(COMTEX) B: SIMS Communications Prepaid Phone Card Agreement with Amt
B: SIMS Communications Prepaid Phone Card Agreement with Amtrak Expanded to
Pacific Northwest Train Stations -- Rail Travelers Can Collect Amtrak Phone
Cards
IRVINE, CA. (March 30) BUSINESS WIRE -March 30, 1999--SIMS
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMSC) announced today that the
Company's prepaid phone card agreement with Amtrak has been expanded to
include four additional train stations. Travelers can purchase custom
designed Amtrak phone cards now, available from SIMS' vending machines
located in Amtrak's Portland, OR; Eugene, OR; and Seattle, WA train
stations and, later this summer, at Santa Barbara CA. The Amtrak
series of collectible phone cards are available in $10 and $20
denominations.
SIMS also announced the second in a limited edition series of phone
cards commemorating Amtrak trains. This latest card depicts the Amtrak
Cascades trains inaugurated this month. These sleek, modern,
European-style trains feature a distinctive evergreen and cappuccino
color scheme and sport unique seven-foot tail fins. The Amtrak Cascades
trains use pendular train technology and tilt to travel through curves
and maintain speed. This results in reduced travel times while
maintaining passenger comfort. Last fall Amtrak and SIMS
Communications, Inc., partnered to create the first Amtrak calling card
featuring The Coast Starlight.
The Cascades card currently may be purchased from vending machines at
Amtrak stations located in San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Oakland,
Bakersfield, Fresno, Emeryville, Anaheim, and Stockton, California;
Eugene, Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington and through Amtrak's
merchandise order line at 800-400-1229.
Amtrak is the nation's intercity passenger railroad and operates in
more than 500 communities around the country.
SIMS Communications provides low cost, turnkey, transaction processing
solutions to service providers and retailers. Its products include
medical insurance verification, medical billing, prepaid phone card
activations, customer affinity programs, financial transaction
processing using credit cards and ATM/Debit cards and customized
associated vertical market applications. This release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, product demand and market acceptance, reliance on key
strategic alliances, fluctuations in operating results and other risks
detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT: Investor Relations: Dodi B. Zirkle
Continental Capital & Equity Corporation
(407) 682-2001
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