Telecom service provider Ooredoo on Monday said its mobile money customers reached the one million mark.
Ooredoo mobile money is available in Qatar, Indonesia, and Tunisia.
In Qatar, Ooredoo Qatar partnered with QNB and MoneyGram on Ooredoo Mobile Money, which enables customers to send money in 197 countries around the world. Ooredoo Qatar has seen take-up by international workers who need to send money home to their friends and family.
In Indonesia, Indosat partnered with QNB Kesawan on the Dompetku service, enabling customers to use their mobile at more than 200 local organisations, including banks and retail chains. Indosat is planning to expand the programme by offering debit cards linked to Dompetku so that customers without bank accounts can withdraw money from ATMs.
In Tunisia, Tunisiana Ooredoo and Tunisian Mail (La Poste Tunisienne) partnered on mobiflouss, which enables customers to top-up their airtime account, transfer money and pay bills via their mobile. Through mobiflouss, Tunisiana also launched the first mobile G2P (Government-to-Person) service in the region, allowing Tunisian students to receive scholarships awarded by the Government directly into their mobile wallet.
Myanmar, where Ooredoo recently won a mobile network licence, will be a key area of focus for implementing mobile money solutions in the near future. Myanmar’s large, rural population of 60 million people has limited access to financial services, but will have widespread mobile phone access as Ooredoo rolls out its network over the coming years.
Nasser Marafih, group CEO, Ooredoo, said that the telecoms will launch innovative and localised mobile money solutions across its footprint – with a strong focus on empowering under-banked communities in markets like Myanmar.
