To serve their customers better major telecommunications companies, cable TV operators and state governments have seized the opportunity offered by Quickteller platform, which allows service providers to give simple and convenient way of rendering better services to customers and citizens effortlessly through this platform.

Quickteller is the Interswitch value- added service platform that provides airtime recharge, utility bill payment and payment for goods and services across ATMs, PoS and Online at www.quickteller.com.

Giving the breakdown of the top rated service providers that have joined the platform since inception in 2009, Group Chief Marketing Officer of Interswitch, Mrs. Tito Adeniyi-Aderoju, said the list of service providers and billers cut across different segments of the economy including telecommunications, banking, aviation, entertainment and oil and gas among others.

She explained that billers are interested in making life easier for their customers by providing them with payment channels that are convenient to use.

According to her, leading cable TV operators in Nigeria including DSTV, HiTV and myTV are leveraging the advantage proffered by the Quickteller platform to ensure their customers can pay their subscriptions and get immediate value. Customers paying through ATMs or online at www.quickteller.com are connected immediately payments are made using the Quickteller platform.

Two major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) IPNX and Swift Network are also on the platform. Other corporate entities that have hooked up to the Quickteller platform are UBAMetropolitan, GT Assurance, Aero Contractors and several NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisation) including Freedom Foundation and Red Cross Society of Nigeria who are all making it easier for their customers to make payments for goods and services.

Various state governments are also leveraging the Quickteller platform for collections of various taxes and levies from corporate organisations and individuals within their states. She further stated that Mobile Network Operators such as MTN, Glo, Airtel and Etisalat, are offering their consumers value added services using the Quickteller platform.

With Quickteller, instead of getting a paper printout with the recharge PIN, a subscriber’s mobile phone can instantly be credited with the appropriate amount within a few seconds of payment, making it easy to send airtime to family and friends as there is no need to scratch, it reduces errors of texting the pin and saves time.

Subscribers using the Quickteller platform can load any amount of airtime from as low as N50 to N3,000 depending on the mobile network or channel used.

It is a win-win situation for billing organisations she said, as they can view and verify all payments made from the comfort of their offices while giving instant value to customers. To access the service, customers can use their Verve and MasterCard Verve debit cards online at www.quickteller.com 　and anywhere they see the Quickteller sign at the ATMs.