Billing
AT&T to Offer Personalized "Video Bills" to Wireless Customers
December 4, 2012 3:13 pm | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsGoing it alone against a long, winding wireless bill can be scary and confusing. It’s an affliction AT&T will look to alleviate as it rolls out “video bills,” personalized online videos explaining account statements with soothing voiceover, graphics and music.
Gen-i Offers Globys' Splitview Billing Solution
February 21, 2012 7:16 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsGlobys today announced that Gen-i, a member of the Telecom New Zealand Group, has deployed Globys SplitView among its business customers.
The Value of Independent Policy and Charging Systems
February 7, 2012 5:17 pm | by Doug Suriano, Tekelec | Articles | CommentsThe integration of the policy server (the 3GPP-defined policy and charging rules function, or PCRF) with charging and billing systems is emerging as one of the key considerations in the 3GPP Policy and Charging Control (PCC) architecture.
PaymentOne Launches SDK, One Click API
November 21, 2011 7:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsPaymentOne, a mobile payments provider, today announced availability of its PayOne Mobile SDK with Android One Click API.
Cricket Introduces Local Global Plans
November 8, 2011 7:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsCricket Communications today announced the introduction of local global calling numbers that allow for unlimited international calling.
Mobile Posse Offers Solution to Avoid Bill Shock
November 2, 2011 8:00 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsThis week, Mobile Posse launched a new service to help carriers meet those requirements.
T-Mobile Adds Pay-by-the-Day Plans
October 18, 2011 8:36 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA is letting its prepaid subscribers buy service in increasingly tiny increments with three new pay-by-the-day plans.
FCC, CTIA Debut Voluntary Bill Shock Alerts
October 17, 2011 8:42 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSubscribers will get real-time alerts when they're about to hit their monthly limit for voice, data, SMS and international roaming under voluntary guidelines...
T-Mobile Intros $30 Plan for Walmart
October 3, 2011 7:54 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA said today it will begin offering an aggressively priced $30 prepaid plan at Walmart...
Boost: New Offers Not Spoiling Prepaid Party
September 16, 2011 7:59 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsWhat with Verizon Wireless' $50 unlimited prepaid plan, AT&T's $25 monthly GoPhone offer and myriad others out there, you'd think the prepaid sector was in for a tumultuous ride.
Verizon Adds $50 Unlimited Prepaid Plan
September 14, 2011 8:02 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless may have canned its all-you-can-eat data plans this summer, but it hasn't entirely given up on unlimited.
AT & T Expands GoPhone Prepaid Plans
September 12, 2011 8:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAT&T will begin offering a new, cheaper prepaid plan to its GoPhone customers on Sept. 18.
AT & T Axes A-List Feature
September 2, 2011 8:23 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAT&T is discontinuing its A-List program two weeks after removing lower cost texting plans...
Rdio Welcomes Family with New Plans
August 23, 2011 8:01 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsOn-demand music service Rdio yesterday went live with new Unlimited Family plans...
T-Mobile Expands Direct Carrier Billing
August 3, 2011 8:23 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA yesterday announced it's expanding its direct carrier billing initiative to include more devices, and it's using several vendors to help it do so.
In-App Billing Proves Profitable for Developers
July 28, 2011 1:45 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsIn-app purchases are poised to change forever the way mobile application developers sculpt their business plans. The days of paying up front for an app are coming to an end.
Virgin Mobile to Throttle Heavy Users
July 13, 2011 8:25 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsVirgin Mobile USA will begin throttling the speeds of heavy data users in October amid a widespread shift by wireless operators toward tiered data plans.
FCC Seeks to Crack Down on Phone Bill Mystery Fees
July 13, 2011 8:11 am | by Joelle Tessler, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFederal regulators are proposing new rules to make it easier for consumers to detect and challenge mystery fees on their phone bills.
EU Cracks Down on Mobile Roaming Charges
July 6, 2011 7:56 am | by Gabriele Steinhauser, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThe European Union is introducing new rules that would make it cheaper to use mobile and smartphones abroad.
Verizon's Data Hog Fix: Tiered Pricing
May 25, 2011 8:07 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsVerizon has some ideas about how to fight bandwidth hogs: charge them for it.
T-Mobile Revamps Rate Plans
May 23, 2011 7:56 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA today announced a major makeover of its rate plans, with big changes to its individual, family and prepaid services.
Sprint Allows Direct Carrier Billing for Android Apps
April 14, 2011 8:35 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSprint has become the third U.S. carrier to agree to direct carrier billing for Android apps published through the operating system's app store.
T-Mobile Intros $80 Unlimited Plan – With Throttling
April 13, 2011 8:22 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA introduced a new unlimited plan today that comes with all-you-can-eat voice, texting and data for $79.99 per month.
Bill Shock Legislation Revived in Senate
April 6, 2011 8:03 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced a piece of legislation yesterday aimed at reducing bill shock, the unexpectedly high bills sometimes received by wireless subscribers.
Google Launches In-App Billing for Android
March 30, 2011 8:11 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsGoogle has launched in-app billing for Android apps, company executive Eric Chu announced in a blog post yesterday.
