Improved billing experience for Ireland

We’re now able to real-time identify users in Ireland. This is good news as it enables us to provide single click payment via PSMS. No need for the user to authenticate through an initial Txt Trigger.

Web Trigger integration guide V6.0

The Web Trigger integration guide has been updated to include information on the Bango Button and has been reformatted to make it easier.

Download the latest version from the Support center.

Bango Directory Auction Opens

The Directory Auction opens today. Log into the Management Tools and go to the search and discovery section to find out more. Live bidding starts next week.

User Information API enhancement

A number of content providers want to intelligently decide which network’s traffic to send to Bango without needing to redirect the user through the standard Identifier service.

This new web service NetworkFromIP in the User Information API allows a content provider to pass a client IP address to Bango, we check it against our list of networks and returns the network it belongs to.

As some networks have MVNOs running on top of them, the physical IP address of the gateway is not enough to detect the network. In this case, we also output a “possibleMVNO” flag, letting the content provider know that this might be an MVNO, but they should redirect the user to our real-time Identifier service.

US credit card billing - resolved

We’ve received final approval for processing R rated content for US credit card payments and we are now processing transactions.

If you have any questions please contact your Account Manager or submit a support request.

Top 30 handsets on Vodacom South Africa

There is a great list of the top 30 mobile devices on the Vodacom network in South Africa. Have a look in the Bango knowledgebase  for more info.

Make sure your content is compatible on the most popular devices to ensure that it can be viewed and sold!

Short code expiry

The following short codes will expire on the 31st August 2008. Please ensure that your advertising and marketing material is adjusted before this date.
Spain               7606                
Finland              179600             
Norway             2140                

Vodafone UK and Orange UK pay out rate increase

Two leading UK Payforit operators, Vodafone and Orange, have increased their payout rates and we are pleased to announce that Bango is passing these increases on to you.

From August 1st 2008 our best rate on Vodafone UK is 84% and Orange UK is 76%. These rates are available to all our Advantage customers. Payment World and Payment UK customers also see an immediate increase to 76% and 68% respectively.

This is consistent with Bango’s policy of passing through better billing features and terms of business as soon as they become available. Please see the detailed rates online at: Bango Rates for further information.

Service issue - T-Mobile UK - Resolved

The issue reported with T-Mobile traffic not being able to reach Bango has been resolved.

Service issue - T-Mobile UK

During our system checks we have spotted a drop in T-Mobile UK traffic reaching Bango.

We’re in contact with the operator to resolve.

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