Sprint Nextel is stepping up with a new effort that will enable customers to conveniently bill digital goods to their monthly mobile bill.
BilltoMobile, a provider of mobile payments for web purchases, has been tapped by Sprint for a Direct Mobile Billing Gateway Service Provider agreement, which will allow Sprint customers to charge online purchases directly to their Sprint bill.
Although the program won’t be in place for a few additional months, merchants and payment resellers will ultimately be able to use BilltoMobile’s mobile payment service and offer this payment option to Sprint customers.
According to BilltoMobile, purchases are completed in seconds using a two-step authentication process, and customers don’t have to expose any sensitive account information while using the service.
“On the heels of our Sprint Mobile Wallet launch, we are pleased to work with BilltoMobile to present an additional payment option that will allow Sprint subscribers to conveniently and safely complete purchases on the Web,” says Kevin McGinnis, vice president of Sprint Product Platforms.
“Our agreement with BilltoMobile represents another step forward in our efforts to provide our customers with the most innovative services and applications on the market,” McGinnis concluded in a formal press release from Sprint heralding the new partnership with BilltoMobile.
The agreement with Sprint extends BilltoMobile’s overall reach to more than 240 million wireless subscribers in the US across multiple carriers.
