Mobile Payments in Austria

Austria: General Information

Population:

8,355,260 (2009)

Currency:

EUR

More info:

Austria

Mobile operators:

A1, T-Mobile, Orange, Drei

Mobile Operators Market Share

Billing:

MO-billing

Price (EUR) incl. VAT	1.10 *	2.00 *	3.00 *	5.00 *	10.00 *
Price (EUR) excl. VAT	0.92 *	1.67 *	2.50 *	4.17 *	8.33 *
Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API Pay-by-Mobile Widget In-App Payments for Android	31%	59%	65%	70%	71%
SMS-info	26%	54%	60%	65%	66%

For Tele2 customers the revenue share is 25% lower than shown above

The table above shows your revenue after the operator's share, Fortumo commission and the costs of sending the users a reply SMS

Mobile operator takes a revenue share on each transaction for handling billing, collecting money and covering credit risk. The operators then pay the remaining money (usually between 40% and 60% depending on end-user price) to Fortumo. Fortumo pays you the money received from operators minus a small commission (which can be only 2-3% of net price, depending on country, type of service and volume). The table above shows your revenue after the operator's share and Fortumo commission.
Presented revenue share is calculated from the Price excl. VAT (20%).
Price presented to end user is Price incl. VAT (example: 10.00 EUR)
Payout cycle in Austria is 3 months

Fortumo pays you money immediately after we have received it from the mobile operators. Operators in different countries pay at different speeds. Payout cycle of 3 months means that the revenue earned by your services in January will be transferred to you in the first half of May.
After the initial waiting period, you would get a payout each month, as your February money arrives in June, March money in July, etc.

January February March April May

1. Your services earn revenue
2. Operators pay money to Fortumo
3. Fortumo pays money to you

* End-user prices and payouts in Austria differ by operator. Click on the operator to see details.

Price (EUR) incl. VAT	1.10	2.00	3.00	5.00	10.00
Price (EUR) excl. VAT	0.92	1.67	2.50	4.17	8.33
Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API Pay-by-Mobile Widget In-App Payments for Android	36%	59%	65%	69%	70%
SMS-info	31%	54%	60%	64%	65%

Price (EUR) incl. VAT	1.10	2.00	3.00	5.00	10.00
Price (EUR) excl. VAT	0.92	1.67	2.50	4.17	8.33
Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API Pay-by-Mobile Widget In-App Payments for Android	31%	59%	65%	70%	71%
SMS-info	26%	54%	60%	65%	66%

Price (EUR) incl. VAT	1.10	2.00	3.00	5.00	10.00
Price (EUR) excl. VAT	0.92	1.67	2.50	4.17	8.33
Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API Pay-by-Mobile Widget In-App Payments for Android	40%	49%	53%	56%	57%
SMS-info	35%	44%	48%	51%	52%

T-Mobile
Drei
A1
Orange

Price (EUR) incl. VAT	1.10	2.00	3.00	5.00	10.00
Price (EUR) excl. VAT	0.92	1.67	2.50	4.17	8.33
Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API Pay-by-Mobile Widget In-App Payments for Android	32%	51%	54%	56%	57%
SMS-info	27%	46%	49%	51%	52%

The service must be in compliance with Fortumo Terms of Service, Austrian legal acts and good morals.
The end user price must be clearly stated in the advertisements and instructions of use.
Customers have to confirm every purchase. Fortumo will send an additional sms stating the price of the service, which has to be answered JA in order to complete the purchase.
There must be both customer support email and local-line phone number on your website. You can use the operators' if you don't have one: Helpline:1300 885 052.
Adult, lotteries, gambling or donation related services are strictly forbidden.