FOOTHILL RANCH, California, April 20, 2010 (Business Wire) – Emida, a leader in global prepayment and value transfer, has started distributing Fone Top-Up services from Belize Telemedia Limited (Telemedia) through Emida’s US network.

Telemedia is the leading provider of landline, mobile, data, internet and value-added services in Belize. Telemedia first partnered with Emida in 2007 to launch Fone Top-Up, a service which continues to allow Telemedia customers in Belize to add value in real-time to their DigiCell prepaid accounts and their prepaid home phone.

Following this announcement, US-based friends and family of Telemedia and Digicell customers will be able to recharge prepaid accounts in Belize at any Emida-supported point of sale in USA.  

“We greatly value our partnership with Emida.  Fone Top-Up is a highly successful product in Belize and, with Emida’s help, is now available in the USA too,” said Karen Bevans, Chief Operating Officer, Telemedia. “This expands the reach of a reliable and widely-accepted product for all Belizeans.”

Martyn Fricker, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Emida said “Emida is delighted to use our technology and extensive US ISO network to support Telemedia’s Fone Top-Up in Belize and, now, in the USA. We look forward to extending the service to more countries in the months to come.”

About Emida

Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 36 countries throughout North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. Emida’s POSA network technology enables the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products and payment services including prepaid wireless, prepaid long distance, direct top-up, stored value cards, bill payment, mobile wallet services and more. The Emida network includes more than 46,000 retail points with an annualized dollar payment volume of $1.4B, processing more than 180 million annualized payment transactions.

For more information, please visit www.emida.net or email info@emida.net.  
 
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Media Contact: Martyn Fricker, Emida; +1 949-860-3522; mfricker@emida.net