Digicel mobile Money launches bill pay with Fiji Electricity Authority

Digicel Mobile Money enables customers to pay their electricity bills anytime,

any place, 24/7

Thursday, 20^th May, 2011 Fiji: Digicel Fiji today announced that Digicel Mobile Money customers can now pay their electricity bills using their Digicel Mobile Wallet.

Digicel Mobile Money provides a convenient option for financial services such as money transfer, bill payment and 24/7 top up. This new partnership with the Fiji Electricity Authority further enhances the Digicel Mobile Money service allowing customers pay their bills 24/7 using their Digicel Mobile phone. Simply dial *888# send, select the Pay Bill option, register your FEA account number and then pay your bill.

Customers can easily deposit and withdraw money from their mobile Wallets at over 150 locations in Fiji; at Digicel stores, select Post Fiji outlets, all Westpac and BSP branches throughout Fiji. The service is available in English, Fijian and Hindustani. Simply dial 123 to select your language option.

David Butler, Digicel CEO says; “The FEA Bill payment feature on Digicel Mobile Money is easy to use and allows customers to pay their electricity bills 24/7 without having to stand in long queues. This is another example of how Digicel sets the standards in Fiji with innovative customer focused services and another reason to join the Digicel Mobile Money revolution.”

Hasmukh Patel, CEO of Fiji Electricity Authority said, “We are delighted to offer our customers a safe, secure and convenient way to pay their electricity Bill using Digicel Mobile Money.”

To register for mobile money simply dial *888# and press send.

Summary of Digicel Mobile Money services:

(for further details: www.digicelmobilemoney.com )

·         Activate your Digicel Mobile Money wallet by dialing *888# on your Digicel handset

·         Simple, secure mobile to mobile money transfers to any mobile in Fiji

·         Cash lodgment and withdrawals at selected Digicel and Post Fiji outlets Westpac and BSP branches nationwide.

·         The ability to instantly buy and send Top Up

·         Pay bill: Digicel PostPaid Bill, Unwired Fiji and now FEA

·         Check balance and transaction history and manage security password

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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP

About Digicel

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.