Telstra offers prepaid recharge from handsets

Stuart Corner
Monday, 26 May 2008 07:44

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Telstra is offering its prepaid 3G mobile customers  the ability to top up their credit from their handset via the BigPond Mobile web portal.

The service was developed in conjunction with Australian mobile solutions company, m.Net Corporation. It allows customers to view their balance and call history, recharge their account by voucher, credit card or direct debit, purchase additional services, update their preferences and  transfer call credis to other Telstra prepaid customers.

Roberto Vannini, executive director, telstra product management, said claime that "it is already proving popular with our customers with more than 4500 unique users accessing the service each day.”

m.Net’s chief marketing officer, Scott Johnson, said: “The application includes a range of built-in security features and has been tightly integrated into the secure Telstra.One environment to ensure that customers can enjoy complete peace of mind, knowing their personal and financial details are fully protected.”