In a move aimed at promoting cashless transactions following the government’s decision to scrap high denomination notes, telecom operators have waived the USSD charges or mobile banking fee till ...

This move comes at a time when charges for mobile baking services have apparently been waived off till December 31st 2016. The Minister of State for Telecommunications mentioned in a tweet that ...

Telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) has floated a consultation paper to review the framework for the use of USSD for mobile financial services. TRAI aims to review the guidelines related to ...

“After analysing comments received from stakeholders, the Authority is of the view that, to protect the interests of USSD users and to promote digital financial inclusion, rationalisation of USSD ...

NPCI, however, is firm on implementing mobile banking over the USSD platform, which is a menu-based system that enables mobile customers to access content-based services. The joint letter, dated May ...

Did you know that smartphone penetration in South Africa was estimated to be around 82.5% in 2024, but nearly 28% of users frequently avoid using their devices due to high data costs, limiting ...

“All telcos need to be live with the USSD service to ensure maximum reach and adoption, and the cost of this service should not be added onto NPCI as it’s already bearing the cost for SMS and PSP fee ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is mooting for a unified platform which can support all variety of mobile payment services including merchant payments, utility bill payments, mobile ...

Singapore-based mobile technology start-up, U2opia Mobile, has added a USSD gateway on cloud to their existing USSD platform, to improve their bouquet of value added services. This will help make ...

CC image courtesy of Erik Hersman via flickr. In this Q&A, Maxime Bayen, senior insights manager at the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator, takes us through the findings of the new research. According to GSMA ...