PayPoint, the UK’s leading payment collection network, recently announced its partnership with mobile phone company MTN Nigeria. Now they are expanding into the Jamaican community market through a new partnership with Digicel, one of the Caribbean’s leading mobile service provider.
PayPoint customers can now buy MTN Nigeria and Digicel top-up vouchers for family, friends and business colleagues in Nigeria and Jamaica. The PayPoint receipt produces a PIN which can be texted or e-mailed to contacts in Nigeria and Jamaica and the receiver enters the PIN in exactly the same way as if they had purchased it in their own country.
The MTN Nigeria and PayPoint partnership has been running for 6 months and has proved to be extremely successful. Both parties have been working together to introduce a new incentive for customers and this is now up and running until the end of August. Not only will every MTN Nigeria subscriber receiving a top-up from the UK be automatically entitled to 10% extra free credit, they will also be entered into an MTN Nigeria prize draw where the winner could walk away with 1M Niras (equivalent to around £4,000 at current exchange rates).
Mike Igoe, PayPoint Retail Director said: “PayPoint is delighted to be working exclusively with two of the most innovative mobile phone service providers in Nigeria and Jamaica to provide these new services. By bringing these exclusive services to the UK, we aim to satisfy the growing number of Nigerian and Jamaican communities based in the UK and provide a convenient and affordable way for them to send phone credit to their family, friends and colleagues back home.”
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Notes to Editor:
PayPoint is a leading payment collection network of over 15,000 outlets used, primarily, for the cash payment of bills and services and prepayments for mobile telephones and energy meters.
PayPoint began trading in 1996 and initially collected payments through its network of retail agents for its founder client investors, who included British Gas, BT, BBC TV Licensing, London Electricity (now part of EDF Energy) and four water companies.
It now has more than 800 clients including many of the UK and Ireland’s major energy, cable, mobile and fixed line telephony companies. Its blue chip client list also extends to numerous water companies, local authorities and housing associations and a growing transport and travel base.
PayPoint listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2004.
Notes to Editor:
MTN Nigeria top-ups are provided by Nomi-Call
Nomi-call is an innovative international telecoms operator, offering of wide range of telephone cards and pre-paid telephony services. Using BT’s quality infrastructure, Nomi-call means no hiss or crackle, no delay and no dropped calls. And with fabulous value-for-money rates, Nomi has grown rapidly to become one of the UK leading providers of Low-cost International calls. For more information on Nomi-Call visit www.nomi-call.com or contact Stephanie Genin on 0207 633 5982 or by email: Stephanie.genin@nomi-call.co.uk
Notes to Editor:
Digicel top-ups are provided by ezetop Ltd.
ezetop Ltd. is an authorised Digicel distributor. Based in Dublin Ireland, ezetop is an international mobile phone top-up company that specialises in offering telecoms services to UK based residents to send home to their native country. For more information on ezetop visit www.ezetop.com or contact Nathan Saddington at nsaddington@ezetop.com or 077 3771 4397.
Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the fastest growing wireless telecommunications operator in the Caribbean. After five years, Digicel is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services, and state-of-the-art handsets. It is the largest GSM operator in the region.
By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting edge of wireless communications.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and has operations in 20 markets, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Curaçao, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago & Turks & Caicos. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths and expects further significant growth.
The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams including the West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams across the Caribbean and is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football Union Cup, which involves over 30 Caribbean countries and is an important qualifier towards the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
