October 13, 2014

While the news about Amazon’s new Kindles, as well as the soon-to-come pre-installed Washington Post app, is making the headlines, a quiet move to “carrier billing” by Amazon in Germany may signal a bigger revolution in the card-not-present subscription billing arena. “Carrier billing” refers to the practice of allowing consumers to tack on digital purchases — eBooks, music, downloads, etc. — to their monthly phone bill. We previously covered the use of such billing methods in Brazil…