Happy Phone Card TV Ad

Here is a Spanish language phone card tv ad for the Happy phone card from SDI.

IDT Buys out Carlos Gomez's Stake in UTA

Well the long and successful partnership of over 15 years between IDT and Carlos Gomez is now over. IDT has bought out Carlos Gomez's 49% share in the Jointly owned Union Telecard Alliance for $6.9 million in cash and other assets.

No one is exactly sure what prompted the transaction, but there is no doubt that this is a good deal for Mr. Gomez, whose UTA business has been declining rapidly over the last few years (just look at their quarterly earning statements over the last few years). Getting 6 million plus to get out of a business that has a rough future is something all of us prepaid distributors would love to be presented with!

IDT seems to be exited about the transaction with IDT CEO remarking "This deal will not only enhance IDT's operational capabilities, but is also in keeping with management's commitment to restructure and simplify our business..."

This is a toss up at this point with the potential for the company to go either way. Only time will tell who got the better deal.

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Phone Card Mania Launches New Look and Cash Back

PhoneCardMania.com has a new look and feel this week, with the same great selection of phone cards and an easier to navigate interface. Along with the new design, phonecardmania.com has launched a loyalty program that rewards their frequent buyers with 3% cash back on all orders. "Our regular customers are our bread and butter and we needed to implement a program that treats them special" said Emma Lee President of marketing. The site also now included a live chat feature to help answer customer questions quicker and more effectively. "Our goal is to convert every visitor into a sale and we felt Live Chat was a valuable tool to help do that" said Mrs. Lee.

According to Mrs. Lee the redesign of the site has been a long time in the making "it has been a big undertaking to introduce the new look and features but is long overdue and it was designed with the customer in mind."

Visit the new look site at http://www.phonecardmania.com/

TouchTell Communications Store in Texas Robbed - Video of Supspects on YouTube

Texas Phone Card distributor Touchtell had one of their stores robbed on May 30th by two suspects in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars worth of prepaid phone cards. To help the police catch these suspects, Touchtell has posted the video from their security camera, showing the two suspects, up on YouTube. From the looks of the video it didn't look like they were having much luck finding anything of interest to them.

The suspects are described as two black men in their mid to late 20’s, both with medium builds. They appear to be somewhere between 5’7” and 6’0”. Anyone with information regarding this offense or the suspects in the video is asked to contact Detective Amy Smith at (214) 670-6179.