A few days ago, Telecel’s General Manager, Angeline Vere disclosed that the company’s mobile money service that was launched 5 months ago, Telecash, now has 600,000 registered subscribers. This is an impressive number in a number of ways, but mostly in comparison to Econet’s EcoCash, which has generally been regarded a success. Consider for example
It is now possible to pay telephone bills with Telecash, following an agreement between Telecel Zimbabwe and TelOne, making it possible to avoid queuing to pay phone bills. Telecash subscribers can now pay their phone bills from the comfort of their home or office or even while travelling to work on a commuter omnibus, using
Zimbabwean mobile money platform Telecash has seen the number of agents and merchants utilising the service rise 63 per cent, from 1,600 to 2,600, since it was introduced at the end of January. HumanIPO reported earlier this year mobile operator Telecel had launched Telecash, allowing subscribers to use their phones as a digital wallet to
Telecel launched Telecash in Zimbabwe with interoperability as their main trump card and that promise seems to be taking shape. Telecel has announced via their Facebook page that Telecash users could now pay their insurance premiums via the mobile money service. Based on the announcement and advert, the service seems to be only active with
Telecel and MultiChoice Zimbabwe have signed an agreement allowing DStv subscribers to use Telecash to pay for their subscriptions through their mobile phones. Telecash – which launched in January – can be used by its subscribers to send money to any mobile phone user regardless of network and pay bills and for goods and services
According to TechZim, Telecel Zimbabwe’s mobile money service, Telecash, will finally be launched in Harare this week. The service, which we’re told will launch without fail this time, was initially scheduled to launch in the 4th quarter of 2013 but faced serious delays. The Telecash product is a result of Telecel realising how big a
A few days ago, TechZim broke the news that Econet and the banks are finally warming to each other on the issue of banks being granted access to Econet subscribers so they also provide mobile money transfer service to them. The banks are not completely happy yet, but integration talks are on and some of
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