Canada to measure Internet usage
The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, the body in charge of regulating electronic media, has decided to allow telecom companies to meter the billing for Internet usage, reports News Wire.
This means that service providers such as Bell Canada will be able to charge per byte in addition to their basic access charges.
Some smaller service providers, who use Bell Canada's infrastructure, say what Bell Canada is charging for is well beyond, even many times more, what it really costs to provide the extra bytes to customers. They say they don't want to be forced to bill their own customers on a metered basis, but will have to because they will be subject to Bell Canada's requirements.
Jordan to start e-payment services
Jordan is introducing an e-payment gateway system called Paynet in order to boost tourism in the country, states Zawya.
The system was developed through a joint venture between Visa Jordan Card Services and Specialised Technical Services.
Through a partnership with the USAID Jordan Tourism Development Project, the system was customised for the local tourism sector. It aims to enable businesses to access new markets and increase sales and promotion.
Telcos unveil mobile payment system
Barclaycard, Orange, and T-Mobile are set to roll out a near-field communications payment system, in which people can make purchases by waving a mobile phone near a payment station, says Cnet.
Running the new system are Barclaycard, part of the Barclays financial services company, and Everything Everywhere, the combined T-Mobile UK and Orange UK mobile phone service provider jointly owned by Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom.
"Orange and Barclaycard customers will be the first to be able to use their mobiles to make payments on the high street wherever contactless payments are accepted," says Gerry McQuade, Everything Everywhere's chief development officer.
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