| Virgin Mobile to Offer Apple iPhone in Canada
30/11/2009
Wireless service provider, Virgin Mobile, has announced plans to begin selling the Apple iPhone in the coming months, which would make it the fifth Canadian carrier to offer the popular smartphone.The iPhone was initially made available in Canada by Rogers Wireless and its subsidiary, Fido, in July 2008, and recently became available through rival carriers, Bell and Telus.All of these carriers... |
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| Vocalocity Offers Enterprise-Quality VoIP to Small Businesses
30/11/2009
In today`s competitive economy, it`s only natural for small businesses to expect enterprise-quality telephone service at an affordable price. More and more of these businesses are looking to VoIP technology as a way to achieve this.One company that promises a Fortune 500-quality phone system on a small business budget is Vocalocity, an Atlanta, Georgia-based carrier offering Hosted PBX VoIP... |
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| Use calling cards for making cheap international calls
30/11/2009
With the increasing urge for international calling, now people are searching less expensive modes of communication. For that they are just moving towards cheap calling plans and cheap calling cards that allows user to keep in touch with their near and dear ones without affecting their budget.With the availability of internet, now we are able to communicate with our far distance friends and... |
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| Phone card machines are illegal
04/09/2009
The Oklahoma attorney general`s office says phone card sweepstakes machines are actually illegal slot machines under state law. An attorney general`s opinion made public Thursday says the machines fit the legal definition of a slot machine. The opinion says the machines allow people to win or lose a thing of value, such as a phone card for long-distance calls or a voucher they can redeem for... |
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| Can you spot the hidden fees in prepaid phone cards?
04/09/2009
Calling out of the country can be costly. So how about 3, 5 or 7 cents a minute? That`s what is promised with some prepaid phone cards. But, once you find out you`re not getting what you paid for, the money is gone.Take the case of Diamond phone cards. For just a few bucks, the card says you can call Mexico for 400 minutes. The Federal Trade Commission says you really only get 106 minutes. They... |
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| Paying by Phone Slowly Coming to the U.S.
04/09/2009
You can talk, play, surf the web and now you can pay for stuff with your cellphone. Nokia announced a new mobile payment service Wednesday, called Nokia Money, that will allow consumers to send money, pay bills and recharge pre-paid phone cardsall using their cell phones.The Nokia Money service is likely to debut in Asia and Africa in early 2010. The company hasn`t commented whether it will... |
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| Recycled cells help soldiers call home
04/09/2009
For the past two years, residents in the Lady Lake area have helped provide more than 1 million prepaid calling-card minutes to soldiers serving overseas.This year, Lady Lake Police Chief Ed Nathanson, who initiated the Help Them Call Home campaign locally, would like to see even more. Once again this year we are going to come together and ask everyone to consider donating their unwanted cell... |
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| Avoiding Calling Card Scams
01/06/2009
Prepaid phone cards represent telephone calling time you buy in advance. You pay from $2 to $20 or so to buy local or long-distance calling time. The cards can be convenient, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation`s consumer protection agency, says that some prepaid phone cards can have hidden costs and may not deliver the number of calling minutes they advertise. Because you pay in... |
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| Sprint Prepaid calling card plan investigated
01/06/2009
A Sprint-brand prepaid calling-card plan is under investigation by state phone regulators over a reported decision to prevent consumers from recharging the cards if they`re used in Alaska and over such service problems as dropped calls and blackout times.The Regulatory Commission of Alaska said it has opened a formal investigation into the practices of STi Prepaid LLC, which provides service... |
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| AT&T Considering Cheaper iPhone Data Plan, BusinessWeek Reports
01/06/2009
American wireless giant, AT&T, may soon offer another tier of mobile broadband service for Apple iPhone customers, according to a recent BusinessWeek article citing people with knowledge of the company`s thinking.AT&T currently only offers an unlimited iPhone data plan for $30 a month, but is contemplating a cheaper alternative plan, with bandwidth limits, for a monthly price of around $20. This... |
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