Dubai: The Dubai eGovernment has announced that it has recently launched "mPay," a mobile payment service designed to allow electronic recharge of Salik accounts.

The new payment scheme has been part of an ongoing programme to increase online adoption of government services and improve customer satisfaction.

The mPay facility has been initially launched to provide electronic recharge of Salik accounts, but t will be expanded to include several government services in future.

"The mPay service has been specifically designed to provide a quick and easy means to settle government fees for people who are always on the move," said Salem Al Shair, eServices Director of Dubai eGovernment.

Registration for the mPay service is free and clients just have to sign up on mPay's web portal once.

After completing the required entry fields, an activation code will be sent to the user's email address.

The activation code will then have to be sent via SMS to 4488 using the user's registered mobile phone number.

After this process, a PIN will be sent via SMS to the user, which will be used for all mPay transactions.

Aside from facilitating the activation of mPay accounts and offering Salik recharge services, several information regarding other key features of the mPay service are also available on the mPay website.