Cellphone SMS Instructions

Following are the instructions to purchase prepaid airtime vouchers, prepaid electricity tokens, ABSA CashSend vouchers and inter-wallet transfers using SMS messages from your cellphone:

Send your SMS instruction to the Quantum Wallet system from your cellphone to 41529. Note that your Quantum Wallet will be billed for each SMS sent to your cellphone from the Quantum Wallet system. The current cost is R0.30 (VAT incl.) per SMS.

 

In the SMS message instructions below:

  • text enclosed with [ ] brackets means the text is optional, and can be left out (do not include the brackets in your message);
  • text enclosed with < > brackets means the text is required in the message (do not include the brackets in your message).

 Change your PIN

This instruction will change your Quantum Wallet PIN.

 p[in] <newpin> <newpin> <pin>

Examples:

 

To change your old PIN from 11111 to 12345, send the following SMS to 41529:

p 12345 12345 11111

OR

pin 12345 12345 11111

 Check your Quantum Wallet Balance

This instruction will query the balance of your Quantum Wallet.

c[heck] <pin>

Examples:

 

To check your Quantum Wallet balance, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

c 12345

OR

check 12345

 List available Electricity Operators and Other Purchase Options

This instruction will query the Quantum Wallet system for the available prepaid electricity operators/suppliers for which you can purchase prepaid electricity tokens and other purchase options (see below for airtime purchase instructions).

 l[ist] <pin>

Examples:

 

To list available purchase options, send the following SMS to  41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

l 12345

OR

list 12345

The following message will be returned from the Quantum Wallet system (message content may vary; note that the Transfer function to transfer credit to another Quantum Wallet and ABSA CashSend to purchase ABSA CashSend vouchers is also included in the list):

LIST
Operators:
eskom=Eskom
munic=Municipal
cashsend=ABSA CashSend
tshwane=Tshwane
xfer=Transfer
ct=Cape Town

In the above list:

  • eskom means all Eskom meters
  • munic means all municipal meters included in this list (EXCEPT for Tshwane and Cape Town)
  • tshwane means all City of Tshwane meters
  • ct means all City of Cape Town meters
  • xfer refers to the function to transfer credit to another Quantum Wallet
  • cashsend refers to the function to purchase an ABSA CashSend voucher

 Check/Verify a Prepaid Electricity Meter

This instruction will verify whether you can purchase electricity for your prepaid electricity meter from Quantum Wallet::

c[heck] <electricity_operator> <meter_no> <pin>

In the above message, electricity_operator is specified by one of the operator codes returned in the operator list in the List available Electricity Operators instruction above (e.g. eskom, munic, tshwane or ct).

 

Examples:

 

To verify a prepaid electricity meter 04901234578 for Cape Town, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

c ct 04901234578 12345

OR

check ct 04901234578 12345

 Purchase Prepaid Electricity Tokens

This instruction will allow you to purchase a prepaid electricity token for the specified meter for the specified electricity operator/supplier.

b[uy] <stock_type> <meter_number> <amount> [cust_cellphone] <pin>

In the above instruction,

  • stock_type means the electricity operator/supplier for which you want to purchase electricity (e.g. eskom, munic, tshwane or ct), or other stock type such as wallet transfer (xfer) or ABSA CashSend voucher (cashsend);
  • the optional cust_cellphone field allows you to specify a cellphone number to which the token will be sent in an SMS.

Examples:

 

To buy Cape Town electricity for R10 for meter 04901234578, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

b ct 04901234578 10 12345

OR

buy ct 04901234578 10 12345

 To buy Cape Town electricity for R10 for meter 04901234578 and request Quantum Wallet to send the token in an SMS to 0821234567, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN, and 0821234567 for the cellphone number of the person you want to send the token to):

b ct 04901234578 10 0821234567 12345

 Purchase Prepaid Airtime and LOTTO Vouchers

This instruction will allow you to purchase a prepaid airtime voucher for the specified cellphone network operator and denomination, as well as denominated LOTTO vouchers.

b[uy] <operator> <amount> [qty] [cust_cellphone] <pin>

In the above instruction,

  • operator means the cellphone network operator (or supplier of other denominated vouchers) for which you want to purchase. The available options are:
    • mtn: MTN
    • voda: Vodacom
    • cc: Cell-C
    • tel: Telkom
    • wc: World Call
    • vir: VIrgin
    • 8ta: Telkom 8ta
    • lotto: LOTTO
  • amount is the value of the denomination;
  • qty is the number of vouchers (leave this out if you only want one voucher; maximum value is three);
  • the optional cust_cellphone field allows you to specify a cellphone number to which the voucher will be sent in an SMS.

Examples:

 

To buy one MTN R30 voucher, send the following SMS to 41529(in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

b mtn 30 12345

OR

buy mtn 30 12345

 To buy one Vodacom R29 voucher, and send the voucher in an SMS to 41529:

b voda 29 0821234567 12345

 To buy three Cell-C R10 vouchers, and send the vouchers in an SMS to 0821234567:

b cc 10 3 0821234567 12345

 

 Reprint a Previous Transaction

This instruction will reprint the token/voucher from a previous transaction for a specified transaction ID:

r[eprint] <trans_id> <pin>

Examples:

 

To reprint a token/voucher for a transaction with transaction ID 4789501, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN):

r 4789501 12345

This instruction will reprint the token/voucher from a previous transaction for the specified stock type (electricity operator/supplier or other purchase option):

r[eprint] <stock_type> [meter_number] <pin>

In the above instruction:

  • stock_type means the electricity operator/supplier for which you want to purchase electricity (e.g. eskom, munic, tshwane or ct), or other stock type such as wallet transfer (xfer) or ABSA CashSend voucher (cashsend);
  • meter_number means the prepaid electricity meter for which a token was previously purchased. This is optional, which means if you leave it out, the token/voucher for the last transaction for the specified stock type will be reprinted.

Examples:

 

To reprint the token for the last-purchased token for a Cape Town prepaid electricity meter, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN)::

r ct 12345

To reprint the token for the last-purchased token for Cape Town prepaid electricity meter 04901234578, send the following SMS to 41529 (in the example, substitute 12345 for your PIN)::

r ct 04901234578 12345

 Inter-Wallet Transfer

To transfers funds to the wallet of another user, compose the following SMS and send it to 41529:

pay <member_id> <amount> <pin>

Example:

 

To transfer R10 to member with ID 7167, send the following SMS to 41529:

pay 7176 10 12345

 

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