The Prepaid Press - May 15, 2008 - (Page 19)

CALLING CARDS May 15 · 2008 - 19 Talkster Offers Free Calling to Mexico Group Conference Calls Included TORONTO, ON (May 2, 2008) Talkster will launch Free World Dialing service across the 14 most populous regions in Mexico. The service will allowing callers there and in over 30 other countries to place free long distance, international and group conference calls from any phone, using any network. Talkster launched the new service in Mexico in time for Cinco de Mayo. “Talkster is continuously expanding our service area to cover the globe and to meet the demand for cheaper international, group and long distance calls,” said James Wanless, Talkster cofounder and COO. With Talkster, callers listen to a brief 10-second audio advertisement and then can talk as long as they like without interruptions, for the cost of a single local call. “Today in the United States, calling card services have been addressing an ever-increasing need for affordable calling to and from Mexico,” adds Wanless. “But the Talkster service differs from using a calling card in two important ways: first, our service is far easier to use from any phone without having to go out and buy a card, and second, Talkster’s Free World Dialing is always free, with no hidden charges. We don’t ever ask for a credit card number.” Source: Talkster (www.talkster.com) Former IDT Employee Wins $10.5 Million IDT To Appeal Verdict BOSTON, MA (April 23, 2008) A former IDT employee won a $10.5 million jury verdict against IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) on April 18, 2008. After a three-week trial, a New Jersey jury found that IDT had breached a handwritten contract that its Chairman, Howard Jonas, drafted and signed while recruiting Alfred West, a telecommunications entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York. The jury also found that IDT violated its duty of good faith and fair dealing. IDT said this was the second time a trial has been held on the West matter. A judge dismissed the contract claim several years ago, but a trial on the related claims in 2005 resulted in a $1.5 million jury award for West, according to IDT. That award was set aside by the trial judge as being unsupported by the evidence, according to an IDT press release. IDT said that West appealed that decision and an appellate court reinstated West’s breach of contract claim, which led to the second trial that concluded last week. Barry Pollack, a partner in Sullivan & Worcester LLP Boston office who represented West, said, “The verdict confirms that, whether on a slip of paper or in an 80-page contract, the words ‘this is binding’ mean ‘this is binding.’” On April 24, IDT announced that it will take legal steps to reverse the award to the former Calling Cards in Brief RateIntegration, a provider of advanced rating solutions for service providers, has announced the selection and successful implementation of its Advanced Rating Server (ARS 3.0) software by iBasis, an international long distance carrier and a provider of retail prepaid calling services and enhanced services for mobile operators. iBasis selected RateIntegration to provide a comprehensive real-time rating and margin analysis solution that leverages iBasis’ existing business support systems. iBasis will use RateIntegration’s ARS 3.0 solution to support customer and partner billing and settlement processes for over 4,000 carriercustomers and vendors throughout the world. In addition, ARS 3.0’s high-performance processing will enable flexible real-time margin reporting and revenue analysis for iBasis’ business analysts. RateIntegration – www.rateintegration.com; iBasis – www.ibasis.com a switch-based international VoIP wholesale carrier. CVC International, Inc is a Florida-based, international provider of VoIP telecommunications services to CLEC’s, ISPs, IXC’s, PTT’s, Cable companies, large Call Contact Centers and other communication Service Providers. China Voice Holding Corp. - www.chvc.com employee who worked at IDT for six months. “The Company respectfully disagrees with the jury’s decision in this case. We will pursue all avenues of redress, including post-trial motions and, if necessary, appeals, to reach a fair result,” said Jim Courter, IDT’s Chief Executive Officer. Pending a final resolution of this case, the Company also announced that it will take a $10.5 million pre-tax litigation charge against earnings in the third quarter. West is currently the President and CEO of Xchange Telecom, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York. West formerly served as the CEO and Chairman of Econophone, Inc., later known as Destia, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEST), and as an officer of Viatel Inc. THE BAR JUST GOT RAISED Net2Phone, a VoIP provider, is lowering prices on VoiceLine, its flagship residential broadband phone service. Now for a flat rate of just $19 a month, VoiceLine provides consumers with unlimited local and long distance calling within the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, plus caller ID, call waiting, voicemail and other popular calling features. Consumers who make international calls can add unlimited calling to more than 60 countries for an additional $15 a month with VoiceLine’s Unlimited World option. Major destinations included in this feature are: Argentina, Brazil, China, Japan, Ireland, Italy, Peru, Spain and the United Kingdom. Net2Phone VoiceLine - http://voiceline.net2phone.com Skype is offering unlimited calling to over a third of the world’s population with the launch of its new calling subscriptions. The new subscriptions signal the first time Skype has offered a single, monthly flat rate for international calling to landline numbers in 34 countries. The new subscriptions have no long-term contract. You can make calls whenever you want – at any time of the day, on any day of the week. You can choose from three types of subscription – from unlimited calls to landlines in the country of your choice through to landlines in 34 destination countries worldwide. Skype – www.skype.com TURNKEY ELECTRONIC POS We are excited to announce the opening of our state of the art customer support center; over 50 dedicated professionals to be your back office with an unparalleled level of service. • Customer Support • Customer Set up/Training • Proactive Customer Retention • Back Office Accounting • Product Management • Terminal Management • Electronic Airtime • Integrated Long Distance • Bill Payment • Stored Value • Cross Border • Global Roaming NetEnrich, a brand for IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS), has launched integrated NOC and SaaS managed services offerings for Managed Services Providers (MSPs) serving the small and medium sized business (SMB) market. As a certified Level Platforms Hosting Partner, NetEnrich now provides MSPs and resellers around the world with access to Level Platforms’ award winning Managed Workplace technology delivered via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. NetEnrich provides these capabilities in combination with a set of end-to-end support services delivered out of their NOC in Hyderabad, India. NetEnrich - www.netenrich.com Recipient of "2008 TSP of the Year Award" from Boost Mobile AGENTS WANTED 212.219.2220 sales@prepaypoint.com Built EXCLUSIVELY on distributor alliances China Voice Holding Corporation has hired James Rapant as Vice President of Business Development for its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, CVC International, Inc. Rapant will focus on maximizing the profitability of new prepaid calling card products and broadening the base of suppliers for its wholesale termination business. Rapant was most recently President of Brilliant Telecom Group, http://www.talkster.com http://www.chvc.com http://www.rateintegration.com http://www.ibasis.com http://voiceline.net2phone.com http://www.skype.com http://www.netenrich.com

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The Prepaid Press - May 15, 2008 Prepaid Attracts Press Attention First Data to Acquire InComm Contents The Retske Report: To Everything There Is A Season Regulatory Rundown: Rules, Bills and Probes Courtesy of the FCC 5 Minutes With Ray Horak, Telecom Author The Prepaid Press Expo Spotlight The Age of Prepaid Prepaid Wireless in Brief Prepaid Wireless Roundup American Wireless to Sell Virgin Mobile Openet Introduces Flexible Accounts Prepaid Reviews Launches Pay as You Go Podcast Motorola Reports Losses APC Wireless Buys Movida Virgin Mobile to Deliver Limbo Services The State of Prepaid Technology Start Your Engines! The Legal Line PhoenixSoft Adds Service Providers Blackstone to Distribute Viscom Calling Cards Spot Rates IVR Technologies Releases Talking SIP 3.4 Calling Cards in Brief Former IDT Employee Wins $10.5 Million Payments in Brief Hypercom SmartPayments Certified for Windows Pacific Resource Credit Union Selects TMG New Payment Software for QuickBooks POS Blood in the Water Prepaid 101: Give Me the Power 7-Eleven to Hold Innovation Event First Data Gives Ingenico I-Series Class A Support Coinstar Kicks Off Change Reuse Program Payment Application Data Security Standard Issued Forrester Predicts Online Sales to Climb Retail Focus in Brief Our Advertisers Contact Us

The Prepaid Press - May 15, 2008

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