SmarTalk TeleServices sells prepaid phone cards. SmarTalk cards allow users to make calls at a
fixed rate regardless of the time of day. The company aims its cards at individuals and small
businesses, selling cards through retailers such as Office Depot, Sav-On Drugs, Thrifty Oil,
Bradlees, Builders Square, and Marshall Field's. SmarTalk cards offer features such as
international long-distance calling to more than 150 countries, sequential calling (allowing users to
make additional calls without hanging up), speed dialing, and message delivery (recording a
message when a party can't be reached for the system to deliver at a later time). The company
uses AT&T and MCI to carry its customers' long-distance calls. |
