Gift apps and airtime with BBM
Research In Motion (RIM) announced its plans today for a mobile gifting platform for carriers that will allow one authorized BlackBerry subscriber to use their post-paid or pre-paid account to approve and pay for airtime, apps or other carrier services requested by another BlackBerry subscriber.
The BBM mobile gifting platform will integrate with BlackBerry App World and carrier billing systems and allow the gifting requests and approvals to be handled directly between the BlackBerry subscribers using BBM (BlackBerry Messenger).
RIM assured that the transactions are secure, authenticated and non-repudiable.
The platform will also allow carriers to more easily sell airtime to BlackBerry prepaid subscribers (for the subscriber’s own use), RIM said.
According to RIM, BlackBerry subscribers will be able to buy or gift airtime, apps and other carrier services and charge the purchases to their existing postpaid or prepaid account, or alternatively pay for the purchases through various other payment methods.
It hasn’t been confirmed whether this service will be available in South Africa.
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