Advanced Concept in Pre-Paid Long Distance Service for Business allows for 80% Savings

Oct. 19, 2008 - PRLog -- Advanced Concept in Pre-Paid Long Distance Service for Business allows for 80% Savings

New Twist To Pre- Paid Long Distance – Specifically Designed for Business Use

Portland, OR – October 19th, SetRate.com (www.setrate.com), provider of Global Communication products and services, announced a new product launch today through a strategic alliance with Tel3, a leading provider of pre-paid long distance plans. Through the partnership they will offer a new service - for small and medium sized businesses - high quality, low cost pre-paid long distance specifically designed for business at rates not seen before.
The last decade has seen substantial growth in the small and mid-sized business sector of the U.S. economy, and technology has been a major contributor to this trend. The growing digital infrastructure has reduced the costs of starting and running a small business, lowered competitive barriers and opened new markets and industries to small businesses. In 2006 alone, there were more than 245,000 exporters (source: US Department of Trade) and more than 754,000 importers (source: US Customs data) in the US and a large majority of them (97%) are small to medium-size companies. (source: US Department of Trade).
The economic impact is impressive. The growth of exports in 2006 has been three times faster than the overall economy. (source: The Small Business Administration report). Yet there is remarkable room for business expansion as businesses connect with other foreign markets. Currently only 33% of small U.S. businesses participate in International trade per a recent study by UPS, and IFTF (Institute for the Future) estimates that nearly half of small U.S. businesses will be involved in global trade in the next decade. In addition, according to Internet World Stats, (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm), 82% of internet use is now outside of the US with the growth from 2000 to 2008 at a staggering 336.1%.
“The need for high quality, reliable and affordable international and domestic long distance is reaching all time highs in our industry,” states Steve Barrow, Founder and President of SetRate.com. “By offering long distance to business in a pre-paid format, business will only pay for what they use. Unlike traditional long distance plans, our plan has no monthly fees or taxes and allows the user the ability to set specific spending limits by department or division. While the SetRate.com – Tel3 Business Plan obviously offers a reliable network, high quality service and dependable coverage area, we are completely different from anything you have ever experienced before”.
To learn more about SetRate’s product offerings, please view our instructional videos via the links provided below:
http://www.tel3advantage.com/mobile/howitworks.jsp?agentn...
http://www.tel3advantage.com/business/request.jsp?agentnu...
Benefits of SetRate – Tel3 Business Plan:
·   Flexible Account Management Module:  Create up to 99 user accounts to distribute among your staff with fully proven partnership support. You can also setup different monthly limits to each employee as desired.
·   Log-in Management Module:  Assign different login names to any employee as needed; you can grant more permission to your department head to have him/her monitor his/her teams’ budget and call records.
·   24/7 customer support:  Speak to a live customer service representative at all times.
·   Comprehensive Usage Reports:  Usage reports can be run by department or by individual user for any time period. With the Login module, you can decide who will see which report. Administrators and department heads have the ability to know exactly where employees are calling to/ from and how much they are spending with detailed reports for all accounts.
·   Smart-Card Recharge:  We know how irritating it can be to be interrupted in the middle of a call, so whenever your company account reaches a balance of $3.00, your account can be automatically recharged – different limits can be set by departments.
·   Use from any phone and No switching carriers:  We allow you to receive these savings from any phone - including your cell phone for the same cheap rates 24/7. You will not need to change your existing provider.
·   Use SetRate.com - TEL3Business from the U.S. and Canada:  The SetRate.com - TEL3Business service allows you to make calls to anywhere in the world from the U.S. & Canada.
·   Real-time account manager:  The TEL3Business dashboard is web-based so you can check your charges, balances and account history on-line - 24/7.
·   PIN-Free Dialing and Instant Access Numbers:  Dialing PINs every time you make a call can become quite inconvenient. This is why we created Instant Access Numbers. You can register up to 10 phone numbers as “instant access numbers” per user account. Whenever you make a call from one of these numbers our system recognizes the number with our ANI-recognition (Caller-ID) technology, so you simply dial the number you wish to call and never have to enter your PIN or account number.
Sign up is available via phone or on-line. For more information please visit www.setrate.com, email general questions to customerservice@setrate.com or call 1-800-557-8402.



About SetRate.com
SetRate.com is a provider of cutting edge communication products and services, including prepaid long distance plans and interpretation / translation programs for business and personal use. SetRate specializes in establishing discounted programs for group and association use. Please visit www.setrate.com or call 1-866-581-3555 for the general information line. For all media inquiries, please call SetRate.com at 503-246-1133.

About Tel3 Business
TEL3™ was created in 1994 and is a service that provides users with unprecedented low international and domestic calling rates. TEL3™ serves more than 100,000 customers and is known as one of the fastest rising long distance service providers in the industry. We take pride in being able to give small to mid size companies the ability to prosper in today’s economy, and look forward to helping them stay effortlessly connected. For more information please visit http://www.tel3advantage.com/business/index.jsp or call 1-800-557-8402.

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SetRate.com is a provider of cutting edge communication products and services, including prepaid long distance plans and interpretation / translation programs for business and personal use. SetRate specializes in establishing discounted programs for group and association use. Please visit www.setrate.com or call 1-866-581-3555 for the general information line.