Environmental protection goes mobile

The service, under the name of 'eTopUp', allows customers to buy their prepaid mobile airtime electronically, giving them more flexibility in managing their prepaid accounts.

A company spokesperson says that over a million plastic scratch cards get thrown away after use annually and litter the country.

The Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless Seychelles, Charles Hammond says: "I am sure the service will have a positive impact in Seychelles. Just recently, the President in his National Day address voiced for a cleaner Seychelles, and we are proud to bring this first electronic, environmentally friendly top up service to the people of Seychelles!"

"Customers now can top up with as little as SR10 up to a maximum of SR1000 per transaction. Such flexibility has contributed hugely to the success of eTopUp in other Cable & Wireless businesses globally," according to the company's head of Mobile Phone Unit Oliver Fock-Tave.

Although Cable Prepaid customers now have the choice of topping their accounts using eTopUp or scratch card vouchers, the company says it intends to move completely away from vouchers and offer only eTopUp in the future.

"This has been the trend around the world as similar electronic top up systems have proved to be far more beneficial to all concerned," concluded Fock-Tave.

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