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MWC 2013: MasterCard, VimpelCom partner for mobile money services

Tuesday 26 February 2013 11:18 CET | News

MasterCard has entered an agreement with Russian mobile operator VimpelCom to provide mobile payment services to the latter’s customers in 18 countries.

While key markets have been identified for the roll out of mobile money services, a prepaid program in Italy for Wind Italy’s customers, in partnership with CartaLIS. Italy will be the first program to launch in 2013.

VimpelCom is an integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada.

In recent news, MasterCard has entered an agreement with French mobile network operator Orange to enhance and accelerate the delivery of mobile payment services in Spain.


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