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Digi Malaysia Partners Fortumo to Launch Direct Carrier Billing

Digi Malaysia Partners Fortumo to Launch Direct Carrier Billing Image Credit: Fortumo

Digi Communications has partnered Fortumo to launch direct carrier billing in Malaysia, enabling its customers to be able to make online payments by charging their purchases to their mobile phone bill. The partnership will see Fortumo bringing its portfolio of top merchants to Digi.

Carrier billing will be providing customers in the country an additional avenue to make payments online leveraging their mobile service subscription. According to Fortumo, while 34% of people in the country already have a smartphone, only 20% have access to a credit card. 

Fortumo said that its direct carrier billing platform is used by leading app stores (Google Play & Windows Phone Store), digital content providers (Sony, HOOQ, Gaana, Magzter), game developers (EA Mobile and Gameloft), smartphone manufacturers (Huawei, Xiaomi) and thousands of other merchants.

Gerri Kodres, Chief Business Officer, Fortumo
Carrier billing has evolved a lot during the last years and has now become the preferred emerging markets’ choice for many digital merchant categories including music and video streaming, digital media, gaming and social. 

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