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New UK site offers online mobile phone top-up
Internet Business News, Sept 15, 2000
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A new Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) mobile phone service, fastbeat.com, was launched on the Internet this month.
The new service, which is supported by the five UK mobile phone operators - Orange, Vodafone, BT Cellnet, One-2-One and Virgin - is a 24-hour online credit top-up service aimed at the PAYG mobile phone user market. After registration, customers can purchase airtime using the Internet and via their handset, using WAP and SMS technology.
Fastbeat.com was initially launched in the UK but will roll-out across Europe in the near future. The site is located at http://www.fastbeat.com.
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