Fonix recently announced that it has been awarded Vodafone Platinum Partner status. Fonix is one of only 6 providers to be awarded Platinum Partner status – the highest level within Vodafone’s partner accreditation scheme. To read more about their award please see the attached press release. Press release – Fonix awarded Vodafone B2B Platinum Partner Status April 16
Thank you to all members who voted for this year’s positions for the AIME Board.
We are now delighted to announce the 2016-2017 Board membership. During the Board meeting, the positions of Vice Chair(s) was decided by the full Board. It was agreed that two vice chairs that represent the membership worked well and would continue in this new term.
New Board Positions:
Remaining Board:
The Board expressed its gratitude to Chris Newell (ImpulsePay) for his previous tenure and significant contribution to AIME’s activities.
The world’s biggest mobile trade show, Mobile World Congress, took place in Barcelona between 22-25 February 2016. As has become customary, the show’s attendance broke previous records: the GSMA announced on the final day that 101,000 people had attended MWC in 2016, an increase of almost 8% over the 2015 show’s attendance of 93,000.
The event is slowly moving to become more of a consumer electronics show as a variety of networks connect an increasingly significant number of consumer devices together. Read my report here: Review of Mobile World Congress 2016 .
PhonepayPlus today announced their 14th Code of Practice, accompanied by a statement and draft procedures. In AIME’s response to the consultation AIME identified, on behalf of membership, over 30 areas of concern or observations on the proposed operation of the Investigations and Sanctions part (part 4) of the 14th Code of Practice.
A majority of AIME input has been accepted and has resulted in either changes to the Code or the supporting procedures. The changes that were not accepted are accompanied by responses from PhonepayPlus that will serve as reference material for any future review of processes.
We are confident that PhonepayPlus has set out to ensure a fair and pragmatic process exists and our observations were mainly in the event that the process went wrong. AIME expects PhonepayPlus to have at its disposal a robust investigation and sanction procedure that targets the individuals and companies that seek to cause damage to consumers at the expense of the well behaved providers that make up AIME’s membership.
Our concerns for members who fund the operation of PhonepayPlus are that the process is economical, legally sound and fair.
In the unlikely event that a member will have a case raised against them, that there is an opportunity for an early settlement akin to the “on the spot” fine for a minor traffic offence.
If the process has gone wrong for a provider, we want to ensure that there is an appeals process to allow for economical review of a case without the need for a judicial review. AIME has successfully won this change amongst others.
We expect the 14th Code to go live in July 2016 after Ofcom and EU consultation. The full PhonepayPlus statement can be read here:
Download your Seminar information pack here: Charity Text Donations Seminar Event pack 19Feb16
This one day free seminar organised jointly by the Premium Rate Regulator PhonepayPlus and the Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME) provides the opportunity for charities to learn how to get started and maximise text based donations, Gift Aid, post donation marketing, regular gifting and competitions.
Text fundraising has grown to a £120 million pound opportunity with most charities finding new donors and differing demographics through this easy mechanism. Are you maximising your donation footprint in this growth market?
During this seminar, you will learn about:
If you don’t currently use text donation for your fundraising, this seminar will provide a good introduction for you.
If you are already using text donations, this event will be looking at improving your skills and maximising your donation and Gift Aid opportunities.
With several expert speakers already lined up and more to be announced this will be an informative day not to be missed.
If you are a charity you can get your FREE tickets (maximum 2 per charity) here: Seminar Tickets
Download your Seminar information pack here: Charity Text Donations Seminar Event pack 19Feb16
