| The pro's and con's of the prepaid phone option | | Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:41:50 PM by Rose Martins | Prepaid cell phones are becoming a popular alternative to the regular cell phone service. Prepaid phones offer the same features as a regular mobile phone, but allows the cell phone user to have more control. 
The prepaid mobile phone is definitely more expensive per call, sms or email but cell phone owners that don't use their mobile frequently, are happy with the prepaid option.
The prepaid phone card is also valid for a couple of months, and is free of monthly service charges. It used to be that the prepaid phone option came with a cheap phone that was more like a dinosaur of mobile phones, but this has changed.
Most of the leading names in mobile phone devices, such as Nextel Sprint, Motorola, Alltel and Cingular, are being offered as part of the prepaid cell phone package, many sporting cameras.
The cost of a photo sms or email sent from a prepaid camera phone is also more costly than a regular mobile phone, but it still does not deter many prepaid phone customers.
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| | | Cell phones fuel growth in developing world | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 3:09:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Today, mobile phones are the primary form of telecommunication in most emerging economies, fulfilling much the same role as fixed-line phone networks did in facilitating growth in the United States and Europe after World War II.Some developing nations have even jumped out in front as mobile pioneers. In the Philippines, more than 4 million people use their cell phones as virtual wallets to buy things or transfer cash - services still rare in many wealthy countries, with few exceptions like Japan.As service charges and handset prices have plunged and coverage areas have expanded, cell phone subscriptions in the developing world have surged fivefold since 2000, to 1.4 billion at the end of 2005, according to the U.N. International Telecommunication Union. That's nearly double the 800 million in advanced economies.Research shows that greater cell phone use can drive economic growth in emerging economies.... | |
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| | | Accelitec's PayPilot System Is Seamlessly Integrated with ... | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:21:14 PM by Blog57 Team | | Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and Accelitec Inc. announced they have successfully integrated Accelitec's PayPilot suite of transaction solutions with Fujitsu's GlobalSTORE point-of-sale (POS) and CustomerCENTER loyalty applications. It is the retail industry's first seamless integration of a .NET-based contactless transaction solution with enterprise point-of-sale and retail loyalty marketing applications. The integration of PayPilot with Fujitsu's and Microsoft's retailing solutions allows retailers to manage their preferred choices of payment types, to build upon their customer loyalty programs, and to enhance their customers' shopping experience. Customer transactions at the integrated POS can be tendered through automated clearing house (ACH), prepaid or stored-value, credit card and loyalty accounts via RFID-based technology embedded in cards, key tags and - increasingly - cell phones.... | |
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| | | Cross-country: 50 kids spend the night in museum | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:09:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | KUALA LUMPUR: The National Museum may not be a place of choice for a relaxing nights sleep, but 11-year-old Chen Sue Ann did not mind. The precocious girl was one of the participants of the "One Night at the Museum" programme held on Thursday. The students were taken to watch the movie Night at the Museum, starring Ben Stiller, at Mid Valley Megamall in the afternoon before they were brought by the facilitators to the museum. "In the movie, the statues came alive. So I was a little bit scared. But I was very excited," said Chen, who came with her classmate, Tang Hui Jun, 11. Both were among the 50 primary school students from the Klang Valley, Pahang and Negri Sembilan who spent the night at the museums main gallery. Department of Museums Malaysia director-general Datuk Dr Adi Taha was there to receive the students and reassured them that there was nothing to be afraid of.... | |
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| | | Rating Cell Phone Service | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:11:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | No wonder then that cell service is among the lowest-rated services the magazine tracks, earning an overall satisfaction rating of 66 out of 100. That is about what cable TV and computer tech support receive, and if you think of it that way, it's sounds about right. The overall satisfaction rating isn't limited to call quality issues. I suspect it reflects customer service at retail stores and the automated phone service, not to mention the whole matter of billing. Customer service and billing horror stories from friends were part of the reason I steered clear of Sprint and signed up for Verizon--and early termination fees have kept me signed up. I wish such factors played a bigger role in cellphone service reviews. After all, if talking on the phone was the entire experience of owning one, it would be easier to give companies a gold star.... | |
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| | | American Telecom Services Conference Call to Discuss Fiscal First Quarter 2007 Results Scheduled for November 15, 2006 | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 3:39:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | American Telecom Services Inc. , a provider of converged communications solutions, today announced that it will conduct a conference call on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its fiscal 2007 first quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2006. The Company anticipates releasing its financial results on November 14, 2006. For the conference call, interested participants should dial 800-632-2975 when calling within the United States or 973-935-8755 when calling internationally. There will be a playback of the call available until November 22, 2006. To listen to the playback, please call 877-519-4471 when calling within the United States or 973-341-3080 when calling internationally. Please use pass code 8114876 for the playback. This call is being webcast by ViaVid Broadcasting and can be accessed at American Telecom's web site at http://www.atsphone.com/.... | |
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| | | 10 handphones for walkers | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:30:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | TWO Nokia N70 handsets worth RM1,420 each are among the goodies which DiGi Telecom-munications Sdn Bhd is sponsoring for Starwalk 2006. Its head of region (northern) Siew Chee Kong said besides the two cellular phones, an additional eight Nokia handphones of other models would also be up for grabs during the Dec 10 event. ?Lucky winners stand to win 10 handphones worth a total of RM10,000. ?This is just part of the DiGi's products sponsorship which will come up to a total of RM26,888,? he said before presenting the prizes to The Star deputy news editor Tommy Lee at DiGi's office in Gelugor, Penang on Wednesday. Siew added that besides the 10 sets of handphones, DiGi would also contribute 200 Beyond prepaid simpacks worth RM1,700, 1,000 T-shirts for the participants worth RM6,000, 500 caps worth RM4,250, 50 reload coupons worth RM2,500 and 50 Chatz calling cards worth RM2,500. He said DiGi was proud to be associated with the premier sporting event for the past 10 years. ?We enjoy being part of Starwalk as we find it to be a healthy and family-oriented event. ?Besides, DiGi is always committed to giving back to the local community and we are glad that The Star provides us with that platform,? he said.... | |
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| | | Mobile Phone Recyclers are Handling Stolen Goods | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:44:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | An investigation has revealed that some of the UK's major mobile phone recyclers are putting their reputations and those of national charities and major retailers, at risk by handling and selling stolen goods. Phone recycling is a popular way of raising money for charity, with donations given in return for old or unused mobile phones. Recipero, who coincidentally offer a service for checking if handsets are stolen - carried out the investigation, sent handsets registered as stolen to the four biggest UK recycling companies via recycling schemes advocated in major retail outlets. .... | |
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| | | BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY: Prepaid phones get upscale style | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:34:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | Just because you prefer to pay as you go doesn't mean you have to settle for an ugly phone. Consider Slice, a sleek new handset from Virgin Mobile and UTStarcom Personal Communications. Measuring just 0.4-inch thick and weighing 2.3 ounces, the model boasts a stylish flat key pad, a 1.5-inch color screen, a built-in speakerphone and enough memory to hold 500 phone book entries. The $50 phone is designed to work with one of Virgin Mobile's numerous no-contract plans. Go to www.virginmobileusa.com. send a letter to the editor. .... | |
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| | | Phone Cards Now a World Wide Phenomena | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:18:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | Monsey, NY (PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- In the mid 1970s, the first prepaid phone cards appeared on the market in Italy to combat payphone vandalism. In the throes of a coin shortage, cards were introduced with a magnetic strip on the back for use in special phones to combat the shortage. Despite this great idea, the first cards were too thin and jammed frequently. .... | |
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| | | Virgin Mobile USA and ReCellular Make Recycling of Phones Easier to Help the Planet and Youth in Need | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:21:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | Virgin Mobile USA, LLC, the nation's leading wireless youth network, is now the first mobile carrier to provide a recycling envelope in every new handset package, purchased online or at retail. In partnership with ReCellular, the world's foremost collector, reseller and recycler of used cell phones and accessories, Virgin Mobile is educating its customers about the importance of recycling phones, and encouraging them to pass along used mobile phones by placing over 2 million postage-paid recycling envelopes in new Virgin Mobile phones. Used phones returned to the company may be resold to other markets or donated and recycled by ReCellular. Information about the program is available at www.virginmobileusarecycle.com. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061010/NYTU040LOGO ) "An estimated 500 million unused phones are sitting in drawers and closets around the country, and less than 10% of these are recycled," said Dan Schulman, chief executive officer, Virgin Mobile USA.... | |
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