Nassau, Bahamas, March 11th, 2008: Today, The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited, BTC launched a new service aimed at providing its pre-paid mobile customers with more flexibility in adding minutes to their cellular phones. The new service, branded “EZTop-Up” is an e-tool which allows customers to credit their accounts online.
President and CEO, Mr. Leon Williams said that “EZTop-Up gives our customers more convenience at no additional costs.” “EZTop-Up” allows customers to add a minimum of five dollars and a maximum of maximum of one hundred dollars to their wireless account through the BTC website. It permits anyone to add credit to your cell phone, so families and friends can keep their conversations going.
When topping up, customers can use American Express, Master Card and Visa cards. Bank debit cards which carry the Visa and Master Card logos are also accepted.
On March 5th, the i-Text feature was also introduced to all mobile customers. This feature enables customers to send text messages to the Caribbean and North America through the AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cable & Wireless and Digicel networks. The special introductory offer of 15cents per text message is available until April 4th, 2008. To use i-Text, customers must first have the text messaging feature added to their cellular phones.
On Friday March 15th, BTC is scheduled to launch pre-paid roaming. All mobile customers will now be able to use their phones when travelling abroad. Pre-paid roaming will begin in Florida, and customers will be able to access the AT&T network when using their cell phones abroad. Now you don’t have to miss another call, and you can stay in touch with home, while in Florida. BTC will extend pre-paid roaming coverage throughout North America and into the Caribbean as it adds more roaming partners.
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