PayOne adds T-Mobile to its carrier billing network
Direct carrier biller PayOne, formerly PaymentOne Corp., announced a new billing relationship with U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile USA Inc. The new relationship means online merchants using PayOne's services can let buyers of their digital content bill their purchases directly to their monthly T-Mobile bills.
"PayOne's agreement with T-Mobile further expands our worldwide PayOne Global Carrier Network (PGCN) and direct footprint, and provides the broadest global reach and best payout rates to our merchants," said PayOne EVP Brad Singer.
PayOne said its payment services and PGCN are available worldwide and connect more than 4 billion consumers with merchants. The network operates in more than 80 countries across 1,200 operators, the company said.
Direct carrier billing services are a growing part of the mobile payment market and are especially important to game developers and social networks where users, mainly younger consumers, may not have access to debit or credit cards.
"The PayOne partnership enables us to expand the digital goods and services we enable our customers to buy with their phone," said Ian McKerlich, VP of product development for T-Mobile USA. "We look forward to working with PayOne and expanding the utility of mobile payments."
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