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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedCould Santa pass the credit check? The gift of wireless not always easy buy.(News)
RCR Wireless News, December, 2006
Byline: KELLY HILL Making wireless phone sales simple during the holiday season may seem like a no-brainer. But for customers, getting a wireless phone to tuck into someone else's stocking or under the Christmas tree may mean jumping through some hoops-or side-stepping postpaid service and its contractual strings.
Prepaid is the simplest way to go: phone in a box, a few top-up cards, and the giftee is set for however long it takes them to talk down their minutes. "The hardest thing about that is actually wrapping the thing,'' joked Ian Gillott, president of iGR Inc. "Especially if you're a man.'' If the recipient wants to continue the service, it's as simple as buying new cards-but if they don't like it or want something else, there are...
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