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Unjust rivalry on the telephone services market

Everybody should know that one minute is composed of sixty seconds. I was wondered to learn that for some prepaid phone card developers a minute - just 36 seconds. Many world-known companies asserted that it can't be any fair rivalry if one of competitors has unjust benefit before the beginning of a competition. As some corporations-providers of prepaid phone cards resorted to the unfair rivalry procedures, IDT/UTA (Union Telecard Alliance) decided to defend their privileges using the legal methods.

It is hard to realize, but several unjust card developers deliver just about 60% of time, that were prepaid for. In November 2007 Total Call International, Inc. and IDT/UTA have received a complete settlement of the lawsuit brought by IDT Telecom, Inc. and Union Telecard Alliance, LLC against Total Call. Earlier IDT/UTA intiated enforcement procedure versus the group of accused for three times. Another settling defendants today are Epana Networks, Inc., Dollar Phone Corp. and related companies, and Locus Telecommunications, Inc. IDT/UTA's lawsuit versus the remaining accused is still persisting in federal tribunal in Newark, New Jersey. Newly I saw an article on one of telephone card related websites where a softswitch manufacturer showed his project. This new method permits every user to determine the size of the minute that befits him the best, and the system would keep back minutes form the balance and the client will have got an opportunity to examine precisely how many minutes were deducted and how many are left. Moreover, they explained that it is standard on every prepaid calling cards systems. I didn't believe that it was true. But now when I found IDT communique, I understand that they were probably right.

That purports that the international phone card, which is bought for $10.00, brings you 1000 minutes to your account! But don't forget to choose the phone card carefully, and make sure that you get the quantity of units which you pay for. Clients will be given the units, they lost during the unjust actions, as a encouragement. IDT/UTA believes that until all defendants have agreed to adhere to that standard, it is profitable for the pending prosecution of this action to get a streamlined process with some defendants. To establish the level of paying field all the corporations, which provide the telephone services should promote good practices and standards. The mechanisms, that will exactly control all the actions related to the prepaid cards, will be designed by that corporations. Most of companies reached the acceptance that every of them has to do its best to resolve that objective as soon as possible.