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At the Mobile Money Summit, Africa’s mobile group, Zain, announced a partnership with Western Union. Under the terms of the agreement, Zain will link its Zap m-payment platform with Western Union’s global agent network, allowing Zap users to access WE’s 334,000 agent locations across 200 countries around the world. As a result, Zain hopes to attract immigrant workers in Western Europe, US, and Australia, who could utilize the service to send money to their friends and relatives in countries Zain serves.
Speaking of Zap, it’s Zain’s mobile payments platform which enables users to transfer money from one Zap account to the other, top-up airtime, and pay their bills. It works in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and the carrier plans to bring the service to other markets it serves, as soon as it gets necessary regulatory approvals.
Finally, Zain also noted that the deal formed part of its One Network initiative, which aims to create a “borderless” mobile network covering all of its markets…
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
