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Newark, NJ, & Dallas, TX., October 4, 2005 This month, 7Eleven, Inc. (NYSE:
SE) begins offering one of the lowest, flatperminute rates for 41 variations of
domestic and international longdistance prepaid calling cards, including two
that are rechargeable. IDT Telecom is the provider of these integrated, lowcost
calling cards, which offer consumers the ability to obtain minutes quickly by
charging and recharging the same swipeactivated card. IDT Telecom is a
subsidiary of IDT Corporation, (NYSE IDT, IDT.C) an international telecom,
entertainment and technology company.
Participating 7Eleven? stores will carry a rechargeable, cobranded IDT/7Eleven
Universal domestic calling card selling in denominations of $5, $10 and $20, and
a rechargeable, cobranded $5 calling card designated for calls to Mexico. An
assortment of regional calling cards that are tailored to specific demographics
with average rates of five cents a minute or less also will be available in all
7Eleven markets.
“IDT offers an extremely competitive rate on prepaid calling cards,” said Kevin
Elliott, 7Eleven, Inc.’s vice president of merchandising. “These discounted
cards provide added convenience for consumers along with fast loading, and
recharging features and lower rates.
All of the domestic and international calling cards allow for phone calls
anywhere. For example, the $5 rechargeable international calling card gives
consumers approximately 90 minutes of talk time, offering a convenient, lowcost
way to call friends and family in Mexico. The cards contain local access numbers
and 1800 access numbers for long distance calling. Rates vary by country for
international calling.
The prepaid cards, which are swipeactivated by the store sales associate through
the pointofsale (POS) register, make it convenient for a customer to pay in a
quick, simple transaction. The cards have a 12month expiration date from the
time the card is first activated.
“Because of our extensive telecommunications network and our ability to connect
calls virtually anywhere in the world, we can offer consumers great value,” said
Jim Courter, IDT’s CEO. “The introduction of IDT Universal calling cards at
7Eleven’s 5,300 U.S. stores brings new meaning to the company’s slogan ‘Oh,
Thank Heaven’. Just as 7Eleven stores are synonymous with convenience, IDT is
well known for providing consumers with lowcost prepaid telecommunications
products.”
About 7Eleven, Inc.
7 Eleven, Inc. is the premier name and largest chain in the convenience
retailing industry. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, 7Eleven, Inc. operates or
franchises more than 5,800 7Eleven® stores in the United States and Canada and
licenses more than 23,000 7Eleven stores in 17 other countries and U.S.
territories. During 2004, 7Eleven stores worldwide generated total sales of
approximately $41 billion. Find out more online at www.7Eleven.com.
About IDT
IDT Corporation, through its IDT Telecom subsidiary, is a facilitiesbased,
multinational carrier that provides a broad range of telecommunications services
to retail and wholesale customers worldwide. IDT Telecom, by means of its own
international telecommunications backbone and fiber optic network
infrastructure, provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced
international and domestic long distance and domestic alldistance telephony and
prepaid calling cards. IDT Entertainment is the IDT subsidiary focused on
developing, acquiring, producing and distributing computergenerated and
traditionally animated productions and other productions for the film, broadcast
and directtoconsumer markets. IDT Capital is the IDT division principally
responsible for the Companys initiatives in brochure distribution, retail energy
and new technologies. Net2Phone, Inc., a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, is a
provider of highquality global retail Voice over IP services and offers a fully
outsourced cable telephony service to cable operators allowing cable operators
to provide residential phone service to their subscribers.
In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical
facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words “believe,”
“anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate, “target” and similar
expressions, are forwardlooking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forwardlooking statements
represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results
may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements
due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those
described in our most recent report on SEC Form 10K (under the heading
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations”), which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC
Forms 10Q and 8K. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:
potential declines in prices for our products and services our ability to
maintain and grow our retail telecommunications services, particularly our
prepaid calling card business availability of termination capacity financial
stability of our customers our ability to maintain carrier agreements with
foreign carriers effectiveness of our marketing and distribution efforts
increased competition, particularly from regional bell operating companies our
ability to manage our growth competitiveness of our Winstar subsidiary impact of
government regulation our ability to obtain telecommunications products or
services required for our products and services and general economic conditions,
particularly in the telecommunications markets. We are under no obligation, and
expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forwardlooking statements in
this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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Source: http://www.7eleven.com/newsroom/articles.asp?p2364
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