> > They need billing to the phone bill. > Big loss for publishers as carrier billing will take a big chunk away from their payouts. Some countries withhold even 50% just for carrier billing. No need nowdays as Premium billing had its days and its about time its going away. Penalty for them now for being greedy & holding on to a monopoly and profiting so much on publishers efforts whilst they only handled billing and distribution.
" Carriers are seeing their content revenue (ringtones, ringbacks) flatten out and seeing voice minutes saturate, so they are all over applications and advertising. That said, it’s probably too late. The industry is ripe for disruption. The landline businesses are dragging the diversified players down and their entrenched, proprietary strategy will be hard to sustain as the world moves more open and off-deck. The commoditization of communications infrastructure is a movie we’ve seen over and over again and it may take 10-15 years, but we will see it again here. The communications companies are at risk at becoming the next Newspaper industry if they don’t adapt fast. George | SlideME.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
