Egypt's Bee Electronic Payments says it has provided self-payment machines to Telecom Egypt (TE) in the first phase of a trial through which bills and mobile credit can be paid directly. Each machine was has an outlet to deposit cash without the need to queue or deal with staff, reports the Daily News. The self-payment machines are being supplied to main telecommunication centres of TE.
Bee has entered a contract with MasterCard to provide Bee services through MasterCard's platform in cooperation with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE). Clients who carry Master Cards will be able to benefit from all Bee services using their card, and they can also recharge their cards through Bee outlets which are spread across the country.
They are estimated to be 32,000 outlets. TE offers mobile services on Etisalat Misr's network. It has invested about EGP 7 billion in mobile and internet services throughout 2017, in addition to the value of the licence. In September 2016, TE signed a contract for the licensing of 4G mobile services for EGP 7.08 billion. About EGP 5 billion has been paid so far with half the amount being in dollars and the other half in pounds.
Source: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/bee-supplies-te-with-self-payment-machines--1214897
