Just came across this via a Facebook advertisement: Roamware, a provider of voice and data roaming, and mobile financial solutions to telecom operators and banks, has launched SocialTopups on Facebook. SocialTopups allows Facebook users in the US to top up mobile pre-paid accounts in India, Mexico and Philippines. In India, they've tied up with 12 telecom operators: Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, IDEA, Reliance, Tata cellular, Vodafone, Uninor, S-Tel, Loop Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Tata DoCoMo. Apart from these, they have tie-ups with Iusacell, Movistar and Telcel in Mexico, and Globe Telecom, Smart, Sun Cellular in the Philippines. The idea, it appears, is to allow expatriates to recharge prepaid connections for their family. Payment Processing & Rates - Payment Processing: SocialTopups is using Paypal as a payment processor, and accepts payment via credit cards, debit cards, PayPal payments. However, SocialTopups doesn't allow domestic recharges - a Facebook user from India cannot recharge her prepaid account. According to Roamware's terms and conditions, top-ups should take place real-time,but they can take up to a day to process. - Additional Fees: In terms of additional fees, Roamware charges a transaction fee for the service, apart from the regular fees on pre-paid recharges. - Transaction Limits: A limit has been placed on the number of recharges, to prevent fraud: - A Sender may only perform a maximum of 10 transactions for an aggregate amount not to exceed USD $100 in a day, where a day is defined as 00:01 GMT - 23:59 GMT. - A Recipient may…
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