Sprint/United, Sprint/Centel put a holiday twist on prepaid calling card craze.APOPLA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1994--Sprint/United Telephone-Florida and Sprint/Centel-Florida make it easier than ever for loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl to keep in touch this holiday season with its new series of collectible, prepaid Holiday Calling Cards. Beautifully decorated with five different Currier and Ives Currier and Ives partnership of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives (born March 27, 1813, Roxbury, Mass., U.S.—died Nov. 20, 1888, New York, N.Y.) (born March 5, 1824, New York City—died Jan. 3, 1895, Rye, N.Y.) U.S. lithographers. holiday scenes, the cards allow for prepaid long-distance calls up to the dollar amount printed on the card, and can be used from any touch-tone phone. A four-card collectors' set (sold individually, too) is available at $5 per card, for 10 minutes of toll calling per card. Designed for convenient personal use, a fifth card is also available in a $20 denomination Denomination The stated value found on financial instruments. Notes: This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. , for 40 minutes of toll calling. Prepaid Holiday Calling Cards can be purchased throughout the holiday season at Sprint/United's payment offices in Altamonte Springs Al·ta·monte Springs A city of east-central Florida, a residential suburb of Orlando. Population: 40,900. , Kissimmee, Winter Garden, Avon Park, Leesburg, Ocala, Punta Gorda Punta Gorda may refer to:
The calling cards are being marketed for personal use, as gifts for loved ones who live far away and don't get to call as often as they'd like, and for calling-card collectors. Sprint/United and Sprint/Centel have also offered World Cup and Americana-themed prepaid cards. The Americana series The Americana series was a series of United States definitive postage stamps issued between 1975 and 1981. Denominations ranged from one cent to five dollars. It superseded the Prominent Americans series, and was in turn superseded by the Great Americans series and the , sold in $5, $10, $20 and $50 denominations, will be available at Sprint/United's and Sprint/Centel payment offices until 1995. Advantages of using prepaid calling cards include: -- They can be used by anyone, anytime...regardless of location or long-distance provider. -- Easy to use by travelers or students living away from home. -- No coins are necessary. -- Convenient access from any touch-tone telephone. -- Budget control of telephone costs. -- Per-minute savings on toll charges from pay phones and hotel rooms. -- Minimized fraud from lost or stolen cards. Prepaid calling cards have been popular in Europe and Japan for about 15 years, but have only been available in the U.S. for the past three years. The U.S. debit-card industry has grown from 100 thousand cards sold in 1991 to an estimated 15 million cards worth $75 million sold in 1993. The industry has forecasted sales of 50 to 100 million cards in 1994. An estimated 200 companies offer long-distance services via prepaid calling cards. Sprint/United Telephone-Florida and Sprint/Centel-Florida, subsidiaries of Sprint Corp., serve a population of nearly three million people in 36 Florida counties. In addition to traditional local telephone service, the company provides business and residential customers with the most technologically advanced, integrated solutions for voice, data and video transmissions. Sprint is a diversified global communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with the United States' only all-digital, fiber-optic network. Its divisions provide long distance voice, data and video products and services. CONTACT: Sprint/United Telephone-Florida, Apopka Brian Craven, 407/889-6807 |
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