DESIGN NAME: Onebip Carrier Billing Technology
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Monetization
INSPIRATION: Carrier billing offers merchants the opportunity to monetise consumers who do not own a debit or credit card, such as the unbanked and younger demographics, whilst also offering an alternative payment mechanism that utilises a pre-existing, trusted carrier billing relationship.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Onebip enables merchants to seamlessly monetize their goods and services to their users on a global scale using carrier billing technology. Onebip service provides users with a simple, secure and fast way of paying for their purchases via mobile without the need of a credit card or bank account.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Direct Carrier Billing: Purchases are charged directly to the user’s mobile monthly bill or prepaid credit through a direct connection to the operator’s billing system.
ISP Billing: Purchases are charged directly to the user’s broadband or fixed line bill through IP address recognition.
Premium SMS Billing: Purchases are made by means of Premium SMS sent or received (MT, MO) where the payment is charged to the user’s mobile monthly bill or prepaid credit.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Onebip started in 2005 as the first mobile payment service in the world. Today, Onebip is the mobile payment service of global mobile commerce group, Neomobile.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The most advanced technologies: RESTful API, RDBMS in conjunction with NoSQL database for the management of Big Data.
Most up-to-date methodologies: Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test Driven Development (TDD) with Unit Test and Integration Test, Behaviour Driven Design (BDD), Browser Based Test both for web and mobile.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Onebip enables multi-platform mobile payments which can be used on websites, mobile sites and within native Android and Windows applications.
TAGS: Carrier, Billing, Mobile, Network, Payment
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Our service provides users with a simple, secure and fast way of paying for their purchases via mobile without the need of a credit card or bank account. Our deep integration with carriers and expertise in mobile billing systems enables our partners to experience the next generation of mobile payments in just one click. Onebip offers its partners the best user experience and the most advanced billing technology.
CHALLENGE: Mobile is a strong alternative to other payment channels. Today, many online gaming, dating, social networking, media and software sites use mobile payments to monetize their products. Thanks to carrier billing merchants can monetise their products and boost sales.
ADDED DATE: 2015-04-15 09:49:35
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IMAGE CREDITS: Gokmen Atak, 2014.
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