VIVA Bahrain First to Introduce International Prepaid Credit Transfer
26.01.2012, Bahrain/Singapore - VIVA announced yesterday its latest partnership deal with the leading provider of international airtime transfer, TransferTo, an Ingenico company, enabling its prepaid customers to transfer credit to their loved ones overseas simply via SMS. Prepaid customers can now ensure their families and friends abroad are always able to get in touch with them no matter the occasion, celebration or emergency at hand.
The service, introduced by VIVA for the first time in Bahrain, is secure, immediate and can be used around the clock. It is available for twelve receiving countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Thailand, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Indonesia and Nepal. Customers perform the transfer via SMS, conveniently from wherever they happen to be, and are charged only for the credit they transfer. No subscription or SMS fee is required to use the service.
“We are committed to offering products and services that are both useful and meaningful to customers and their families,” said Andrew Hanna, VIVA CCO. “We derive great satisfaction from our ability to facilitate connections between people.”
Credit transfer makes for a thoughtful gift, especially around major festivals, but can also be used by Bahrain residents travelling abroad and wishing to take their credit with them. To transfer credit, VIVA users can send the phone number they wish to send a top-up to in an SMS to 171 and follow subsequent instructions.
Transfer To CEO Eric Barbier stated, “I am delighted to partner with VIVA Bahrain and We are convinced that this service, which is the first of its kind in Bahrain, will greatly benefit VIVA’s subscribers and would enable them to send small value transfers as a gift and an ideal complement to money remittances. This innovative service will be available to VIVA subscribers all day, everyday and would enable them to utilize the service from the comfort of their homes with the touch of a button from their mobile phones”.
About TransferTo
TransferTo is a Global Airtime Remittance Hub that interconnects mobile operators’ prepaid systems to deliver end to end cross border top-up services. TransferTo is the only fast, convenient and reliable solution enabling the transfer of small amounts of value in the form of prepaid mobile credits, the ideal lowcost, high value complement to cash remittances. TransferTo has been designed for migrants and travellers, who can now remotely recharge the prepaid phones of their loved ones back home from their mobile phones, the Internet or at a retail location. TransferTo is a must have Value Added Service for Mobile Network Operators, Retailers, Money Transfer Operators and Financial Institutions targeting the ethnic market segment. With a global reach over five continents,TransferTo is the leader in international prepaid airtime remittances, and enables real time prepaid top- up transfers to over 230 partner Mobile Network Operators in 80 countries, reaching 3.6 billion prepaid users.
TransferTo is part of Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING) the world’s leading provider of payment solutions, with over 15 million terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 3,000 employees worldwide support
retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue.
For more information, please visit the following website: http://www.transfer-to.com
Media Contact:
Erik Van Thielen
+6563457022
Erik.van-thielen@transfer-to.com
About Viva Bahrain
VIVA Bahrain, part of the STC Group, has been reshaping the telecommunications landscape in the Kingdom of Bahrain since its entry into the market in 2010. Recognised as Bahrain’s most advanced telecommunications service provider, VIVA continues to bring the latest technologies and innovative communication services with unmatched high quality and connectivity.
The operator has rapidly established an unrivalled position in the market through a customer-centric approach by offering an efficient, flexible customised product portfolio for individual subscribers and businesses to ensure customers’ communication needs are fulfilled.
For more information, visit viva.com.bh or email pr@viva.com.bh