6 September 2007
Energy customers will soon be able to pay their bills via their mobile phones, thanks to a tie-up between Telrock Communications and PayPoint.
The mobile applications technology company has entered into an agreement with the UK's cash and internet payments company, PayPoint to allow customers to pay bills and top up their mobile phones via text messages.
Users will be able to use technology to make secure payments to PayPoint using SMS text messaging, with customers pre-registering a debit, credit or pre-paid card to pay their energy and water rates as well as telecommunications bills.
Dominic Taylor, Chief Executive of PayPoint, said: "This partnership with Telrock will enable PayPoint to exploit the increasing popularity of mobile payments while broadening its proposition to existing and new clients and offering customers a further convenient way to pay bills and buy other services."
The technology is already being used by British Gas, Scottish and Southern Energy and Royal Bank of Scotland.
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