ASP International Technologies announces `Virtual Prepaid Network' A Prepaid Internet Service.Business Editors Telecom Business New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 2000 SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 ASP International Technologies (ASP Intl) announced today the launch of their nationwide Prepaid Internet Service available to Distributors and Wholesalers that can be private labeled. This service is made possible with the EZ ACCE ACCE Acceptance ACCE American Chamber of Commerce Executives ACCE American Council for Construction Education ACCE American College of Clinical Engineering ACCE Australian Council for Computers in Education $$ prepaid Internet platform developed by ASP Intl. integrated into ZipLink's extensive dial-up network (1) The switched telephone network regulated by government and administered by common carriers. Also called "plain old telephone system" (POTS) and "public switched telephone network" (PSTN). (2) A network that can be accessed remotely via analog modems or ISDN. covering most of the U.S. and parts of Canada. ZipLink (ZIPL) is a leading supplier of wholesale Internet connectivity and is one of few that offer access across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. on the same network (www.ziplink.com). ASP Intl. has also licensed their EZ ACCE$$ platform to ISPs worldwide as a turn-key package to afford the licensees the ability to offer Prepaid services utilizing their existing network. "We have been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. by Prepaid Voice Distributors since the release of this platform four months ago. These companies have distribution channels in place today and recognize the value of the new prepaid Internet service. Now we can afford them the opportunity to market their own prepaid Internet cards without having to operate their own network," stated Allen Draa, VP Sales & Marketing, ASP Intl. The uniqueness of this service is the flexibility provided to the distributor in that they choose the product. Options include but are not limited to the value of the account, billing increment, and expiration periods. ASP Intl. also offers free email accounts for the resellers' prepaid customers as well as consumer interface screens for viewing of their account status and access numbers. Additionally, all of the web interface screens may be branded with the distributor's private label. Allen Draa further stated, "This service will be embraced by the current prepaid voice subscribers for all the same reasons; animosity, poor credit, as well as travelers who don't subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; a national access provider. Additionally, other targeted markets include occasional Internet users who will realize a true cost savings by virtue of this service and those who desire to maintain an emergency backup connection for redundancy." ASP Intl. (www.ASPIntl.com) is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , headquartered in Satellite Beach, Florida Satellite Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, USA. The population was 9,577 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 9,811. with offices in Canada and Europe. ASP Intl. will be exhibiting at the Telecom Business 2000 show at the Javits Convention Center, New York, NY, booth 658, August 9-11, 2000. |
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