In 2010, your mobile phone bill would take a much larger share of your wallet and your landline a much smaller share.

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This includes your mobile phone bill as well as your landline.

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MACH's Direct Billing Gateway provides an operator billing service for mobile applications, content and mobile internet services, allowing providers to charge subscribers for services direct to their mobile phone bill or pre-paid balance.

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Direct Operator Billing from MACH will enable Skype to bring a vital alternative payment method to these channels: Skype users will be able to charge their Skype credit to their mobile phone bill or pre-paid account, and enjoy the frictionless user experience gained from this payment method.

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Stories such as Pierre's are part of the reason the U.S. Federal Communications Commission this week plans to propose rules to prevent mobile phone "bill shock, " a term that refers to bills that are higher than usual because of unanticipated fees and overage charges.

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If a company is offering a promotional price for a family mobile phone plan, it wants to make sure the bill reflects that, or customers will get annoyed and leave.

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The survey data is based on a look at monthly phone bill for more than 65, 000 mobile subscribers who volunteered to participate.

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Nearly 80 percent said that prior to the survey, they were not aware that companies other than their telephone company could bill them for products and services on their mobile phone bills.

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Use your mobile phone while travelling across Europe, and that may well be the reaction when you get your bill.

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While mobile phone bills that amount to tens of thousands of dollars are certainly the exception, "bill shock" appears to be a relatively common occurrence.

CNN: U.S. aims to regulate mobile 'bill shock'

Retail bank branches may be the oldest legacy of all, but they have not been replaced by ATMs, direct deposit, standing orders for bill payment, travelers checks, credit cards, phone banking, Internet banking or mobile banking.

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