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9 February 2012

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Telefónica and MoreMagic Solutions Expand International Recharge of Movistar Mobile Phones throughout Latin America

Friday, 05 March 2010 00:00 | James Barton

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Telefónica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, and MoreMagic Solutions, a mobile solutions provider, have announced that US friends and family of Telefónica customers are now able to recharge Movistar mobile phones throughout Latin America, with recharge services delivered via MoreMagic Solutions International Recharge Hub. Telefónica operates twelve Latin American countries under the Movistar brand. From hundreds of thousands of retail locations, or the web - www.etopuponline.com, a customer can send a gift of prepaid airtime to a Movistar mobile phone.

MoreMagic Solutions International Recharge Hub leverages an extensive network of hundreds of thousands of retail locations in the United States, where customers can send airtime to Movistar customers in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.

“Movistar customers are asking friends and family throughout the world to help them stay connected in a cost-effective and convenient way, and we are pleased to work with MoreMagic Solutions to meet their needs,” said Jaime Grau, Transactional Services Director at Telefónica Latinoamérica. “In communities throughout the United States, customers can purchase a gift of airtime at their neighborhood convenience store, or via the internet at etopuponline.com, and the Movistar mobile phone back home is immediately credited.”

“Mobile customers throughout Latin America are asking friends and family to try out international recharge, knowing that a gift of airtime is affordable and that the airtime is immediately available,” said Pankaj Gulati, chairman and CEO, MoreMagic Solutions. “MoreMagic Solutions is pleased to work with Telefónica to enable gifts of airtime for Movistar mobile phones is so many countries, sent from our extensive network of stores, or our internet portal, etopuponline.com.”

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