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Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced the launch of its m-Commerce service – ‘mChek on Airtel’ on the voice platform. This service ensures seamless and secure use of voice (IVR) for m-Commerce transactions for all Airtel mobile customers. The customer has to call 543219 to access the service which is toll free.

The mChek on Airtel service on voice will enable the 100-million-plus Airtel customers to pay Airtel mobile and fixed-line bills, recharge Airtel pre-paid and digitalTV accounts, recharge Delhi-Gurgaon expressway toll tags, pay insurance premiums, buy gifts, tickets and shop using their mobile phones. To avail this service, Airtel customers have to call 543219, create their own 6 digit mChekPIN and link their VISA / Mastercard credit card. The one-time registration links the user’s credit card automatically to the mChek on Airtel service. For all future transactions the user is required to only enter a six-digit mChekPIN on their registered mobile number to authorize the transaction.

mChek on Airtel provides an on-demand solution for mobile payments with a unique two-step authentication process, the mChekPIN and the Mobile Number. mChek on Airtel is already available on various access mediums like SMS, USSD , J2ME and SIM application and WAP.

Features provided by mCheck on Voice for Customers

Post-Paid Customers

• Pay your Postpaid bill.
• Pay others Postpaid bill.
• Make full or partial bill payment (customer driven).
• Recharge for other prepaid customers.
• Pay any Airtel landline Bill.
• Recharge your Digital TV account.
• Recharge Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway toll tag ( for Delhi/NCR users ).
• All other merchant payments.

Pre-Paid Customers

• Recharge for self.
• Pay Landline Bill.
• Recharge Digital TV account.
• Recharge Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway toll tag ( for Delhi/NCR users).
• All other merchant payments.

While, i havent used it myself yet, but i can say that this type of service is definitely going to fill a much required need. What is your opinion about such a service?

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