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Boku to provide direct carrier billing for parking and mobile ticketing in Europe

Direct carrier biller Boku Inc. and sunhill technologies, a leader in European parking and mobile ticketing services, today announced a partnership to make direct carrier billing available worldwide for sunhill's services.

Germany-based sunhill provides mobile solutions to customers seeking cashless alternatives for parking. In partnership with Boku, customers looking for a simple, secure mechanism to pay for parking will enjoy a seamless mobile transaction where their parking payment is billed directly to their mobile phone bill or deducted from their prepaid phone balance, the companies announced in a press release.

"Our mobile parking solutions offer a simple, pleasant customer experience," Matthias Mandelkow, CEO of sunhill technologies, said in a press release. "Direct carrier billing further simplifies that experience for our customers, offering the best combination of ease-of-use, security, and access and through our partnership with Boku we can offer our services worldwide."

"Our carrier billing solutions have become a popular choice for merchants in many different industries, from online and mobile games to app stores to software, and streaming music," Jon Prideaux, chief business officer for Boku, said in a statement. "Parking solutions from sunhill technologies electronify cash, creating a simple payment experience for consumers, a business model that is entirely complementary to our own."