India to get Google Play Store carrier billing

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In the west, paying per purchase for Google Play Store transactions feels very fluid and natural. However, it’s a different fiscal landscape in India. There are over 1 billion mobile phone users in the nation, but when you stack that up against the 25 million active credit cards and 645 million debit cards, suddenly the digital transaction dilemma becomes clear. Google has previously tried to breathe life into the Play Store by distributing gift cards, but this has seen limited success. This week Idea Cellular, India’s third largest carrier, is partnering with Google to makecarrier-billed Google Play Store transactions a reality.

This setup will make app and in-app purchases instantly available to millions of users. The arrangement works for both prepaid and postpaid accounts. On prepaid accounts, transactions will be checked against the user’s available balance and deducted. Postpayers will see their Google Play Store transactions appear on their bill at the end of each cycle. Idea is already rolling out this functionality to its users, and subscribers should expect to have this option at their fingertips sometime this week.

This isn’t the first instance of Idea using carrier billing for digital transactions. The company previously partnered with Microsoft in 2014 to make this functionality accessible in the Windows Phone Store. It’s expected that Google will be interested in expanding carrier-billed transactions to other Indian carriers in the future.

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[Sarkar]

What about two largest carrier Airtel and Vodafone?

 

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Google Play carrier billing officially launched for Idea customers in India

After several reports, Google has finally launched carrier billing for its Google Play Store in India officially, starting with Idea Cellular. This lets you pay for apps, games, and books on Google Play directly from your pre-paid or post-paid account. “If you have chosen a post-paid plan you will see your purchases on your billing statements labelled easily under Google Play purchases,” said Google.

This will be more useful for people who don’t have a credit card. To use carrier billing, when you make a purchase, you just need to choose “bill my Idea Cellular Account” on the prompt in the store. Google Play carrier billing is now available in 41 countries around the world and Google has 100 DCB partners.

Regarding the direct carrier billing, or DCB, Kunal Soni, Head of Business Development for Google Play, India and Southeast Asia, said: Like with lower minimal pricing and pre-paid vouchers, we hope to make it easier for people to pay for the content they want on Google Play. And we also hope that this will help nurture the developer ecosystem in India, so that developers can grow their businesses on Google Play connecting to Indian customers.

Alistair Pott, Product Manager, Google Play, said: We’ve seen tremendous growth in the app ecosystem wherever we’ve supported DCB. In Indonesia, for example, the number of people who make app and in-app purchases has quadrupled since we launched DCB there in March 2015. Payment options like DCB create immense opportunities for app developers in India, where 1 in 3 Indians own a smartphone today, but less than 3% of the population use credit cards.

P. Lakshminarayana, Chief Operating Officer – Corporate, Idea Cellular, said: Idea has been at the forefront of the internet revolution and has built a robust network through an extensive 3G and now 4G rollout. With capabilities to provide wireless broadband services to nearly 880 million Indians, Idea is well poised to take the lead in the way content is served to an increasing army of digital savvy users. This tie up with Google Play creates a vast set of opportunities for Idea subscribers and also builds a secure gateway to the digital world.

Google Play carrier billing officially launched for Idea customers in India

 

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Additional taxes and fees for direct carrier billing

For some countries and purchases, currency fluctuations, bank or convenience fees, and applicable taxes charged by both the seller and your mobile carrier may increase your final amount for purchases on Google Play if you use direct carrier billing.

Below are some of the additional charges that may affect your final bill. Please check your carrier's terms and conditions for up-to-date information and complete details. Contact your mobile carrier if you have any further questions

Idea Subscribers will be charged an additional 16% convenience fee on purchase of any products from Google Play.

Idea MP Circle subscribers will be charged 54% convenience fee on purchase of any products from Google Play.

Idea will apply a default spend limit of INR 300 per transaction for the purchase of digital content through Google Play using DCB service. Should you wish to purchase digital content through Google Play at an amount greater than INR 300 per transaction, you will need to use another payment method.

Additional taxes and fees for direct carrier billing - Google Play Help

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