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9 JUN 2021

Infographic: differences between Western & emerging markets mobile wallets

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Mattias Liivak

Head of Marketing & PR, Fortumo

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Looking to expand your business globally? Adding local payment methods is a crucial part of expansion as only around 10% of all global consumers own a credit card. Out of local payment methods, mobile wallets have grown to be dominant. In addition to providing a simple user experience for online transactions, mobile wallets have become […]

1 JUN 2021

Carrier billing market report: Latin America & Iberia

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Martin Lips

VP of Business Development

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This report gives an overview of the direct carrier billing landscape in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay) and Iberia (Spain, Portugal). We have combined these regions into one report due to close historical, cultural and linguistic ties. The report is based on combined data from the Boku & Fortumo carrier billing […]

27 MAY 2021

EasyPark & Fortumo bring mobile payments for parking to Switzerland

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Mattias Liivak

Head of Marketing & PR, Fortumo

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The parking technology company EasyPark and the mobile technology company Fortumo are today launching carrier billing payments for parking in Switzerland. Over 8 million people in the country can now easily pay for their parking via EasyPark parking-app, all over Switzerland by charging the fee to their phone bill. The payment method is supported for […]

29 APR 2021

Why do telcos need multi-VOD bundles?

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Mattias Liivak

Head of Marketing & PR, Fortumo

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VOD companies and mobile operators had launched 452 bundle or add-on partnerships by the end of Q3 2020 (according to Omdia). The average telco has 1.9 VOD bundle partnerships while the average consumer subscribes to 3 to 5 different VODs. This means consumers are subscribing to the rest of the streaming services directly, while telcos […]

27 APR 2021

Plus & Fortumo launch direct carrier billing in Poland

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Mattias Liivak

Head of Marketing & PR, Fortumo

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The mobile technology company Fortumo is launching the Polish mobile operator Plus on its local payments platform. Merchants using Fortumo’s platform can now collect payments for digital content from Plus subscribers through direct carrier billing. “Polkomtel wants to offer services that respond to the needs of our customers,” says Piotr Szymanowski, Director of the Marketing […]