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Consumer Review on CallWave Call Alert Service

Missing phone calls while you are online?

Are you thinking of getting a private fax number for your business?

Can't afford an extra phone lines for your business?

If you answer yes for any one of the questions above, then CallWave might be what you are looking for. CallWave internet calls alert system is specially dedicated to all the internet users, cell phone users, and business owners. It is definately a 5A8smart solutions for those who faced the problems above and I am going to tell you why here.

When you download CallWave (within 3 minutes), you will be having these features instantly

No extra phone line needed.

*Answer calls directly from your PC.
*Own your personal private phone number.
*Get calls transfer to your cell phone.
*Works perfectly with AOL and ISP account.
*Easy setup + instant download.

Basic CallWave package is free. Also, CallWave is giving 30days free trial on their internet call alert services. CallWave is safe and it's very easy to be used. You DON'T even need to use your credit card online to purchase CallWave service. 11 millions United States citizens had subscribe to CallWave, you too can have a try on it with the 30 days risk-free trial on ANY one of the CallWave packages.

Besides all those features listed above, CallWave also provide these special features that other call alert services don't offer.(and this is why i am only recommending CallWave call alert service.)

Your personal CallWave fax number Receive or send fax directly from/ to your email inbox with your personal CallWave Fax number.

CallWave Toll-Free Home Number Save your friends and familys money by getting a CallWave toll-free home number. No long distance calls cost for people who are calling you anymore!

CallWave Phone Number Your own personal, private CallWave pho599ne number. Enables your friends and family to reach you anywhere, anytime - whether you're online, on the phone or away from home. Save up your money for setting up an extra phone line.

Telemarketer Blocking Tired with all those telemarketer calls? Get them blocked with CallWave! This feature blocks annoying telemarketer calls and triggers the removal of your phone number from the telemarketer's automated dialing system.

If you need a demo on CallWave, please visit this page: http://www.downloadcallwave.com/callwave/callwave-demo.html

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Batelco - Together We Connect ‎

Serving both the corporate and consumer markets in the most liberalised and competitive market 5A8in the Middle East, Batelco is committed to delivering cutting-edge telecommunications to its customers in Bahrain and MENA. Batelco is driven by an enthusiasm for delivering the best customer experience based on innovation, affordability and reliability of products and services.

With significant operations in Bahrain , Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt, the Batelco Group provides voice and data services over fixed, wireless, and internet platforms, systems integration and enterprise solutions to Government and Corporate clients.

Batelcos specialised services cover the full spectrum of telecommunications solutions for residential and business customers and spans a comprehensive array of mobile services, international roaming, high speed Internet connections, WiFi, MPLS IP-VPN network provisioning and management, datacoms and other fixed line services. Batelco is currently migrating to an all IP network as part of its Broadband Bahrain national project. This major investment reflects Batelcos commitment for excellence which has reinforced Bahrains position as a leading communications hub. The Companys shares are listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. Batelco had a total market capitalisation of approximately $ 3.3 billion at September 2006.

Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) was established in 1991 as a Bahraini shareholding company and has an authorized share capital of BD 100 million (US$5A8 265 million). Batelco's major shareholders include the Government of Bahrain, Quasi-government institutions, financial and commercial organizations, and private Bahraini and GCC investors. All the pre-mentioned parties hold 80% of Batelco, while Cable and Wireless holds the remaining 20%.

Batelcos employees reached around 1,500 of which 95% are nationals. The operator is very aware of its employees training and accordingly spent nearly BD 1.5 million (US$ 3.98 million) during 2003 in training its staff. Nearly BD 71 million (US$ 188.15 million) is injected into the national economy annually by way of salaries and local expenditure and investments paid by the operator. Batelco has allocated an amount of BD 42 million (US$ 111.3 million) for capital expenditure on network development and enhancement during the year 2002 to prepare for the migration to packet switching and ATM technologies that will support all the multimedia services. In June 2004, Batelco announced a further investment of BD 9 million (US$ 23.85 million) in the mobile network to expand its capacity to 550,000 lines.

Despite the full liberalization of Bahrains telecommunications market by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Batelco is still the monopoly operator for fixed, Internet and datacomm services in the small but advanced gulf country. It is noteworthy, however, that four companies already have ISP licenses but are n593ot operational at this moment. These are expected to be operational during 2005. Moreover, Batelco, through its holding company (Batelco Middle East EC (BMEC)) in Bahrain, have setup a number of communications partner companies acting as a spearhead for Cable and Wireless global datacomm strategy. These communications partner companies are found in several key areas of the region including Kuwait, Jordan, and Egypt. It is noteworthy that Batelco has sold its 50% share of the Datacomm provider, Batelco Al-Jeraisy (Atheer), in Saudi Arabia during the last quarter of 2004.

In May 2006 Batelco announced a change to the broadband packages, limiting downloads to only 15GB per month, whereas previously it was unlimited. This sparked a national movement to Boycott Batelco because of its monopolistic corporate practices.

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Prepaid Phone Cards Give Hope to Struggling Telecom Industry

The current sales of prepaid phone cards are rapidly increasing at double-digit rates. Prepaid calling cards are being purchased not only by low income households and small businesses. Rising prices of commodities and instability of the economy are just few of the reasons that make the use of prepaid phone cards a practical choice by almost everybody. Even wealthy families and big corporations have been washed away by the current trend and cannot help join the bandwagon.

According to the recent report released by market research company called the CPR Group, almost 55 percent of the highest income households have utilized prepaid calling cards, as well as 50 percent of the lowest income households.

The prepaid phone card started with the goal of satisfying the demand for cheaper call rates in the height of increasing costs of telephone subscriptions. The industry targeted families in low income brackets and also starting businesses who do not have regular phone service or find it hard to shoulder expensive telephone services. It also aimed to accommodate immigrants who are always on the go by offering them features that allow use5A8rs telephone accessibility in every corner of the globe at a very cheap price.

Prepaid calling cards can be purchased not only in convenience stores but also in the Web. Its increasing sales and popularity have been said to be the only light in the struggling telecom industry and have been hoped to prevent the industrys current downtrend.

With the expanding prepaid calling card market, there had been increasing competition between key players and infant prepaid calling card companies. This competition led to the decreasing calling rates, which have fallen dramatically to mere pennies per minute.

An example of this decreasing trend is the $10 phone card by Nivatel Communications. This card gives its users 400 calling minutes to Germany, 300 minutes to Brazil, or 500 minutes to Singapore. Sometimes the price of these cards can be further bargained to $9 or even $8.

Prepaid phone cards have been hailed as big moneymakers, even during its infancy. Experts say that these cards continue to be the most profitable segments of the dwindling telecom industry.

IDT, a huge corporation, recorded 30 to 40 percent annual growth in the sales of prepaid phone cards. 70 percent of the companys revenues is said to be coming from sales of prepaid phone cards. In July alone, it has sold 18 million calling cards.

Problems with quality of phone calls made through prepaid phone cards 546had already been resolved with technological developments, greatly reducing echoes and delays in calls.

These technological advancements in telecom industry have also made possible the entry of small businesses in the prepaid industry. Instead of building their own networks, smaller companies can just lease lines from big telecom companies at a low cost.

According to Toni Kumar, president of Roslyn Heights, New York-based Nivatel which started as a phone card company, Rates are down every month, every year. Everybody is giving crazy minutes in the market. I do not know how they can afford it.

Victor De La Cruz, program leader for research company Frost & Sullivan, answered this and said, The prepaid price is dropping, but there is enough demand to keep profits coming.

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