International mobile remittance (also known as ''international mobile airtime recharge / international top-up / top-up credit'') is a remittance transfer service which allows a person in one country to securely and electronically transfer or top-up
mobile credit to another mobile belonging to a family member or friend abroad. The top-up can happen through various payment mechanisms. The sender selects the country, mobile network, number of the recipient, mobile air time amount, and makes the transfer. The mobile air time is credited to the recipient instantly.
Context
The history of international mobile remittances is inextricably linked to the development of the
mobile phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whil ...
and its acceptance globally.
Today, international mobile airtime recharge is the most widely used mobile phone remittance service. It accounts for nearly 75% of all mobile remittance transactions. The proliferation of retailers selling mobile airtime remittance services has increased in developing countries, partly due to the growth of various mobile payment solutions. It is easy for workers, friends, and family living or visiting oversea countries to send mobile airtime top-ups from the convenience of their home, mobile device, bank, or local retail store.
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Mobile phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whil ...
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Prepaid mobile phone
A prepaid mobile device, also known as a, pay-as-you-go (PAYG), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is ...
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Mobile payments
A mobile payment, also referred to as mobile money, mobile money transfer and mobile wallet, is any of various payment processing services operated under financial regulations and performed from or via a mobile device, as the cardinal class of d ...
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Roaming
Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices, such as mobile phones. It refers to a mobile phone being used outside the range of its native network and connecting to another available cell network.
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References
Mobile telecommunication services
Remittances