DIGICEL CUSTOMERS CAN NOW GET TOPPED UP BY FRIENDS & FAMILY FROM NEW ZEALAND

July 21st 2010 - Samoan’s living in New Zealand can buy and send the gift of Digicel Top Up back to loved ones in Samoa

Wednesday, 21 July, Samoa: 
Mobile phone users in Samoa can now receive a welcome gift of Digicel mobile Top Up from New Zealand with the launch in Auckland  today of Digicel’s new ”Top Up Your Friends & Family” service.
Digicel, the Pacific Island’s leading mobile provider has made Top Up vouchers available as a gift option to New Zealand’s Pacific Island community in more than 1000 convenience stores and supermarkets throughout the country. 
Top Up can be purchased in NZ$15, $20, $30 and $50 denominations with the credit sent directly to Digicel prepaid mobiles in Samoa via www.digicelrecharge.com or via 0800 DIGICEL from New Zealand.
The selected Digicel mobile phone will receive the Top Up value in the (local currency) and with great exchange rates and no fees attached, the service is an excellent value remittance or gift option.  To celebrate the new service Digicel is offering a bonus 10% Top Up credit on all Top Up sent from New Zealand for the month of July.

Pepe Christian Fruean, CEO, Digicel Samoa said; “Digicel Top Up in New Zealand is an excellent remittance or gift option to help families and friends stay in touch.  Digicel mobile international rates for calls from Samoa to New Zealand are significantly cheaper than mobile calling rates available in New Zealand and we believe that this service will provide another way to help families, friends, church groups and communities stay connected. Make sure you let your family and friends in New Zealand know about the service and start receiving the gift of Top Up.”
 
Speaking at the launch of “Digicel Top Up Friends & Family” His Excellency, Mr Faolotoi Reupena Pogi, Consul General Samoa said;    “Being in contact and sending money, value or gifts back to the islands to family, friends and the community is integral to the culture of Pacific Islanders.  The amount of money sent from New Zealand annually is phenomenal and has a hugely positive impact on the lives of the Islanders and the development of these nations.  I therefore highly commend Digicel on this service which allows people send value home, with no fees attached, meaning more of the value gets to those who need it.  The gift of Top Up or essentially the ability to communicate will mean families can stay connected even if they are divided by the Pacific Ocean.”
ENDS