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Article: MSI Cellular brings service to pay bills by cellphone to clients in 14 countries. (Across Africa).
- Article from:
- Africa Telecom
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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MSI Cellular Holdings has launched a mobile payment system in Africa-well ahead of most wireless rivals in Europe or the US, many of which have high hopes to turn mobile phones into payment devices. The Amsterdam-based group, which controls Celtel mobile operators in 14 African countries with a total of roughly one million customers, has setup a mobile phone service that allows merchants, corporations and mobile-phone users to make and receive payments using a wireless handset.
Called CelPay, the service is offered in partnership with African Banking Corp. for retail customers and with Citigroup Inc's Citibank unit for corporate clients. So far, 11 merchants in ...