Worldwide Customers Send Airtime to Nuevatel VIVA Mobile Phones in Bolivia with MoreMagic Solutions

Friends and Family Purchase Recharges at Hundreds of Thousands of International Locations

La Paz, Bolivia; Newton, MA, U.S.; March 10, 2009

Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia SA, (Nuevatel), a leading mobile communications provider in Bolivia, and MoreMagic Solutions, a leading mobile payments platform provider, announced today that customers in the United States, Canada, and worldwide can now purchase electronic recharges for Nuevatel mobile phones. Nuevatel provides service under the brand name VIVA in Bolivia. At retail stores in the MoreMagic Solutions distribution network, friends and family can prepay for airtime and services easily and immediately, for VIVA mobile phones in Bolivia. Using a mobile handset, POS device, or web interface, the retailer enters the customer's number and the purchased amount, and the mobile customer is immediately credited with airtime.

International recharge is also available through the MoreMagic Solutions website, www.etopuponline.com. Using the internet, customers can purchase airtime for VIVA phones in any amount, using a credit card or debit card.

Nuevatel SA has been a leader in GSM deployment in Latin America, first launching commercial service in 2000 in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz, and now available throughout Bolivia as VIVA. The electronic recharge service allows VIVA users to make more calls and try out new services, by allowing gifts of any amount. With today's announcement, recharges are made available around the world, using the VIVA brand.

"Mobile phone penetration in Bolivia has grown tremendously, from 6% in 2000, to more than 35% today, and Nuevatel's goal is to encourage usage on these mobile phones by allowing airtime gifts from family and friends abroad," said Freddy Maldonado, CEO of Nuevatel. "With the convenience of the MoreMagic Solutions international recharge, and the accessibility through widespread distribution, more customers will use VIVA service to communicate without regard for international borders."

"Throughout Bolivia, VIVA customers are enjoying the ability to recharge their mobile phones electronically, and we are pleased to extend the service internationally," said Pankaj Gulati, chairman and CEO, MoreMagic Solutions. "Nuevatel is again demonstrating its technological leadership by improving mobile services in Bolivia, and MoreMagic Solutions looks forward to working with Nuevatel as we roll out an expanding array of new services."

About Nuevatel and VIVA

Nuevatel PCS De Bolivia SA, (Nuevatel), is a leading mobile communications provider in Bolivia, providing high-quality affordable wireless services under the VIVA brand name. Nuevatel is a subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners, LLC (Trilogy), based in Bellevue, Washington, which operates wireless communications companies in Bolivia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Nuevatel's local shareholder is Bolivian regional fixed line provider, Cooperative Mixta de Telecomunicaciones Cochabamba ("COMTECO").

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

Luis Alvestigui
Marketing Director
Nuevatel
+591 70610102
luis.alvestigui@nuevatel.com
www.nuevatel.com

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

 
 

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