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Articles tagged with: Prepay
Botswana Reminds PrePay Subscribers to Register Details by Year-End
Botswana's telecoms regulator has warned that the vast majority of prepay SIM cards have yet to register their ownership details before a cut-off deadline at the end of this year. According to the Botswana Telecommunications Authority's Public Relations Officer, Twoba Koontse, just 267,113 subscribers have registered their details. more
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Batelco Launches PrePay Credit Transfer Service
Bhrain's Batelco has launched a prepay credit transfer service for its SimSim customers. The operator's SimSim subscribers are now able to manage and control the SimSim accounts of their children, family members and staff, through automated monthly credit transfers. more
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Sprint says few contract customers going prepaid
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday that only "a low single-digit percentage" of new prepaid customers are coming over from Sprint's more lucrative contract-based plans. more
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Two Million Mexicans Register their PrePay Phone
Mexico's telecoms regulator, Cofetel says that nearly nine million mobile phone users have registered their personal details with a central registry since it was launched two months ago. During the period from April 10 and June 10, 8, 729, 199 mobile phone users have registered successfully their telephone number in the National Register of Mobile Phone Users (RENAUT). more
Related Tags: cofetel, text-message, base, Mexico
Tracfone tests cheap unlimited plan on Verizon
Tracfone Wireless, the country's largest provider of "prepaid" cell phones, is quietly testing a new service that appears to be a response to the fierce price competition in the prepaid market. more
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AT&T Blocks Four Firms from Reselling PrePay Handsets
AT&T says that it has obtained judgments and permanent injunctions against defendants in four more federal lawsuits filed as part of the company's ongoing efforts to combat the unauthorized bulk purchase and resale of its prepaid mobile phones, SIM cards, and accessories. more
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Thai Regulator After Unused PrePay Cedits
Thailand's telecoms regulator is mulling a plan to tap unused prepay account credits that are forfeited when a SIM card expires to boost the public telecom service fund. The move follows pressure from prepay users who want their unused credits refunded. more
BIC Branded Phone to be Sold in Spain
Orange is to launch its BIC branded prepay phone in Spain, following sales of the product in France for the past year. The BIC phone is a rechargeable mobile telephone, 100 % ready-to-use when purchased with a fully charged battery and the SIM card already inserted. more
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PrePay Registration May be Ineffective Says Red Tape Study
A preliminary report by Australia's Productivity Commission has warned that identity checks on prepay phone purchasers are imposing significant costs on both industry and consumer, while not delivering a commensurate level of benefits to the police and security services. more
Related Tags: acma, amta, optus, police, security, Australia
Mobile Operators Turn to Direct Top-up to Counter Declining Prepaid ARPU
The implementation of a direct operator top-up strategy can bring double digit revenue gains and reduced costs, claims a study commissioned by electronic payments vendor, Vesta Corp. Given the size of the prepaid market in Western Europe, this can equate to hundreds of millions of Euros annually, adds the report. Direct operator top-up channels include all operator-managed top-up channels that rely on electronic transactions outside a retail environment, such as the operator's website, IVR and handset applications. more
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