Android Market rumored to soon get additional carrier billing support

As of last year T-Mobile began allowing customers to make a purchase from the Android Market and have the purchase billed to their monthly account. And since then they have remained the only carrier that supports carrier billing. Basically, this means Android users would no longer need to have a Google Checkout account with their credit card on file.

But now, it looks like that same support may soon be coming to other carriers as well. The news is coming by way of a recent message that was posted on the Google Android Developers Blog that mentioned “new payment options.” So maybe Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or all three.

Personally, not having carrier billing does not seem like all that much of an inconvenience, but I suppose more options are always better. Not to mention, I would rather have my purchases billed at the time I purchase as opposed to running a total and paying on my next months bill — no surprise this way.

Read [Forbes] and [Android Developers Blog]