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The rates charged by telephone companies for calling card phone calls vary greatly by issuer. Typically, the larger companies charge more than smaller companies for calling card calls. The services of 18 calling cards are compared to help determine what card is best for individual needs.

CHICAGO - With a healthy balance sheet, double-digit earnings growth and a stock price hitting new highs last week, Ameritech Corp. could symbolize the nation's telecommunications money machine. But the [...]

There are more long-distance options these days. How do you make a choice? It wasn't so very long ago that the small-business consumer had limited choices for his or her [...]

International calls are currently available from more than 200 companies. An evaluation of prices for ten minute calls to Australia, India, Ireland, Jamaica, South Africa and the US, revealed that the cheapest companies to use were Scottish Telecom, ACC Telecom, First Telecom and Swift Call. Callers away from home are advised to avoid BT payphones for international calls and use instead an international prepaid account or a calling card from a payphone.

Small long-distance carriers set up, dupe customers, disappear Walter Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Management Co. in Overland Park, was surprised when he found a $5 charge on a recent telephone [...]

One company set out to carve itself a niche in the marketplace. The other one made customer satisfaction a top priority. Both approaches have proved successful, as Advent Design Corp. [...]

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week lowered its short and long-term corporate credit ratings of WorldCom [WCOME] to 'D' from 'CC' and 'C,' respectively, citing the company's failure […]

If you're Rip Van Winkle and can sleep until about the end of 2003, you're loving life. But if you're awake like the rest of us and have to endure […]

Dear Mr. Berko: In November, I bought 1,000 shares of Worldcom at $63.50 a share. The stock has collapsed to $13.38 a share. I did get shares of Worldcom's tracking [...]

Nearly all businesses require telephone service for communicating either by voice, fax or, increasingly, on the Internet. When those communication needs are considered, it is important to decide on a [...]

Employees Name Telephone Local Address Fax Companywide 1 Norlight Telecommunications Inc (262) 792-97 150 275 N. Corporate Drive (262) 792-77 330 Brookfield, 53045 www.norlight.com 2 AT&T 800-222-0400 140 300 N. [...]

Metro-area long-distance phone companies ranked by number of full-time equivalent employees No. of Rank Minnesota 1999 Name FTE Rank Address employees 1 1 AT&T 2,866 901 Marquette Ave. S. 4th [...]

Here are the plans currently in use by our three companies compared with the Web experts' recommendations: COMPANY DECIDE.COM ESPOKE.COM MBA FreeAgents.com TTI National Term plan RSL, Alliance plan MCI [...]

If there is one industry that has truly been beset by rapid change, it's telecommunications. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is widely credited with opening up new markets. The emergence […]

Punch in five extra numbers before you dial--10-321 or 10-811, for distance--and you'll pay less for long-distance calls. That's the claim of the new dialaround phone companies, which operate by […]

Deputy Attorney General David Turetsky invited state commission officials last week to cooperate with the Justice Department (DoJ) as it evaluates Bell operating company (BOC) applications to provide in-region, long-distance [...]

The Manufacturers' Agents National Assn. (MANA) evaluated several telephone discount programs, to choose a long-distance telephone carrier to recommend to its members. Based on the criteria of reliability, simplicity, efficiency and effectiveness, MANA chose UWI. UWI not only satisfied the MANA's basic criteria, but the company displayed the ability to offer the quality and reliability of all three major long distance carriers.

Travelers to foreign countries should consider the costs of calling home and select the least-expensive way to pay for such calls. Hotels charge the most for overseas phone calls, while pay phone charge the least. Callback services provide flexibility and low costs to people who make many calls.

If your business is like most, you're bombarded with calls to switch your long-distance service. You're promised great savings, great service, great connections, great values. The trouble is, it's often [...]

Insurance agent Mike Sergakis switched long-distance telephone companies because he thought he'd save a few bucks. But more than three months after he switched, the new carrier had transferred only [...]

The Big Three phone companies in the US have all launched programs for calling the states from abroad inexpensively. Some tips on cutting back on costs when making phone calls home while traveling abroad are provided.

Choosing the right long distance provider for your firm can not only reduce costs, but also can increase productivity and profits for a greater competitive advantage, and make your small [...]

Seen as forerunner of Dick Tracy-like devices Beginning this week, 1,500 San Diegans will participate in the field test of a concept that the telecommunications industry says will allow Americans [...]