Movirtu Overview
Movirtu is a supplier of innovative network infrastructure solutions for mobile operators located in emerging markets to help them create access to basic phone services for more than a billion people earning less than two dollars a day. The company's MXShare™ product enables subscribers, who cannot afford to buy a handset, to own a virtual phone account with their own telephone number which they...More»
Movirtu is a supplier of innovative network infrastructure solutions for mobile operators located in emerging markets to help them create access to basic phone services for more than a billion people earning less than two dollars a day. The company's MXShare™ product enables subscribers, who cannot afford to buy a handset, to own a virtual phone account with their own telephone number which they can access from other people’s mobile phones. By enabling basic phone services Movirtu is helping people access jobs, raise incomes, access displaced family members and, increasingly, is acting as an enabler to send remittances over the mobile phone network. Movirtu is a private company, headquartered in London, UK with offices in Johannesburg, South Africa.«Less
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| Name: | MXShare |
| Product URL: | http://www.movirtu.com/index-4.html |
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