Movirtu provides a user with a unique mobile number. The number is accessible on any mobile phone and can be used for mobile money and information services as well as making or receiving calls and texts. A phone owner who lends his phone to a cloud phone user receives a percentage of the transaction as an air-time top up. The cloud phone customer uses the same top-up vouchers, applications and mobile carrier care system as any other prepaid user. The system requires no special handset features, SIM cards or additional client software.

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