Telecom operator Orange has launched a service which allows customers to credit any pre-paid card from abroad, a service which is also available for Romanian numbers.

The new service, called Top-Up is available online in five languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese) and three currencies (euros, US dollars and South-African rand).

It targets those who live or work abroad and who want to send mobile credit to friends of families back home.

To send mobile credit to a contact, users have to enter the mobile number to be credited, select an amount and pay by credit card. A text message is sent to the user to confirm the transaction and a personal message can be sent to the recipient to let them know their account has been topped-up.

The site enables users to top-up credit for customers of over 350 operators based in over 100 countries, including 18 countries in which Orange is present. From launch, Orange Top-Up accepts credit cards from 39 different countries. Romania is both among the destination, and target countries for this new service. This means somebody who lives abroad can send credit to a number in Romania, and somebody who lives in Romania can send credit to a mobile number abroad using his credit card issued in Romania. The full list of countries covered by the new service is below.

Orange Top-Up was launched by Orange Horizons, the group’s subsidiary that seeks out new business opportunities in countries where Orange is not already present as a mass-market telecommunications provider.

Orange Romania recorded revenues of EUR 241 million in the third quarter of 2013, a year-on-year increase of 3.2 percent, while the number of customers also went up to slightly more than 10.3 million.

In the first nine months of the year, the company’s revenues in Romania increased 0.7 percent, to EUR 690 million.

Mobile credit can be sent to: Afghanistan, Albania, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Porto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinity and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Credit cards accepted from: South Africa, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Qatar, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA.

editor@romania-insider.com