WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller Northwest Communications, a division of Skylink Communications Corp., announced a prepaid wireless program called Pay-N-Talk.
The service is available at grocery stores, gas stations and other consumer locations in 12 Western states, with 10 more to be added by the end of this year, said the company.
“The Pay-N-Talk program provides retailers opportunities like never before,” said Jim Toma, president of Northwest. “It’s a turnkey operation. No staff training is necessary, immediate cash flow and a destination-oriented product is provided to a store with no hassles.”
The Pay-N-Talk phones allow inbound and outbound calls, voice mail and roaming and customers are not charged access fees or long-distance charges, said Northwest. The service offers four different switch-based phones. Customers purchase a 30-minute prepaid cellular card activating call time when needed, said the company. In addition to the switch-based prepaid options, an intelligent phone that operates as its own unit without card assistance also is available and the “any” phone service provides customers already using a cellular phone to use a prepaid cellular calling card.
Northwest said it is the eighth largest cellular reseller in the nation and has partnerships with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., AirTouch Communications Inc., Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One.
