Comments on: Jonathan Jensen looks at Mobile Billing http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-250013 James Whatley Fri, 16 May 2008 16:25:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-250013 I did the same. I did the same.

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-249656 James Whatley Fri, 16 May 2008 15:25:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-249656 I did the same. I did the same.

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-249655 Ben Smith Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:09 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-249655 Ahhhh dammit: I mis-read this as "Jonathan Jensen looks at Mobile Bling" :-) Ahhhh dammit: I mis-read this as “Jonathan Jensen looks at Mobile Bling” :-)

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-227576 James Whatley Fri, 16 May 2008 10:25:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-227576 I did the same. I did the same.

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-227575 Ben Smith Fri, 16 May 2008 08:38:09 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-227575 Ahhhh dammit: I mis-read this as "Jonathan Jensen looks at Mobile Bling" :-) Ahhhh dammit: I mis-read this as “Jonathan Jensen looks at Mobile Bling” :-)

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/jonathan_jensen_looks_at_mobile_billing.html/comment-page-1#comment-227574 Mike42 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:48:42 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6461#comment-227574 If all your providers offer paperless billing, with Direct Debit payments, how hard is that? Especially with many services moving to flat-rate predictable amounts - gas, water, 'leccy, mobile, broadband, etc etc....<br><br>Ergo, do customers REALLY want just one bill? Which by extension ties them to one service provider for everything? Or are they quite happy to have multiple bills as a tradeoff for being able to select the best provider for each class of service?<br><br>Methinks the latter. Unless it's a conglomeration of John Lewis Partnership outfits - everything they do is fab ;-)<br><br>For me, convergence of billing is up there with convergence of devices - it's an industry-led thing that only really benefits those selling or running billing systems. Just like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oozlum_bird">Oozlum bird</a> it will continue to fly in ever-decreasing circles until it hopefully disappearsd up its own orifice ;-)<br><br>/m If all your providers offer paperless billing, with Direct Debit payments, how hard is that? Especially with many services moving to flat-rate predictable amounts – gas, water, 'leccy, mobile, broadband, etc etc….

Ergo, do customers REALLY want just one bill? Which by extension ties them to one service provider for everything? Or are they quite happy to have multiple bills as a tradeoff for being able to select the best provider for each class of service?

Methinks the latter. Unless it's a conglomeration of John Lewis Partnership outfits – everything they do is fab ;-)

For me, convergence of billing is up there with convergence of devices – it's an industry-led thing that only really benefits those selling or running billing systems. Just like the Oozlum bird it will continue to fly in ever-decreasing circles until it hopefully disappearsd up its own orifice ;-)

/m

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