The Cell-Phone Minutes That Come With … Insurance?
Article from The Atlantic:
For extremely low-income families, insurance payouts for a health crisis can make the difference between temporary destabilization and a downward economic spiral.
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Cell-phone adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace; the continent is on track to hit the billion cellphone mark in 2015. Many African mobile users don’t have monthly plans with a carrier. Instead, they own phones and buy minutes as they go, “topping off” as their call-time dwindles.
Competition for selling minutes results in fierce mobile-carrier price wars; customers buy minutes from whatever company offers the best deal at the moment. It’s cheaper to call numbers within a carrier’s network, so users often buy minutes from different networks and rotate SIM cards, depending on whom they’re calling. But developing customer loyalty is a huge challenge for prepaid phone-card marketers. How can any one carrier gain a stable edge over its competitors?
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Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive
Article from Kingwood News:
Your old cell phone can help a soldier stay in touch with family. Cell Phones for Soldiers wants to turn your old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. Cell Phones for Soldiers is collecting cell phones and recycling these through Mindful Recycling.
PostNet Kingwood and Professional-Organizer.com are partnering to host a drop off site in Kingwood from June 15褒uly 31. Cell phones, batteries, chargers and accessories will be accepted. Instructions to clear your personal data are included on the Cell Phones for Soldiers website. Drop off your used cell phones and make a difference!
To learn more about Cell Phones for Soldiers visit
www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com
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