GlobalTel is a service of InterActive Media Technologies, Inc.,
an international telecom services company based in Boca Raton, Florida,
USA. GlobalTel has sales organizations in more than 75 countries and serves
customers in more than 200 countries. The telecom services offered include
Universal International Free Number (UIFN) Direct Dial service, Callback
Service, GlobalTel USA Calling card service - a US & Canada domestic
service, CallMeBack Prepaid Phone Cards for any country, switching and
carrier services for resellers and phone card distributors. GlobalTel’s
network connects to seven tier one carriers using ISDN PRI for fastest
connectivity and highest quality. GlobalTel’s network consists of
five Class three and four, Lucent and Dialogic switches connected to various
Tier One carriers via TDM and Cisco-based VOIP circuits using BellSouth
and UUNET for superior connectivity.
Callback Services: GlobalTel’s callback system allows customers to
save on all their international long distance calls. International telephone
rates are usually high in most countries, even with the current trend toward
the privatization of government owned industries, many governments are
still retaining control and are imposing heavy taxes on their local telephone
industry in order to raise needed cash. Many countries continue to forbid
competition for telephone service. GlobalTel capitalizes on the market
created by these artificially high rates, by providing callback service,
a simple method of connecting an overseas customer with a high quality
but lower rate phone call.
Callmeback Prepaid Phone Card service , like callback, is available in
every country.
Direct Dial Services: Now available to customers in more than 52 countries,
including the US & CANADA. To call any country, just dial the in-country
toll free 800 number and access GlobalTel's switching center to complete
your call. The rates are
LOW, GLOBALTEL RATES. This 800 number service
is known in the telecommunications industry as the
UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL
FREE NUMBER service (UIFN). It is the equivalent of the 1+800 service in
North America which can be used from any telephone in the country. The
UIFN service is a global telecom project of the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU). Their goal is to establish DIRECT DIALING from every country
at low rates.
As additional countries agree to the establishment of these numbers, GlobalTel
offers the service to its customers. It is not yet known how
many countries will permit the establishment of 800 number direct dialing.
Hopefully the
revenue sharing arrangements will generate enough revenue to
make it attractive to most countries.
The GlobalTel
USA 800 NUMBER SERVICE offers direct dialing from any telephone
in the US, Canada and in the US territories of the US Virgin Islands, Puerto
Rico, Guam and Western Samoa. The service is available to all GlobalTel
customers when they are in or traveling in these countries.
GlobalTel is a true "e-commerce" company, in that over 90% of
its communications and transactions with its agents, customers and suppliers
are by, through and based upon the Internet. Agents and customers enjoy
online billing and customer service. GlobalTel finds its new customers
though the World Wide Web. GlobalTel agents have websites designed so new
customers can be informed and apply for service. Customers pay their bills
by international credit cards and access current and past billing information
online through secure Internet pages.
In June of 1991, the Company was founded by its President and
CEO, Steven M. Williams, as a research and development company,
focusing on computer telephony services designed for switching high volume
voice
and data transmissions. The services were marketed to international
long distance telephone companies and to broadcast companies in the U.S
and
South America.
In 1992 the Company entered the international
telecommunications market by entering into joint venture and
product licensing agreements with companies in Brazil for its switching
and
call handling products.
In April of 1994, the Company acquired
GLOBALTEL, a start-up callback operation founded in 1993. Three
other telecommunications operations have been acquired
since then.
For each of the years, 1995, 1996 and 1997,
1998, 1999,
2000 and 2001, the Company was ranked in the top 100 by the
South Florida Business Journal, in its annual "Fast
Tech 40 List".
In 1997 the Company positioned itself
for rapid growth. New switching equipment was acquired. Additional
multilingual
personnel and new advanced technology for operations and
billing systems were added.
In the December of 1997, the Company
entered the US domestic long distance market by offering
switching services to US
domestic prepaid phone card distributors. This service continues
to be a source of significant revenue for the Company.
In
the spring of 1999, the Company moved its offices to a newer
and larger location and again revamped and upgraded
every phase of the operations with new switching technology,
servers, additional personnel, billing and provisioning systems.
These improvements increased the capacity of traffic and
personnel productivity by twenty fold. In the Summer of 1999,
the Company began marketing Direct Dial services. This service,
known as Universal International FreePhone Numbers (UIFN)
is available to every GlobalTel customer and has proven to
be very popular. The service is being offered in additional
countries, with new countries being added to the list each
month.
The Company also developed and began marketing Prepaid
calling cards, utilizing the callback switches. This service
is marketed
under the label of CALLMEBACK.NET. Both of these services
are also a significant source of revenue for the Company.
In
February of 2001, additional switches were installed, the
latest switching equipment offered by CISCO, was added
which enabled GlobalTel to offer VOIP service to it Customers.
In August of 2001, the Company expanded again by moving to
a larger office suite in a new office building and expanded
it's Miami switching center by an additional 30% to make
way for additional equipment.
GlobalTel operates under the approval of the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) with a Section 214 license
and maintains an IXC license from the Florida Public Service
Commission.
Telecommunications is one of the largest industries
in the world. It was estimated that world telecom revenues
were $800 billion in 1996 and would grow 30 percent,
to $1.5 trillion by the year 2002. U.S. companies control
about 30 percent of the world trade in telephone services.
GlobalTel's
telecom services are used by ambassadors, consulate and embassy
employees, trade promotion and other
international organization officials, corporate executives,
professional firms, export-import companies and others
engaged in international business and travel. Letters of
reference are available.
On February 15, 1997, 69 countries
that represent more than 90% of the world telecommunications
revenue entered
into a landmark World Trade Organization (WTO) accord.
The WTO accord seeks to open telecommunications markets
around the globe. The US became the first country to implement
the agreement, when the US Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), on November 25, 1997, agreed to make it easier for
overseas telephone carriers and satellite operators to
compete in the US. The FCC commissioner described the significance
of the WTO Accord as "staggering". Consumers
will see the benefits of competition through lower international
calling rates and increased innovation. US domestic telecommunications
companies will have enormous business opportunities as
barriers to foreign markets are dismantled. The accord,
which took effect on January 1, 1998, basically ends a
60-year tradition of telecommunications monopolies and
closed markets.
" International Callback",
was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
in 1995, after opposition
from several of the world's major carriers. GlobalTel uses
high tech computer telephony switching to export US dial
tones to every country. GlobalTel customers in over 200
countries make international calls to every country.
Low
telephone rates are increasingly important in today's
growing global economy. Low rates help strengthen the ties
of family and friends, promote communication, unity and
peace and make it easier to promote exports and improve
trade balances between nations.
GLOBALTEL, CALL THE WORLD, FOR LESS!
