Tag: Mobile enablers
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BTC Bahamas 4G network supports prepaid electric top-ups in Caribbean first
Bahamians could soon be using their mobile phone wallets to buy prepaid electricity or pay their utility bills, thanks to an initiative from local telco BTC Bahamas. The Cable & Wireless Communications subsidiary has begun testing how its 4G LTE network and existing prepaid infrastructure could be used together with smart prepayment meters to allow […]
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British Gas Smart Pay As You Go mobile app proves a hit
Over 80% of customers prefer using British Gas’s mobile app to top up their Smart Pay As You Go meters, according to a recent survey among those trialling the supplier’s new smart meter prepayment technology …
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Ten predictions for prepaid energy in 2015
What’s in store in 2015 for energy prepayment? Prepaid Energy Hub sets out our pick of the top 10 trends to watch.
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Digicel and Redknee hook up to offer prepaid energy top-ups
Mobile network operator Digicel has teamed up with Redknee, a provider of real-time monetization and subscriber management software, to enable its customers in Papua New Guinea to buy prepaid electricity top-ups using their mobile phones. Working in partnership with PNG Power (the country’s state-owned vertical utility company), Digicel and Redknee provided an alternative solution to […]
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GSMA highlights benefits of mobile enabling services for Sub-Saharan utilities
In Sub-Saharan Africa many more people have a mobile phone than access to electricity. While around 599 million remain unconnected to the electricity grid, mobile networks cover nearly three-quarters of the region’s 936 million inhabitants. How can this widespread mobile infrastructure be leveraged to benefit the 358 million people that have mobile phones but no […]
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Why mobile communications will help drive prepaid electricity services
Electricity prepayment service was a feature of markets such as the UK long before commercial mobile networks started to be rolled out. Nowadays, mobile communications are deeply ingrained in our daily lives, and advances in mobile broadband technologies are constantly extending the possibilities for wirelessly enabled services and interaction. By piggy-backing on this evolution in […]