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Do you have a source for this? Why would bank accounts need to be situated in Brazil for these deals to happen? That doesn't make sense.
by eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago
Do you have a source for this? Why would bank accounts need to be situated in Brazil for these deals to happen? That doesn't make sense.
- gcb0 10y agoyou can pay whats app directly via the operator. e.g. http://www.tim.com.br/sp/para-voce/planos/pre-pago/turbo-whatsapp http://www.tim.com.br/sp/para-voce/planos/pre-pago/turbo-wha... you can't do that in brazil without having the papers to do business there. in fact, you can't even sell anything without the right documents. Just like everywhere else.
- ithkuil 10y agopaying whatsapp? I don't know portuguese so I didn't actually read what the deal is. Is this a service where subscribers pay the carrier a fee for 30 days of unlimited data traffic to whatsapp servers (VoIP excluded) + 50M of data ? If yes, does that constitute a transaction the consumer makes directy to whatsapp via the operator? I understand that likely whatsapp and TIM (an Italian company btw) might have made some deal and exchanged some money for the use of whatsapp logo etc, but I guess that transaction could have been done anywhere.
- gcb0 10y agotim is Spanish. the app has in app purchase. that page describes both what you described plus paying for in app purchases via operator
- ithkuil 10y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM_(brand) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM_(brand) > TIM is an Italian brand owned by Telecom Italia. Originally founded as a mobile telephony company in 1995 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM_Brasil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM_Brasil > Parent Telecom Italia Mobile, Telecom Italia