142

Mob: +44 (0)7909 526822

kcowleyglintbill [dot] com

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Sent: 18 August 2000 09:50

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Subject: UKNM: Re: Mobile Commerce



>Technically you can do this kind of thing on the Internet now - the thing

>that's stopped your telco taking payments for services on your phone bill

is

>regulatory, not technical - BT for instance, are not allowed to bill you

for

>non-BT services on your bill (and I think they're restricted on the

services

>they offer themselves that can be added to your bill). Doesn't mean it

won't

>change in the future, but do we want to give telcos this kind of power.

>

>Dave


A form of this must be possible, though, as Tango sold their orange

megaphone thing by having buyers call a premium phone line that cost �2.99.

That would have been billed to the purcheser by their telco, so surely the

telco is brokering the transaction in some way?


Tom Dussek



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