European Mobile Carrier Mobile Vikings Accepts Bitcoin
The bitcoin community is enamored with companies that take the leap into the world of bitcoin. Mobile Vikings, a mobile carrier that serves Belgium, Poland, and The Netherlands is allowing their subscribers to top up their plans with - wait for it - bitcoin. The company is working hand-in-hand with BitPay, a digital currency processor, and the option to pay via bitcoin is available right now. It's unclear if the company will only allow bitcoin payments for top-ups (another way of saying funding a pre-paid account), or if this includes the purchase of mobile phones, as well. Mobile Vikings....
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On December 19th, 2013, it was reported that European cellular carrier Mobile Vikings would begin accepting bitcoin payments. The carrier serves The Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland, and has preliminary statistics on just how bitcoin is doing with their service. "We have reached almost 100 payments via Bitcoin the past days," said Dorien Aerts, Chief Marketing Officer at the company in a statement to newsBTC. Despite that relatively small number, Mobile Vikings is pleased with the amount of transactions they've received in the digital currency. Aerts told me that it's "more than expected....
Belgian mobile carrier Mobile Vikings has started accepting bitcoin payments - claiming it is the first telecom operator to do so. The company's service is available in Belgium and the Netherlands. Payments can be used to top up credit or to buy new SIM cards and gift vouchers. A press release from the operator reads: "With this new method of payment, Mobile Vikings anticipates the demand of its early adopters, who were not only the first to join Mobile Vikings, but were often the first to purchase bitcoins, and now want to cash these virtual coins." Mobile Vikings have decided to employ....
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