In our last article, we talked about ‘remittances’ and mostly referred to the sending of cash across borders – sending airtime top-ups across borders is considered to be a ‘purposeful remittance’.Īn added benefit of sending airtime top-ups is that the value is almost instantly sent to the recipient’s mobile phone service. Many online shops provide the ability to send and receive cross-border airtime top-ups in almost any country to almost any Telco, with the use of only the recipient’s phone number. In a retail shop, you may need to know the Telco of the recipient’s phone, as they may only have the ability to sell a particular Telco’s airtime top-up. You are then able to send as much (or as little) top-up value of airtime as you like All you need is a physical or online retail outlet and the recipient’s phone number. Sending airtime top-ups to other people is easy. Sending Airtime Top-Up to Others and across borders Eg prepaid top-up for extra data allowance. Is an Airtime Top-Up only for Prepaid or also for Postpaid Phones?Īirtime Top-ups are mostly used for Prepaid Phone Services, BUT, in some countries and for some Telcos you are able to add a ‘top-up’ to use for additional services. – Access an online web portal/shop that allows you to top-up your service (supplied or developed by your Telco OR 3rd party retailer). – Access an application on your phone that enables you to enter credit card or approved payment methods to perform a top-up (supplied or developed by your Telco OR 3rd party retailer). These vouchers may have designated amounts OR they could be arbitrary amounts specified by you. – Purchase a ‘Voucher’ from a retail shop for your Telco, where you will be supplied with a receipt containing your PIN number. These cards generally have designated amounts assigned by the Telco.
– Purchase a card issued by your Telco from a retail shop, which will contain a pin number, you may need to scratch away, or is activated by the retail shop. With Prepaid Phone Services, there are a number of options: Payment of the bill in this scenario means that you have performed a top-up of your service, however is more often referred to as ‘paying your bill’. Without payment, the Telco has a specified period whereby they can continue your service / airtime before they will de-activate your service. A Top-Up is referred to as ‘adding more credit / value / currency’ to a mobile phone’s service.įor Postpaid Phone Services, this generally occurs either automatically via direct debit arrangements with your Telco on Bill Due date OR via your chosen method of payment of that bill. Airtime allows you to access the network’s service offerings, voice, data, sms etc. When you connect a mobile phone to a network (a Telecommunication Provider) you need to purchase credits to enable you to use that Telco network’s Airtime.
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