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You can top-up your mobile phone in several ways:


E-Voucher

You can recharge your account by popping into any retailer on our E-voucher network (look for the E-voucher sign), ask for an E-voucher top-up and follow the steps below :


  • the retailer will take your payment and do the transaction
  • you will get an SMS notification on your phone to confirm the transaction

If you have any more questions check out the FAQs


Prepay Scratch Cards

Buy Prepay Scratch Cards for recharging your account from our 20 Orange shops and more than 4000 retailers across the island. Scratch cards are available in Rs50, Rs100 or Rs300 denominations (VAT included). After you've bought your Scratch Card, you can recharge your account by following the instructions below:


    Either


  1. Scratch off the security panel on your Orange Scratch Card to reveal the 14 digit number
  2. Call 124
  3. Choose Option 1 by pressing 1 to refill your account
  4. Enter the 14 digits code of the Scratch Card
  5. The voice prompt will tell you your new credit level
  6. You will receive an SMS indicating your new credit level and validity of your account.

    Or


  1. Dial *124* + 14 digits code of the Scratch Card followed by #
  2. A flash SMS is displayed on the mobile phone with the new balance and validity of the account
  3. You will receive an SMS indicating your new credit level and validity of your account.

Recharge with selected banks (SBM, MCB, MPCB, Banque des Mascareignes)


  1. Insert your debit or credit card in the slot of the machine
  2. Input the PIN number of your debit or credit card
  3. Choose your account
  4. Choose transaction (Recharge)
  5. Select the denomination
  6. Input your mobile number
  7. Confirm your mobile number

You will receive an SMS indicating your new credit level and validity of your account.


Recharge by SMS

Send an SMS top-up to 8726 for SBM and 8700 for MCB. You'll need to have your account with SBM or MCB and register for this service at your bank first.


Example of an SBM customer:

    Either


Send SMS “ topup ” on 8726 if the amount of recharge has already been decided at the time of application e.g Rs 100


    Or to recharge with a different denomination


Send SMS “ topup xxx ” on 8726, where xxx is the denomination of the credit (Rs50, Rs 100 and Rs300)


         Or to recharge another mobile phone


Send SMS “ topup xxx ABCDEFG ” on 8726, where xxx is the denomination of the credit (Rs50, Rs 100 and Rs300) and ABCDEFG is the mobile number

SMS sent to banks to topup your phone are free


E-Transfer

Want to help a friend in need by transferring some of your credit to his mobile? Well, you can now with E-Transfer if you have a Prepay account. Just follow the few simple steps below. Make sure you do have credit available on your mobile before starting a transfer.You can transfer between Rs20 and Rs1,000 per month.

For example, if my number is 760 XXXX and I want to transfer Rs50 to my friend whose mobile no. is 750 XXXX


1. I send an SMS on 8500 to initiate the transfer in the form of

     T ‹ space › ‹ the number you wish to give credit to› ‹space› ‹Amount to be credited› ‹space› 0000

     which in my case is:


T ‹ space › 750XXXX ‹ space › 50 ‹space› 0000


2. The system will check if I have enough credit and my eligibility

3. If sufficient credit is available, the transaction is done

4. My friend's account is credited with Rs50 and my account is debited with Rs50

5. We both receive an SMS notification that will confirm that all went well


SMS will cost you 60c/SMS