Western Union and Orascom Telecom Join Forces to Pilot Mobile Money Transfer Service

Western Union today announced that it has created an alliance with Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (”Orascom Telecom”) to introduce mobile remittance services in select markets. The services aim to make low-principal, high-frequency remittances more convenient to the millions of consumers who send money every day.Orascom Telecom, which was established in 1998, operates six mobile networks with a