Comcel Haiti and MoreMagic Solutions Offer International Recharge for Voila Customers

TopUps of Mobile Phones Now Available throughout United States, Canada, Worldwide

Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Newton, MA, United States; March 3, 2009

Communication Cellulaire D'Haiti SA (Comcel), a leading communications provider in Haiti, offering mobile service as Voila, and MoreMagic Solutions, a leading mobile payments platform provider, announced today that international friends and family of Voila customers are now able to recharge the mobile phones of Voila customers in Haiti, using MoreMagic Solutions worldwide distribution. From hundreds of thousands of retail locations, using a phone, a POS terminal, or kiosk, or the web - www.etopuponline.com, a person can send a gift of prepaid airtime to a Voila customer. The airtime is immediately available, and both the sender and recipient are notified with a personalized SMS message.

In Haiti, Voila customers have welcomed the ability to recharge their mobile phones without a card, using Comcel's DirekDirek service. Retail locations and customer take rates have ramped up rapidly since the introduction of DirekDirek, with more than a million customers recharging their phones each month in Haiti alone.

"International gifts of airtime are an excellent way to enable Voila customers to continue making their most important calls," said Robin Padberg, General Manager of Comcel. "Because of the reach of MoreMagic Solutions worldwide distribution, friends and family of Haitians who are living in a multitude of countries can continue to stay in touch, and help out with directed giving."

"Because of the importance of support from abroad, Voila customers in Haiti are asking friends and family to try out international recharge, and usage is ramping up rapidly," said Pankaj Gulati, chairman and CEO, MoreMagic Solutions. "MoreMagic Solutions is pleased to support Comcel in its outreach in other countries - offering gift-giving capabilities through a phone, convenience store, or the internet."

About Comcel and Voila

Communication Cellulaire D'Haiti SA (Comcel) is a leading mobile telecommunications operator in Haiti, providing high-quality affordable wireless service under the Voila brand name. Comcel directly employs more than 450 local staff and provides indirect employment to more than 5,000 Haitians. Since its inception ten years ago, Comcel has invested over US$200 million in Haiti. Comcel is a subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners LLC (Trilogy), based in Bellevue, Washington, which operates mobile communications companies in Bolivia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Additional information about Comcel can be found at www.comcelhaiti.com and www.FamilyInThe509.com.

About MoreMagic Solutions

With deployments in more than 30 countries worldwide, MoreMagic Solutions offers electronic payments platforms for mobile operators, content providers, distributors, and banks, enabling consumers to purchase goods and services on demand using a mobile phone or the web. MoreMagic's high-throughput payment engine and pre-packaged applications enable customers to offer new revenue-generating services, including Mobile Payments, Mobile Banking, and Mobile Money Transfers.

Contacts

Pierre Liautaud
Trilogy International
9546273500
Pierre.Liautaud@trilogy-international.com
www.comcelhaiti.com

Carol J. Meier
MoreMagic Solutions
+1 617-244-1598 x128
cjmeier@moremagic.com
www.moremagic.com

 
 

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