Expetel Commuications Expands Savings in Mississippi
August 23, 2002
JACKSON - eXpeTel Communications, a regional competitive local telephone company, announced today that it has re-opened its telemarketing efforts and is offering its local and long distance programs to residents in the Greenville, Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi areas and will open its offering to other parts of the State in the upcoming months.
"We are very pleased with the positive and welcoming response from the people of Mississippi," said Ted Parsons, executive vice president of eXpeTel. "It is very rewarding when the public finally understands that there is a true alternative to the incumbent monopoly regional bell operating companies, and then takes advantage of the savings associated through competition," Parsons continued.
eXpeTel provides low cost local and long distance telephone services to businesses and residential consumers throughout the southeastern United States.
The company operates through an interconnection agreement with BellSouth, its primary competitor, and piggybacks its service on the Bell company's lines. The arrangement is allowed because of changes six years ago in federal telecommunications laws to promote competition in the local telephone service markets.
Competition in the local telephone service market was the focus of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and eXpeTel states that competition has been slow to come in the local telephone service markets, especially in the residential, consumer markets. Parsons states that early entrants in the competitive local exchange markets spent billions of dollars building their own networks and focused primarily on business customers in the large metropolitan cities across the country. "Somehow the consumer was left behind and continues to pay high prices for the telephone services that they need," Parsons said.
eXpeTel has been offering its local and long distance program to residents in the Shreveport, Monroe and Alexandria, Louisiana area since July with great success and will open its offering to New Orleans area residents in the upcoming weeks.
"This is just part of the company's overall business plan," Parsons said. "We opened up satellite business sales offices in certain geographic areas to assist with our growth plans," Parsons continued.
One of those satellite offices is in Biloxi, where the Company employs a regional sales executive who primarily markets the company's services to the business community along the Mississippi gulf coast area. "eXpeTel has been received well down here," said Chuck Swann, Account Executive for eXpeTel. "I have been selling in the communications industry for a long time. The concept is so simple that the business owners understand that they will not lose any reliability or quality of network, since we utilize the Bell network to provide our services to the consumer," Swann stated.
According to Wade Spooner eXpeTel's President and CEO, the switch to eXpeTel is simple and easy. When a Bell customer switches their local telephone service to eXpeTel, the change is internal within the Bell system. "A records-change takes place internally with the Bell company and the consumer should not see any disruption of service. That's why this program is so great for the consumer," Spooner added.
eXpeTel has also opened other satellite offices in Meridian and in Mobile, Alabama.
eXpeTel is continuing with its expansion efforts throughout
the southeastern United States and says it should receive
approval in the remaining states of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee by year-end 2002. eXpeTel
states that they are on a mission to provide as many residential
consumers with the savings that they deserve and have
the right to expect, without hindering quality and network
reliability that they are accustomed to. If you have interest
in savings on your telephone service, the company has
a toll free number 1-800-310-4481 or visit them on the
web at www.expetel.com.
About XFONE, Inc.
A U.S.-domiciled corporation, XFONE, Inc. is an international voice, video and data communications services provider with operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Israel that offers a wide range of services, which include: local, long distance and international telephony services; prepaid and postpaid calling cards; cellular services; Internet services; messaging services (Email/Fax Broadcast, Email2Fax and Cyber-Number); and reselling opportunities. The Company serves customers worldwide. For the Company’s website, please visit: www.xfone.com
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