The guidance note issued by PhonepayPlus on February 27th relates to purchases charged to the user’s mobile phone bill/ taken from their pre-pay credit, where the charge is for the purchase of applications or (more likely) for purchases made ‘in-app’, such as within ‘freemium’ apps, for upgrades or unlocking additional content and services. Whilst applications [...]
Archive: March 2012
March 13 / 2012
Calls from a mobile may vary: the arbitrary nature of mobile call cost regulation
Ofcom are responsible for ensuring UK telecoms customers are provided with clear and transparent pricing. For controlled premium rate services, this is enforced and regulated day-to-day by PhonepayPlus. For calls to non-geographic premium rate or non-premium rate numbers from a mobile where revenue is not shared with a third party, this is enforced and meaningfully [...]
March 05 / 2012