Powertime App allows Prepaid Electricity purchases on BlackBerry 10

Feb. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Cape Town, South Africa - Powertime announced today the availability of its Powertime application for BlackBerry® 10 smartphones. The easy to use application is now available for download on BlackBerry® World™.

The Powertime application enables customers from Eskom and all major municipalities in South Africa to buy prepaid electricity tokens with one click, at any time, using their BlackBerry 10 smartphone. The app also provides users with their purchase history, allows them to manage multiple meters and to use several forms of payment; such as a credit card, debit card, EFT and the PayGenius electronic wallet.

“We are extremely pleased to introduce this application featuring the fully-fledged existing Powertime functionalities available on the Powertime website (http://www.powertime.co.za), while also leveraging the unique capabilities of BlackBerry 10.” says Sebastien Lacour, Powertime Managing Director.

“Powertime users will recognize services such as prepaid voucher purchase, usage reports, energy saving tips, Powertime’s patented virtual meter and low electricity push notifications. The new features brought by the migration to BlackBerry 10 include a very intuitive navigation given by the touch screen interface and a full integration with BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™).”    

In the coming weeks, further updates will be made to the application, to integrate the in-app purchase of electricity usage monitors, efficient lighting devices and will also add an exclusive cloud-based analytics capability to track household and appliance usage.

For more information on the Powertime application, visit: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/55943/

About Powertime

Powertime is the leading mobile prepaid electricity merchant in South Africa. Based in Cape Town, Powertime provides nearly 7 million South African prepaid electricity customers with smart channels to buy electricity tokens 24/7 via innovative applications on smart phones, mobi site m.powertime.co.za and www.powertime.co.za.  Powertime’s value proposition is based on convenience, quality of service and support, and information on electricity consumption.

For more information, please contact marketing@powertime.co.za

Media Contact for Powertime

Carole Rossetti

Digital Marketing Manager, Powertime

Tel +27 21 911 0498 / Email: carole.rossetti@powertime.co.za

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