PrimeHoldings Launches UniQuest Local and Long-Distance Service; Partners with Z-Tel to Bundle Phone Service with Internet-Based Enhancements
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, is set to introduce enhanced local and long-distance phone services to subscribers in California, Florida, and Georgia through its affiliation with Z-Tel Communications, Inc.
Z-Tel is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and a licensed provider of the local, long distance, and enhanced platform services that make up its two primary product lines, Z-LineHOME(TM) and Z-LineBUSINESS(TM). Z- LineHOME offers residential customers bundled local and long-distance services, as well as Internet-accessible voicemail and other Web-enabled features, such as message notification via email, cell phone or pager and multiple-number Call Forwarding. Z-LineBUSINESS offers small to medium sized businesses the same benefits, plus other important features such as multiple voicemail boxes and toll-free services.
"Our goal is to market aggressively in areas where subscribers previously had few options," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "Combined with all of Z-Tel's powerful communications features, Z-Tel's products will be especially well-positioned in the market as an exceptional value proposition for businesses."
Previously a reseller of long distance services, PrimeHoldings has repositioned UniQuest Communications to enter the most lucrative markets for local phone services. Over the next twelve months, the service will expand to eleven additional states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
"We welcome this opportunity to work with PrimeHoldings," said Kyle Brown, vice president of small business sales at Z-Tel. "PrimeHoldings anticipates rapid subscriber growth in the local phone service market, and we're pleased that they turned to us to provide them with access to the telecommunication industry's most robust local phone service solution for both residential and small business customers."
About PrimeHoldings.com
PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations: bCard, Inc., (www.bcard.net) a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions; TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory; and UniQuest Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced local and long-distanced phone services. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol "PRIM."
SOURCE PrimeHoldings.com
CONTACT: Allison Hague of PrimeHoldings.com, +1-801-562-1444; or Sarah
E. Bialk of Z-Tel Communications, Inc., +1-813-233-4586/
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