Android Market expanding operator billing options

Google updated the terms of its Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement in advance of introducing new application payment mechanisms, strongly hinting it will expand the storefront's operator billing options. Writing on the Android Developers Blog, Android developer advocate Tim Bray states the DDA changes impact Section 13.1, adding "authorized carriers" as an indemnified party, as well as the new Section 13.2, which covers indemnity for payment processors for claims related to tax accrual. The updated DDA "is in preparation for some work we're doing on introducing new payment options, which we think developers will like," Bray writes.

In late 2009, T-Mobile USA pushed out a software update enabling Android device customers to bill Android Market download purchases directly to their account instead of entering credit card information. Around that same time, T-Mobile USA CTO Cole Brodman said the operator's Android subscribers consume 50 times more data than other T-Mobile customers, with about half of Android users visiting Android Market every day.

For more on the Android Market changes:
- read this Android Developers Blog post

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