Total Solution to Prepaid Airtime
Guanri, who is a leading telecom solution provider, provides a total solution that facilitates electronic topup of prepaid airtime. Our solution enables mobile operators and vendors to distribute their products electronically.
Electronic Delivery of Prepaid Airtime
Most mobile phone users make prepayment for the airtime in two modes. One is the traditional mode, which allows users to top up their phones by buying a scratch card with a PIN code. The other mode is the electronic delivery, which allows users to top up their phones electronically.
The electronic mode can eliminate the disadvantages of the traditional mode by introducing electronic delivery of the topup service to telecom operators and vendors. See details in the table below:
Item | Traditional Mode | Electronic Mode |
Card manufacturing costs | More | Less |
Card transportation costs | Yes | No |
Card storage costs | Yes | No |
Card disposal costs | Yes | No |
Card distribution links & costs | More | Less |
Service management | Fixed | Flexible |
Control of distribution channels | Difficult | Easy |
Response of operators to market requirements and change | Slow | Quick |
Resource waste | More | Less |
Security | Low | High |
Guanri Solutions for Electronic Delivery: e-Voucher and e-Topup
Guanri offers two ways to top up the prepaid airtime electronically: e-Voucher and e-Topup. Operators can choose either of them according to their local conditions.
e-Voucher Solution | e-Topup Solution |
Benefits of Guanri Solutions
Guanri solutions bring benefits to both mobile operators and vendors.
For Operators: | For Vendors: |
Description of Guanri e-Voucher Solution
The following is the topology of Guanri e-Voucher solution.
Work Flow of e-Voucher Solution
① | The user pays cash to the vendor to buy an airtime e-voucher. |
② | The vendor enters the amount to be topped up on the terminal for industrial applications. The terminal encrypts the above information and sends it to Guanri platform via GPRS immediately. |
③ | Guanri platform verifies the validity of the terminal and sends the valid information in the predefined format to the operator platform via Internet. |
④ | The operator platform deducts the corresponding value from the account of the vendor, and then generates a PIN code and sends it to Guanri platform. |
⑤ | Guanri platform encrypts the PIN code and sends it to the terminal. |
⑥ | The terminal decrypts the PIN code and prints a voucher including the PIN code and other information required. The vendor gives the voucher to the user. |
⑦ | The user fulfills the topup with a mobile phone. |
Description of Guanri e-Topup Solution
Guanri e-Topup solution offers two application modes: one is with Guanr platform, the other is without Guanri platform.
The following is the topology of Guanri e-Topup solution with Guanr platform.
Work Flow of e-Topup Solution with Guanri Platform
① | The user pays cash and provides the mobile phone number to be topped up to the vendor. |
② | The vendor enters the amount and the mobile phone number to be topped up on the terminal for industrial applications. The terminal encrypts the above information and sends it to Guanri platform via GPRS immediately. |
③ | Guanri platform verifies the validity of the terminal and sends the valid information in the predefined format to the operator platform via Internet. |
④ | The operator platform deliveries a PIN code to Guanri platform. |
⑤ | Guanri platform encrypts the PIN code and sends it to the terminal for industrial applications. The terminal fulfills the topup process automatically. The user can query the result via his mobile phone. |
The following is the topology of Guanri e-Topup solution without Guanr platform.
Work Flow of e-Topup Solution without Guanri Platform
① | The user pays cash and provides the mobile phone number to be topped up to the vendor. |
② | The vendor enters the amount and the mobile phone number to be topped up on the terminal for industrial applications. The terminal encrypts the above information and sends it to the operator platform via GPRS immediately. |
③ | The operator platform deliveries a PIN code to the terminal for industrial applications. The terminal fulfills the topup process automatically. The user can query the result via his mobile phone. |
Other Applications
The solutions also open up opportunities for selling various other prepaid products through terminals in vendors’ stores.
For example:
- Tickets (bus, train, theatre, concerts etc)
- Lotteries and lotto