BRUNN AM GEBIRGE, Austria – UPC Hungary, a provider of video, internet and land-line telephony and virtual internet mobile services, has tapped European carrier-billing and mobile-messaging specialist DIMOCO to implement mobile payment services across UPC’s network.

“With DIMOCO we have found a reliable and experienced premium SMS partner,” said UPC Vice President Zoltan Csaszar. “As a virtual mobile network operator, this is exactly the kind of dynamic support we need.”

With its portfolio enriched by the addition of virtual mobile network capabilities, UPC realized offering customers the opportunity to pay for products and services in a variety of ways was of paramount importance. DIMOCO will process all premium SMS transactions for UPC.

“Since our company was founded in the year 2000, we have been working intensively on expanding our carrier billing and mobile messaging hub,” said DIMOCO founder and Chief Executive Officer Gerald Tauchner. “All company SMS and payment transactions are processed here.

“We have also become one of the network operators’ leading integration partners,” he continued, without specifying network operators. “We are delighted to have won UPC Hungary as a new partner.”

A recent report from Juniper Research indicated carrier billing is the No. 1 payment method in Europe. According to Juniper’s analysis, carrier billing conversion rates may be as much as 60 percent higher than when credit cards alone are offered to mobile consumers.