Devindra Hardawar is reporting via Engadget’s live-blog from the keynote of Microsoft’s Build 2015 event: Terry Myerson says Microsoft is bringing carrier billing to all Windows devices [including desktop devices] — which lets you send app purchases to your cellphone bill. Myerson says it’s the largest carrier-billing experience out there now, covering 90 mobile carriers.

According to Myers, carrier billing will now work on phones, tablets, and computers that use Windows 10: “Not everyone has a credit card, but everyone has a mobile phone,” he said during the keynote address.
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