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Owing to Armenian's initiative, the Maltese's lives have become lot easier
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July 06, 2012 | 03:51
VALETTA. - The residents of Malta will soon be able to pay their bills
at one go, order a taxi for their next night out, and top up their
phone from the same place.
Some 400 pay-kiosks are being set up across the island by a
Malta-based company that hopes to expand its network to other
¬European countries, the Times of Malta informs.
Through these booths, people will be able to pay their utility bills
and traffic fines, book newspaper adverts, top-up local and foreign
phones, order a taxi, and look up real estate property information
that they can e-mail back to themselves.
The woman behind the idea is 35-year-old Vera Boyajyan from Armenia,
who, like many other Maltese residents, has spent hours on end queuing
to pay her bills, and has finally decided to `make life easier.'
The young woman graduated in medicine, but for the past five years she
has wanted to launch `something innovative' on the island.
Although she admits the pay-kiosk idea is not a new one, as it had put
roots in Russia some five years ago, she is sure it is not common in
the rest of Europe. This is Mobile Systems' first project, which the
company has been developing since 2010.
Malta's Communications Minister Austin Gatt, who was present for the
kiosks' launch, said Malta not only topped European e-government
benchmarks, but this initiative put the island at the forefront of
technological investment.
news.am
July 06, 2012 | 03:51
VALETTA. - The residents of Malta will soon be able to pay their bills
at one go, order a taxi for their next night out, and top up their
phone from the same place.
Some 400 pay-kiosks are being set up across the island by a
Malta-based company that hopes to expand its network to other
¬European countries, the Times of Malta informs.
Through these booths, people will be able to pay their utility bills
and traffic fines, book newspaper adverts, top-up local and foreign
phones, order a taxi, and look up real estate property information
that they can e-mail back to themselves.
The woman behind the idea is 35-year-old Vera Boyajyan from Armenia,
who, like many other Maltese residents, has spent hours on end queuing
to pay her bills, and has finally decided to `make life easier.'
The young woman graduated in medicine, but for the past five years she
has wanted to launch `something innovative' on the island.
Although she admits the pay-kiosk idea is not a new one, as it had put
roots in Russia some five years ago, she is sure it is not common in
the rest of Europe. This is Mobile Systems' first project, which the
company has been developing since 2010.
Malta's Communications Minister Austin Gatt, who was present for the
kiosks' launch, said Malta not only topped European e-government
benchmarks, but this initiative put the island at the forefront of
technological investment.