Re: UKNM: Re: Mobile Commerce

[Jon Vivers]

Hi There are a number of comany's in the UK operating this type of service

already, echarge and premiumkey are the first to come to mind.


The problem is not with paying for services other than phone calls on your

bill. But with ICTIS refusing to allow 'dropcharges' of more than £1.50 to

be made by the telco's - this effectively means that if to pay for

something costing £150 you would have to stay on a premium rate line

(charging at £1.50 per minute) for 100 mins. When single drop charges at

higher values are allowed, I am sure this will be a more widespread payment

system. However this technology will only work with dial up connections.


Jon Vivers

European Ecommerce Association



At 09:49 18/08/00 +0100, you wrote:

> >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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