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The Numbers Speak For Themselves
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Blackstone Portal is a gateway to a wide variety of products and services. Unlike traditional vending units, the Portal does not store live inventory. Each product is activated after cash is deposited or a credit/debit authorization has been given, thus reducing any exposure to theft related to live cards.
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Here are just some of the products available on the Portal today:
Prepaid Long Distance Products:
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Offer high quality, competitive prepaid phone cards serviced by a wide variety of internationally recognized carriers. No need to train clerks about prepaid products! Blackstone Portal is designed to guide your customer to the best card for the destination he or she is calling.
Prepaid telephony is a $10 billion market and $24 billion by 2006.
Prepaid Calling Cards will generate $3.1 billion in 2002 and $3.5 billion by 2005.
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Prepaid Wireless Recharge Cards:
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Sell national and regional prepaid cellular plans, in all denominations, from the largest cellular providers in the country.
By 2005, prepaid wireless is expected to exceed $7 billion.
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| With Prepaid ATM cards, consumers can use their cards to withdraw money from ATMs, make purchases at retail locations, transfer funds from card to card, deposit payroll onto the account and much more, without completing an application or undergoing a credit check. |
By 2005 stored value are expected to be over $100 billion.
Prepaid Local Home Phone Service:
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Prepaid dial tone gives consumers the convenience of prepaid communications from the luxury of his or her home telephone. No contract or credit check needed!
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There were 650,000 prepaid dial tone customers.
Experts predict that this will increase to 1.8 million by 2004.
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