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Centili launches browser-based direct carrier billing in South Africa

The service enables consumers to buy online and digital items from mobile Web browsers and charge those purchases to their mobile phone bill.

Carrier biller Centili has launched what it calls its one-click WAP payments flow on Vodacom in South Africa, which enables consumers to buy online and digital items from mobile Web browsers and charge those purchases to their mobile phone bill. 

Centili direct carrier billing service has been available in South Africa for some time now on Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom networks. The company said in a press release that consumers can use the service for either one-time purchases or recurring payments such as subscriptions.

Centili's South Africa play is the lastest in a series of announcements related to the expansion of its international presence. The company recently announced a deal to work with five MNOs in Pakistan that have a combined 136 million subscribers.