“Mobile web apps are interesting for developers because they are platform-independent,” says Martin Koppel, CRO of Fortumo in a press release. “We’re looking to provide web app developers with similar mobile payment tools that native app developers have.”
The Estonia/California based company has carrier billing partnerships in 60 countries with 230 carriers. The flexibility and international reach of Fortumo’s HTML5 payment service will likely enable new was for developers to monetize apps, especially in emerging markets. Mobile Operator Billing allows a payment to go to a user’s phone bill, and does not require a credit card.
Fortumo’s HTML5 mobile billing API is available to any merchant, free of charge, on the company’s webpage.