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\"Wireless<\/a>A story in Wireless Week<\/a> talks about the view of some folks that wireless carriers could become more like Amazon, selling all shapes and sizes of digital products. <\/p>\n

Carriers now support downloads, streaming video, SMS, mobile payments and more. This expanding mobile ecosystem has prompted carriers\u2019 billing service providers to get ready for a future where their carrier clients transform from basic technology service providers into digital retailers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Will the carriers actually put these products onto your phone bill or will they simply facilitate retailers connecting to conventional banking and credit cards?<\/p>\n

When the phone bill comes at the end of the month, will consumers remember that the charges include the movies, music and other products that they clicked on, or will they focus on the big number next to the words “Pay This Amount”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A story in Wireless Week talks about the view of some folks that wireless carriers could become more like Amazon, selling all shapes and sizes of digital products. Carriers now support downloads, streaming video, SMS, mobile payments and more. This expanding mobile ecosystem has prompted carriers\u2019 billing service providers to get ready for a future …<\/p>\n

Will telcos look like Amazon?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWill telcos look like Amazon? • Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A story in Wireless Week talks about the view of some folks that wireless carriers could become more like Amazon, selling all shapes and sizes of digital • July 30, 2009\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=158\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will telcos look like Amazon? 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