[0] ePHONE Telecom Signs Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Agreement for Prepaid 1+ Service.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2001 -Company's Low Cost Long Distance Calling Service to be Sold Direct Through Television Shopping Channels Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
ePHONE Telecom, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :EPHO) a global Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. services carrier for businesses and individuals, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with PITRFA Inc., a Florida based Sales, Marketing and Distribution organization, to market and distribute ePHONE's newly launched prepaid 1+ long distance service. ePHONE's prepaid 1+ service is enabled by a small device, the first of its kind, enabling consumers and businesses to quickly and easily save 50% on their current long distance calling. The device will be sold to customers directly through television shopping channels as well as via major retail chains in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The launch of this service combined with PITRFA's marketing campaign will position ePHONE to capture market share from the major telecommunications operators i.e. AT&T, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. and Sprint. Carmine carmine /car·mine/ (kahr´min) a red coloring matter used as a histologic stain. indigo carmine indigotindisulfonate sodium. car·mine n. Taglialatela, Jr., ePHONE Telecom President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "Our partnership with PITRFA dramatically enhances our ability to reach critical mass with our new, revolutionary prepaid 1+ service. We will tap into proven marketing channels and deploy aggressive advertising strategies in order to quickly capture sales and build our brand name recognition. We anticipate brisk initial sales and expect the service to deliver a major portion of our revenues for 2002." The service incorporates the convenience of a prepaid program with the savings of a 1+ service to establish an offering unequaled in the industry. At the core of the program is ePHONE's sophisticated VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a network which provides the highest quality calling at substantially reduced rates. New subscribers will be provided with a portable phone jack, which plugs into any standard phone and is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with the technology that integrates the 1+ and prepaid functionality. Users simply prepay for calling time and when toll-generating calls are initiated the device is automatically activated. Access numbers or PIN numbers are not required to be dialed. As time is used up, the caller is reminded of the outstanding balance through an automated system. Users can also view their remaining balance and add to it by making payments through ePHONE's secure website or over the telephone by credit card and direct bank account withdrawal. The service eliminates monthly long distance bills, and is ideal for residential or small business use, students, business travelers, the elderly and credit challenged consumers. Mobility is a key feature of the service as the device can be plugged into any phone jack including those in Hotels. Terminating call traffic over ePHONE's sophisticated VOIP network enables customers to receive the 50% discount pricing to over 250 countries and cities globally. About PITRFA Inc. PITFRA is a privately held marketing and distribution company that currently does business with the major retailers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . PITRFA's management team has extensive experience in the marketing and distribution of telephones and telephone related products. About ePHONE Telecom ePHONE Telecommunications provides a full range of data and voice, product and service solutions over a fully integrated global IP-based network. ePHONE's network expansion, scalable billing solution and support for standard telecommunications signaling protocols It is a protocol used to identify signaling encapsulation. Signaling is used to identify the state of connection between telephones or VOIP terminals ( IP telephone or PCs or VoWLAN units ). List of signaling protocols:
For more information about ePHONE Telecom, please visit www.ephonetelecom.com. FORWARD-LOOKING-STATEMENT Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the development of the Internet as a commercial medium and carrier of telephony traffic, market acceptance risks, technological development risks, seasonality and other risk factors. |
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