Africell Partnership Extends iSend Mobile Top-Ups to Two More Countries and Nearly Three Million Additional Subscribers

Arrangement includes market leaders Africell Gambia and Africell Sierra Leone

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Aug 27, 2013, 08:00 ET

MIDDLEBURY, Conn., Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- iSend, a leading U.S. electronic payment service for people who support family members in other countries, announced today that it has signed direct agreements with Africell Gambia and Africell Sierra Leone, the leading mobile network operators in their markets with a combined base approaching three million subscribers. This agreement enables consumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East to visit more than 150,000 iSend retailers and purchase mobile airtime for family and friends who are among those subscribers. Consumers worldwide can arrange the same top-ups online at www.aryty.com, iSend's top-up portal.

"iSend's direct arrangement with Africell marks our continuing efforts to partner with dominant carriers worldwide to offer our customers maximum convenience," said Dan Lambert, iSend's vice president of carrier relations. "We look forward to working with Africell Gambia and Africell Sierra Leone to create attractive offers for their subscribers."

Zein Annous, commercial director of Africell Sierra Leone, said that "Africell Gambia and Africell Sierra Leone have achieved approximately 60 percent market share in their respective countries, which comes from providing outstanding service and convenience. Our partnership with iSend expands that convenience by making it easy for our customers' prepaid mobile phones to be topped up by their loved ones abroad, keeping them ready for communications at any time."

iSend customers can top up any family member's or friend's cell phone at any level, with instant verification. Customers are not charged for the service beyond the normal price of airtime, and it is an extremely convenient way to keep communications open during holidays, major events or emergencies.

Anyone wanting to top up the cell phones of subscribers to Africell Gambia and Africell Sierra Leone can try the service for free, including free call time, at www.aryty.com.

About iSend
Ranked in 2013 by Forbes magazine as #33 in the top 100 "America's Most Promising Companies" and at #73 in the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, iSend provides unprecedented electronic payment service options for people who support family members in other countries. Customers control the use of the funds they transfer, including topping-up individual family members' prepaid cell phones, paying recurring monthly bills and sending gift cards for merchandise at specific stores. These transfers can be arranged in over 150,000 retail locations spanning the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East, with mobile phone top-ups also available online at iSend's recharge portal, www.aryty.com. iSend's direct relationships with predominant mobile network operators, billing organizations and retail chains enable rapid transfers to recipients in more than 100 countries and growing throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including the Indian subcontinent. For more information, visit www.iSendWorldwide.com.