The Prepaid Press - July 15, 2008 - (Page 2) July 15 · 2008 - 2 IN THIS ISSUE THE PREPAID PRESS ISSN 1934-5313 20533 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1142 Aventura, FL 33180 toll free: 866.203.2334 direct: ph: 305.421.7209 fax: 305.675.6432 info@prepaid-press.com www.prepaid-press.com PREPAID BUSINESS 5 Minutes With Bertrand Sosa President and Co-Founder, MPOWER Labs Page 8 Roy and Bertrand Sosa are the All-American story. Coming to the U.S., they saw a need for a service. Starting with $750 they founded NetSpend, today a $4 billion company. Now, they are looking to help others bring needed financial services around the world. Bertrand gives us his thoughts. SALES DEPARTMENT Linda Simon NATIONAL ACCOUNTS MANAGER lsimon@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334 ext. 512 Brad Simon MAJOR ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR bsimon@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334 ext. 513 Michele Parsowith SALES ASSISTANT mparsowith@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334 ext. 501 PREPAID WIRELESS The Changing Face of Prepaid Wireless Page 14 That the prepaid wireless market is changing is obvious. MVNO changes have led to turmoil. So, what are the best strategies for marketing? Read this report about three effective strategies. CALLING CARDS EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Gene Retske EDITOR/VP editor@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334, ext: 502 Robin Tobias PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER rtobias@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334, ext: 503 The State of Prepaid Technology From the Mailbox Page 18 SIP Wizard Ken Osowski has received a lot of reader mail recently with questions about his column. In this month’s column, he answers some of the mail he has received. RETAIL FOCUS tppEXPO’08 Lisa Brown EVENT DIRECTOR lbrown@prepaidpressexpo.com 866.203.2334, ext. 505 ART DEPARTMENT José Scaglione CREATIVE DIRECTOR jscaglione@prepaid-press.com 866.203.2334, ext: 504 E-POS Goes Wireless Page 26 OK, first, what is E-POS? And why would Bruce Burke write an entire article about it? Then, what does it mean that it is going wireless? Well, these are all good questions, and you should read this article to see what is happening in the POS terminal arena. ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Patti Hasner phasner@prepaid-press.com PREPAID BUSINESS LEGAL & REGULATORY EDITOR Edward Maldonado eam@maldonado-group.com ph: 305.468.1645 4 The Retske Report: Bad Times, Good Opportunity? 6 Regulatory Rundown 10 TPPEXPO’08 Spotlight PAYMENTS 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 PREPAID WIRELESS 1 15 16 16 16 17 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Bruce Burke Ed Maldonado Ken Osowski Joe Pawlikowski EDITORIAL BOARD Paul Amick Len Bittner Ron Contrado Ray Horak Ed Maldonado Ken Osowski Gary Rhodus Jack Rynes Dr. Judy Reed Smith Mark Wagner Virgin Mobile to Buy Helio for $39M Prepaid Wireless Roundup Virgin Mobile to Offer Unlimited Calling for $79.99 Admoda Chooses Bango for Mobile Ad Metrics Prepaid Wireless in Brief Prepaid Puts Phones Into Backpacks of Preteens Prepaid Entrepreneurs Start New Fund MasterCard, Obopay to Offer Mobile Payments Summer Youth Job Program Pays with Debit Cards Smart Cards to be Featured at Olympics Springbok and Visa Sign Agreement Payments in Brief NovoPayment Issues Spending Cards Forecast U.S. Treasury Introduces Direct Express Debit Card RETAIL FOCUS 28 29 29 29 29 29 30 CALLING CARDS 1 18 19 20 21 21 21 Florida AG Settles With Calling Card Providers Calling Cards in Brief The Legal Line Cordia Completes Purchase of TSI Prepaid AllCompass Migrates Network to VoIP Pingo Reduces Rates to 70 Countries Dialogic Enhances IP Media Server Prepaid 101: Prepaid Wireless Services Lance Armstrong to Speak at NACS May Retail Sales Give Tremendous Boost to Industry Wal-Mart Remains #1 Viscom to Offer Mexico Cards Through Emida Azteca Signs Agreement with Via One Retail Focus in Brief EXTRAS 30 Our Advertisers 30 Contact Us http://www.prepaid-press.com
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