Wal-Mart Offers Prepaid Internet Phone Cards, Products
Starting this week, Wal-Mart Stores is offering pre-paid cards for Internet voice and video calling services in the U.S. from Skype, an Internet communications company based in San Jose, Calif., the companies said.
May 17, 2007
BENTONVILLE Ark. — Starting this week, Wal-Mart Stores is offering pre-paid cards for Internet voice and video calling services in the U.S. from Skype, an Internet communications company based in San Jose, Calif., the companies said. Wal-Mart is also offering Skype hardware and will have the products in 1,800 of its 3,800 stores throughout the country. “The Skype hardware and pre-paid cards are a great fit with Wal-Mart because they offer long-term money-saving solutions at the right time for many customers — parents, grandparents, college students and military families,” said Kevin O’Connor, vice president and general merchandise manager, Wal-Mart Electronics. According to the Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, Va., 9.9% of all landlines in the U.S. were Voice over Internet Protocol [VoIP] lines in 2006, and this will rise to 34.1% by 2010. In addition, Skype is the No. 1 software-based VoIP application in the U.S. by market share, according to a March 2007 report by In-Stat. Skype is owned by eBay, also in San Jose.
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