{"id":6510,"date":"2015-12-01T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/press\/press-releases\/upstream-named-vendor-to-watch-in-marketing-trends-direct-csp-billing-worldwide-2015-gartner-report\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:15:11","slug":"upstream-named-vendor-to-watch-in-marketing-trends-direct-csp-billing-worldwide-2015-gartner-report","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/pt-br\/press\/press-releases\/upstream-named-vendor-to-watch-in-marketing-trends-direct-csp-billing-worldwide-2015-gartner-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Upstream Named Vendor to Watch in \u201cMarketing Trends: Direct CSP Billing Worldwide, 2015\u201d Gartner Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mobile Commerce Provider Cited As A Mobile Difference-Maker<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>London, UK \u2013 December 1st, 2015 \u2013 <\/strong> Upstream, the leading mobile commerce provider for digital goods and services in high growth markets, has been named a mobile vendor to watch, by Gartner. In Gartner\u2019s report titled \u201cMarket Trends: Direct CSP Billing Worldwide, 2015,\u201d Upstream is recognized as a difference-maker among Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) Providers, allowing Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to achieve greater success across global markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/3169220?ref=SiteSearch&amp;amp;sthkw=Direct%20CSP%20Billing%20Worldwide%2C%202015&amp;amp;fnl=search&amp;amp;srcId=1-3478922254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gartner-1.jpg\" alt=\"gartner\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the few providers selected, Upstream is featured for its ability to provide local mobile content to consumers in markets across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia via its MINT engine, providing unique billing capabilities. Upstream is also praised for its ability to handle third-party content billing, which offers an additional value-add for DCB providers as they can subsume content owners or app stores in the value chain. Additionally, the report highlights Upstream\u2019s approach of both tailoring content to consumers\u2014such as language lessons delivered via SMS, mobisites or apps, which Upstream designs and packages\u2014as well as accommodating local payment preferences.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis is major win for Upstream. We\u2019re thrilled to be included as a Vendor to Watch in Gartner\u2019s Market Trends 2015 report for CSP billing worldwide,\u201d said Marco Veremis, CEO, Upstream. \u201cThis has been a year of intense mobile growth as, for example, major technology companies such as Netflix and YouTube continue to tackle emerging markets via new subscription services. The year ahead will be bigger than ever for mobile. We\u2019re eager to partner with major brands, mobile networks, tech services and CSPs alike in order to deliver valuable, relevant and affordable mobile services and content to consumers across the globe<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gartner\u2019s Market Trends report is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/3173127?ref=AnalystProfile&amp;srcId=1-4554397745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, highlighting that while direct carrier billing is mature, the choice to use it more aggressively lies in the hands of CSPs. The report\u2019s author is William Hahn, Principal Research Analyst serving networking and communication services. Hahn identifies the DCB solution providers as exemplary of competitive advantages they can bring to CSPs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpstream currently serves approximately 90 mobile operators in over 50 countries, presently reaching 1 billion consumers\u201d says Veremis. \u201cThis year our platform has \u00a0helped to transact more than EUR300 million in purchases by an estimated 70 million mobile users. Our one-of-a-kind technology offers flexible and smart billing schemes, which adapt to the user\u2019s pre-pay balance. To effectively monetize digital services in growth markets, knowing which time of day to make a charge attempt is as important as offering attractive prices for attractive for low-income markets. Using an end-to-end subscription management that has the ability to curate, bundle, market, deliver and bill mobile solutions, we\u2019re looking forward to continued growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/3169220?ref=SiteSearch&amp;amp;sthkw=Direct%20CSP%20Billing%20Worldwide%2C%202015&amp;amp;fnl=search&amp;amp;srcId=1-3478922254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2673 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gartner-button-1.jpg\" alt=\"gartner button\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Diffusion PR<br \/>\n(646) 571-0120<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:upstream@diffusionpr.com\">upstream@diffusionpr.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upstream, the leading mobile commerce provider for digital goods and services in high growth markets, has been named a mobile vendor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5683,"parent":0,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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