Virtual SMS and Data Vouchers

[ambo]

At the moment i know that there are virtual vouchers and ATM recharge facilities to add cash airtime to a pre-paid cellphone.
Are there any providers that provide these sort of 'remote' virtual recharge facilities for the SMS vouchers? (and are they likely to be able to provide Data vouchers in a similar fashion?)

 

[ambo]

* BUMP *

no one seems to know anything about this ?

 

[Soulcode]

MTN have an interesting thing going:
You recharge with a normal voucher and then dial 555 and listen to the options. You can then use the normal airtime already on your account and buy a data bundle/sms bundle. I would love to see Vodacom do this!

 

[Soulcode]

Come to think of it, if Vodacom doesn't adopt this approach it would be one of their biggest mistakes ever.

Benefits:
Much less people phoning customer care about problems loading vouchers.
Vodacom won't need to print different vouchers anymore, they will just need normal airtime vouchers.
Retail outlets wont have to stock all kinds of bundles, they just need normal airtime vouchers.
Thus customers wont have to go from shop to shop in search of a voucher.
The system will be easily adaptable for new kinds of bundles.

Cons:
Time and money to implement the system, but this is FAR outweighed by the benefits.


Any comment on this, V3G?