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Beltel was the name and Trademark used by Telkom for its Videotext system from the mid eighties up to 1999. The system utilised telephone lines and modems connected to Personal Computers or dedicated terminals, sometimes referred to as dumb terminals, which had built in modems and no processing functionality. Telkom's dedicated terminal was named the Minitel. The system incorporated a billing system which enable Information Providers and Service Providers to receive payment for information and services provided to Users. The billing system was capable of handling very small transactions, and referred to as Micro-billing. Today all of the functionality of the Beltel system, and more, is delivered by handheld Mobile Phones or Cellphones and PDA's which utilize Mobile payment. You must add a |reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.