SMS Utility Payment is among the latest products of SMS Media. SMS Utility Payment is set to provide anyone with a cell phone and sufficient fund the possibility to recharge his prepayment electricity meter using scratch card.
SMS Utility Payment also allows anyone with a cell phone and a small capital to purchase a stock of prepaid electricity and the opportunity to become a registered reseller of electricity to consumers. To learn more how the solution works and the requirements of direct sales from the cell phone, it may be necessary to have a look through the lines below.
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The consumer comes to vendors to purchase electricity and specify: Amount to be purchased, His electricity meter number, His mobile phone number.
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Then the vendor send the SMS to SMS Media short number "123" specifying his PIN Code, the consumer meter number, the amount of electricity to be purchased and consumer cell number if any.
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Once registered, the authorized vendors buy a stock of electricity upfront by depositing cash at the SMS Media bank account.
The transaction will be confirmed as complete by an SMS sent to the vendor mobile phone with the 20-PIN voucher; if the client has given his phone number, he will get also the same message. if not, the vendor writes the 20-digit PIN voucher on the receipt and hands it to the client.
Lastly, the client enters the PIN code received into his meter at home.
For more detailed information about the SMS Utility Payment, and how to become a dealer please walk into our office located at Kimihurura roundabout into the KBC building. You can also call our SMS Utility Payment Department on 0831 2945.
