Telecel has introduced a debit card for Telecash subscribers, the Telecash gold card, which they can use to pay for goods and services at any of the more than 5 000 ZimSwitch points of sale across the country. It is the first mobile phone network to have issued debit cards for its mobile electronic wallet
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
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
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