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Intelecard News Online |ICN Wire | Thursday, 22 September 2005 Home | Subscribe | Advertise | Contact Us In This Issue Home Top Stories By the Numbers Legal Briefs tzone LMV Street Talk IPCA Insight Calendar Special Section New to prepaid? Glossary Editorial Calendar ICN International Advertise Media Kit SuperGuide Search Listings Get Listed Inside ICN About ICN Advisory Board Archives Subscribe Resources Advertiser's Links AXCESSRATEsm Helpful websites Downloads (PDFs) Profile Ads | American Express offers housewarming gifts The Housewarming Gift Card Gold Edition, an American Express branded gift card, will be available to the real estate, homebuilding and mortgage industries beginning January 2005. The card is designed specifically as a consumer transaction closing gift. Almost 180 select merchant establishments will accept this stored value card including home furnishing related names such as Williams-Sonoma, Pier 1, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware, Macy's, Pottery Barn and Linens & Things. Other Wire Articles Wireless: Brightpoint adds services Retail: Launch of GEO Asia from Locus Business: New CEO at Pago Distribution: 8x8 signs with Hello Direct Next Gen: NexTone Communications joins Level 3 program Business: Yankee Group analyzes bcgi ruling Distribution: Brightpoint, VTech partner on VoIP Payments: Trycera launches prepaid MasterCard Business: Arbinet-theexchange expands in Hong Kong Wireless: IDT launches TYo Mobile Wireless: Virgin Mobile USA and UTStarcom debut new camera phone Wireless: IDT selects Brightpoint Payments: PreCash adds execs Payments: Debisys and Emida merge Payments: RBS Lynk launches GiftVantage card Next Gen: eBay to acquire Skype Retail: BankFirst partners with Next Estate Retail: Evolution Prepaid Visa joins Green Dot Financial Network Distribution: Debisys signs contract with AmeriTel Wireless: bcgi offers services for MVNOs Next Gen: PrivateTel launches Click-and-Connect Retail: Roslyn Telco launches two cards Business: Total Call providing for Katrina victims Retail: Arthur Blank & Co. introduces DualCard Payments: IPP, Red Cross partner on hurricane relief EXPO EXTRA-Distribution: UTA invites attendees to test their skills EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Titan General Holdings acquires Oblio; BRAVO launches EXPO EXTRA-Distribution: Direct Wholesale announces several initiatives EXPO EXTRA-Next Gen: NetworkIP launches international VoIP service EXPO EXTRA-Payments: SVS expands Scoot program EXPO EXTRA: Wireless: Horizon Mobile targets Hispanic market EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Phoenix, Protocol target travelers EXPO EXTRA-Business: MissionTelecard launches Enterprise Edition EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Ta'Facil joins Green Dot network EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Total Call launches two new cards EXPO EXTRA-Next Gen: Dialexia named to 'Pulver 100' EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Locus to introduce new GSM features EXPO EXTRA-Payments: BankFirst to offer gift card drawing EXPO WIRE-Business: WCGS to introduce new BAT-1000 applications EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Zamia Group, CellPoint target Latino market EXPO EXTRA-Payments: NMITech offers Profit Center EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Beyond Wireless launches GSM wireless service EXPO EXTRA-Payments: Digital World to offer merchant solution EXPO EXTRA-Business: WCGS, AmeriVon team up on dialer EXPO EXTRA-Business: EZ Scores' new partner programs EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Navigata launches e-commerce store EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Smetannikov to discuss MVNOs EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: MobileMax to present SmartPlug Payments: Morgan Beaumont adds payroll card Wireless: Motorola, Apple launch phone with iTunes Wireless: Orion Information Services merges with CellPoint Payments: NetBank Payment Systems appoints Bridget Brown Next Gen: FCC VoIP 911 panel takes shape Next Gen: 8x8 teams with Level 3 Communications Wireless: Verizon Wireless enables hurricane help Next Gen: Microsoft acquires VoIP firm Wireless: Sprint 'opens for business' Distribution: Affordable Telecom Wireless: Skype signs up mobile network partner Wireless: Boston Communications will appeal Wireless: U.S. Cellular targets Hispanic market Payments: MasterCard announces IPO Payments: COO leaves Morgan Beaumont Wireless: FTS Wireless partners with Metro PCS Business: Q Comm, IPP of America partner Payments: Payspot partners with VeriFone Business: Morgan Beaumont makes marketing changes Wireless: iLoop Mobile to partner with MyMoneyPlus Next Gen: New Global Telecom sells unit to StarVox Payments: Citibank to launch new product Business: FaceTime Communications provides service for Google Talk Business: Texas cell phone ban to target teenage drivers Business: EZ Scores expands affinity program Payments: Football team to launch gift cards Business: Morgan Beaumont to partner with Symmetrex Next Gen: iBasis partners with Telefonica Payments: CFLPA to launch cobranded prepaid cards Business: Viscom International appoints Barona Retail: NetSpend to sell prepaid cards at Safeway Business: Verso reports management changes Next Gen: VoX Communications appoints Harden Business: Quality Publishing partners with the IPCA Retail: 7-Eleven partners with Omnicom Wireless: Orion to deliver Brightcontent services Retail: TSYS expands services to Portugal Distribution: Morgan Beaumont expands corporate headquarters Retail: TaFacil Corp. signs with Next Estate Communications Business: Excel parent company acquires Brooktrout Payments: NetMusic partners with Media Global Infrastructure Business: Pocket Billboards appoints Silverman Next Gen: 8x8 signs with Melaleuca Payments: Relay Capital Corp. to market iWire cards Wireless: Brightpoint subsidiary appointed master agent Business: Legal Alert-- Fines Levied by Texas PUC Payments: Doc Hollywood Kidz, Relay Capital launch stored value card Business: OTC becomes CVT Prepaid Solutions Payments: 99Bill and NetEase launch online prepaid card payment platform Wireless: T-Mobile reports 2005 results Next Gen: Techedge to launch new VoIP product Payments: ChexCard signs with Green Dot Financial Network, adds load locations Payments: Morgan Beaumont, Meta Payment Systems to develop cards Payments: RBS Lynk certifies Integra service Payments: Retail Decisions signs with Fifth Third Bank Processing Solutions Business: Sprint and Nextel to close merger Business: Amrica Mvil acquires operator in Peru Wireless: Verizon Wireless has new prepaid service Wireless: LeapFrog and Enfora launch prepaid phone Payments: Football celebrity to launch prepaid card Wireless: Brightpoint partners with Skype Retail: HiCoLoCo launches card website Wireless: ESPN Mobile and Brightpoint finalize agreement Next Gen: CallWave launches VoIP-enhanced phone Payments: Trycera Financial signs with Western Union Next Gen: VoxBox World Telecom Inc. signs with Infinity Mobile USA Inc. 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Payments: Study projects international stored value to top $5 trillion Wireless: Calypso Wireless introduces new dual-mode phone Distribution: ExxonMobil's 'ewiz' kiosks gain ground at c-stores Next Gen: Study shows future growth in wi-fi VoIP handsets Payments: Paypro to extend services to Latin American banks Business: GTE signs licensing Agreement with RapidMoney Corp. Next Gen: Newroads Telecom selects Zhone and Metaswitch for new service delivery Next Gen: Hop-On gains six additional carriers Payments: Meta Payment Systems partners with Travelex Distribution: New division for Royal Buying Group Retail: Wal-Mart applies for bank establishment Wireless: FTS Wireless launches Hispanic radio campaign Payments: Spotya! offers loans with stored value card Retail: DBS to support Firefly phones, now available at Target Next Gen: TelEvolution launches VoIP service Business: Motricity appoints new CIO Business: OTC plans future growth, new headquarters Business: Sprint shareholders approve merger Payments: Genpass launches new card product for credit unions Wireless: Stratos and SMS Global introduce messaging service for maritime crews Next Gen: Nuvio upgrades VoIP platform Next Gen: Brightpoint becomes Vonage Master Agent Payments: TIO Network expands with Speedway Payments: PreCash reaches milestone Payments: GlobalCash partners with IBX Wireless: Study shows new services should be localized Distribution: Meru Networks offers new channel program Business: NACT acquires KASA Enterprises, names execs Payments: Visa USA appoints new president and CEO Wireless: bcgi opens offices, expands international market Business: Q Comm International gains new funding Wireless: Gemplus renews Cingular agreement Wireless: SanDisk to support Kyocera's music phone Distribution: Locus to expand card distribution Wireless: PCTEL, Kyocera partner on handset software Payments: eSafe contracts with Ingenicard for global market expansion Next Gen: ONIT updates IP Centrex product Next Gen: iBasis connects with SOFTBANK BB Wireless: Virgin launches third payment option Business: RK Telecom forms partnership with ECT Group Wireless: Turkcell reports increase in subscriber base Business: News from SaskTel Business: FastFunds signs agreement with Choice Payments: eTelcharge.com signs reseller agreement with Anres Technologies Corp. Next Gen: Study reveals increase in retail VoIP usage Next Gen: RNK to launch E911 VoIP solution Payments: CEMC to launch Destiny's Child card Wireless: Verizon and Gameloft to offer 'War of the Worlds' mobile game Payments: VISA adds new feature to TravelMoney card; plans new distribution Wireless: TCS and Skyhook Wireless to offer solution to E911 VoIP mandate Payments: i2c to provide processing solutions for eFiesta Card Wireless: Disney and Sprint to launch family-friendly MVNO Business: i2 Telecom International and Touch Group launch 'plug & play' VoIP Business: IP911 Resource granted 911 VoIP patent Payments: Debit Cash Card signs with HOT TV Network Wireless: QUALCOMM appoints Jacobs and Altman Payments: RBS Lynk appoints prepaid director of sales Payments: Ernst & Young names Steven Streit as Entrepreneur of the Year Wireless: NET10 launches new prepaid wireless service Wireless: Amp'd Mobile and THQ Wireless to launch 3G mobile entertainment Business: Total Call celebrates anniversary with DNA Wireless: Calypso Wireless completes demonstration of VoIP cellular phone Business: MobilePro Corp. to acquire Tiger Communications Distribution: Program helps troops call home this Independence Day Business: Bank of America to acquire MBNA Payments: IPP appoints Richard Okun Business: IDT approaches Net2Phone with offer Payments: Neos Merchant Solutions chosen for national launch Retail: Direct Response Financial Services launches stored value cash card Business: Stored Value Systems forms alliance with Brand Keys Wireless: Study says more adults prefer wireless Payments: Report reviews open prepaid market performance Business: Pay Pro Card Corp. to change name, split stock Distribution: Morgan Beaumont partners with CGS Financial Technologies Business: Ecount launches educational teen prepaid Visa card Business: Convergys to provide T-Mobile billing solution for wholesale business Business: Level 3 expands E911 VoIP Wireless: Yankee Group study reveals usage patterns Payments: IPP of America, BPS deploy new software on Verifone terminal Distribution: Q Comm, Telrite Wireless partner Wireless: CallWave launches branded prepaid phone service Business: TSYS announces executive promotions Business: Kineto Wireless names president and ceo Business: Cisco to acquire NetSift Payments: i2c offers services to Comm/Sure Business: NACS reports anti-trust suit procedures Wireless: SK-EarthLink names executives, sets up headquarters Next Gen: Siemens Communications offers VoIP solution Distribution: Brightpoint to distribute Belkin WLAN and VoIP products Business: Q Comm International to restate financial information Payments: Global Travel to offer check card Website Extra! Updated legal primer now available Wireless: CloseCall America launches 'TommyWireless' Wireless: Pingo lowers rates Business: Amrica Mvil receives top spot Business: Card Express welcomes new executives Wireless: Yankee Group releases 2005 survey results Business: Study predicts private line services to recover Wireless: bcgi reports status of patent case Retail: Study reveals online usage by ethnic groups Business: Census Bureau reports Hispanic population milestone Payments: CardSystems Solutions issues statement on security breach Payments: Ostrich Products acquires Pay Pro Cards Payments/Loyalty: Subway selects Chockstone Business: Trycera acquires Hawaiian company's assets Business: Relay Capital receives ZZ-Card order Retail: Walgreens to offer Next Estate Green Dot cards Business: Robert C. Atkinson named to Arbinets board Next Gen: Calypso, Ecutel partner on wVoIP Business: U.S. Postal Service enters gift card arena Business: WebDialogs and NetworkIP team Wireless: Bridge Mobile Alliance selects LogicaCMG Next Gen: Telecorp hooks up with iBasis Payments: CVS to use Hypercom Payments: Visa opens transaction-processing center Next Gen: Nokia, Intel partner on WiMAX Next Gen: sentitO Networks secures new funding Wireless: Mobile DataComm dealers can offer Verizon Wireless data services Payments: Research cites prepaid as growth sector Wireless: Brightpoint to distribute for Skype Business: First Data to acquire European card processor Business: FCC extends E911 rules to VoIP Payments: eFunds to acquire WildCard Systems Payments: Payment Data Systems signs with Next Estate Retail: SVS and Coinstar partner on gift cards Business: Grupo Todito splits Payments: Chase begins Colorado "blink" rollout Distribution: Affinity Merchant Solutions to distribute prepaid Mint MasterCards 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Chip partners with IBM Payments/Transactions: Global Vision, Bright Global Groups form an agreement Payments/Transactions: CashWorks offers new platform Business: FTS appoints new president Payments/Transactions FiSCA, NetSpend join to offer program Next Gen: NACTs new system Next Gen: Great Lakes Telephone selects Voicewares switch Distribution: Nitecrest Ltd. receives Queens Award for Enterprise Business: Breitzke joins RBS Lynk Payments/Transactions: Matthews joins Morgan Beaumont Business: NACT appoints new vp of marketing Business: US Starcom's new management team Wireless: Accell assigns new sales director Business: US Starcom merges with Bestel Next Gen: Veraz offers new solution Business: VeriSign to acquire INS Wireless: Carriers see prepaid popularity Payments/Transactions: Mexican emigrants send money back home Payments/Transactions: InstaDial launches a debit MasterCard card program Business: Legal Alert Petition seeks to make VoIP pay DAC Business: IDT Europe makes inroads in Belgium Wireless: Movida speeds up rollout Business: IDT moves up Fortune 1,000 list Payments/Transactions: Q Comm appoints new chief financial officer Wireless: InPhonic gets listed Payments/Transactions: Euronet makes changes to management Business: Quality Publishing, IPCA sign a LOI Retail: 7-Eleven to add new stores in the United States Payments/Transactions: MPS partners with NetSpend Wireless: Vodafone K.K. to confirm ID prepaid customers Payments/Transactions: PreCash offers payment alternatives Retail: PaySpot, CJK Inc. form agreement Retail: UTA, Touch-n-Buy join forces Wireless: T-Mobile has new advertising campaign Payments/Transactions: IWC to distribute Tryceras cards Retail: Q Comm provides terminals to Certified Oil Payments/Transactions: Legend gets in the game of card trading Payments/Transactions: Print & Pay tests online payments platform Business: Legal Alert New Illinois certification requirement for prepaid Wireless: Gemplus offers services to wireless companies Distribution: Nobel launches new cards Distribution: Teleconnect receives big order Wireless: M:Metrics finds mobile gaming is in demand Payments/Transactions: Meta partners with NetSpend Wireless: MobilePro plans for new prepaid service Payments/Transactions: No Borders, IPrepay have agreement Orions new plan Russell Simmons conducts Hip-Hop Summit on finances No Borders has new card platform and liability company Trycera, CMG sign marketing agreement CallWave reveals new distribution strategy Entner joins Ovum LaGarde offers new platform ECHO provides POS services to CTW Prepaid Virgin Mobile, Kyocera introduce new phone NetworkIP enhances conferencing tool Q Comms new multi-app AirTel adds new master distributor Brooktrout demonstrates new media server Ingenico selects Peppercoin as a payments partner Heuristic, Copeland Burtnick & Associates reveal marketing agreement i2c, MetaBank processing agreement IBBS, PointOne form agreement New association created Trycera teams 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EXPO newsmakers: Verso Technologies Inc. selected by Pakistans Worldcall International EXPO newsmakers: New services from VoiceVision International EXPO newsmakers: The Helein Law Group provides a one-stop legal shop EXPO newsmakers: World Communication Group teams up with Telco EXPO newsmakers: Billetel introduces its debit card at Expo EXPO newsmakers: Ingenico broadens its prepaid base EXPO newsmakers: Morgan Beaumont brands its locations as Sire Network EXPO newsmakers: POSA Systems to offer Telcels Amigo service EXPO newsmakers: Tele-Pak offers faster delivery EXPO newsmakers: NetworkIP upgrades iQT measurement tools EXPO newsmakers: Touch-n-Buy partners with IPP Surcharge Control LLC to launch POS bill generator EWI, PRE Solutions resolve dispute 7-Eleven offers digital photo service Ampd to use bcgi services Hansen oversees Blue Bamboo EMEA office Infonetics declares Convedia a leader Viseon offers new VoIP phone No Borders expands services Orion is back Leap offers new service 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SK Telecom sign service agreement InPhonic plans for Spanish version of service Touch-n-Buy, IPP form alliance Givex, Casio integrate gift card services Movida elects chairman bcgi expands its team The Pantry to acquire c-stores NexTone selects Telchemy's software DBH offers prepaid platform Verso to acquire assets of JTA Legal Alert: FCC ruling concerning AT&T FCC finds AT&T avoided paying fees Givex, Geac integrate solutions Ingenico teams with bank on prepaid program C-stores are on the rise MetroPCS chooses BeVocals service Brooktrout, BayPackets develop solution Hong Kong, Brazil in the news NEC appoints Condon cfo Movida targets Hispanic community Ingenico acquires half of XA VON Coalition elects Pies Verizon has new prepaid plan Nextel exceeds in prepaid Prepaid in Japan Starbucks, MLB join to offer collectible card No Borders to acquire ASI Cardservice Prepaid MasterCard from Trycera NexTone provides new iVMS system Arbinets solution for mobile interconnectivity Northland Cable, Net2Phone offer phone service Verizon acquires MCI Launch of Xtreme Mobile Valentines sales are expected to be high Last Mile Connections offers Online Exchange sentitO provides VoIP solutions in Russia Excel, IP Unity partner on services for mobility eCommLink offers new platform Deloitte & Touche proves gift cards are popular SVS to provide WIC transaction service APEX adds conferencing to platform Direct Response offers insurance Bcgi presents new platform Visa prepaid achieves record growth Vita works with Trimfast Virgin reaches 3 million Global Links signs agreement with Symmetrex Beranek, Preston join Tefisto Q Comm brings on Charles Callis Wireless Age signs LOI for mmwave Angel Garcia moves to UTD FTS enables ring tone creativity Al Jazeera Mobile prepaid card offers breaking news Coinstar offers gift card program Pipeline, Goldnet partner Pipeline adds Linksys device Direct Response, Atrana form an agreement FSV offers FlexFUNDS SVC uses Grant Bettingen's services Payspot promise Digicel is growing SmartServ offers the World Card Q Comm provides terminal to The Big Apple Food Stores Frost & Sullivan reveals prepaid is growing Boost expands walkie-talkie service Bridgewater appoints new leadership SBC to acquire AT&T TracFone has strong year-end Mohr serves on board of WCD Answers, etc uses TSYS platform UniRush, TurboTax make taxes easy Zamia donates to African Childrens Choir SBC could acquire AT&T iBasis watches rates Direct Response offers prepaid through MasterCard 9278 acquires Reliablecom.com Paul Hickey moves to Shera International Relay selects Cardware Systems platform Pactolus chooses RightNow CRM GlobalTouch chooses Telco Systems VoIP service Bitfone receives patent Verso sells NACTs assets ISA partners with MailVision Powell resigns from FCC Cybertel markets phones to troops World Wide Telecom replaces its switch eCHEX card reaches 17 national markets Tripoint selects Q Comms system Ingenico partners with IBM POSA Tech extends program to Giant Industries Boost Mobile launches a prepaid Visa card 7-Eleven offers new handset Coinstar helps to distribute donations InfiniRoute chooses Excels media gateway NOVA and Givex Corp. join forces United Airlines flies prepaid First Data, GE Consumer Finance sign agreement Morgan Beaumont improves technology platform Legal Alert: FCC Rulings This Year FinCEN issues new registration form Ingenico adds operational experts Euronet makes management changes Frost & Sullivan awards IDT Corp. Paymentech certifies Slim CD GlobalTouch names new vp APEX eliminates licensing fees for ASR DuoCash appoints Case as ceo Discover Financial joins with Pulse Digilinea reaches 15,000 VoIP lines Q Comm concludes private placement of stock Frost & Sullivan rewards Convedia Relay Capital begins public trading Ingenico is growing PreCash expands product line Virgin Mobile has a new vp of distribution Epana chooses BayPackets for prepaid service Next Estate offers direct deposit Compleat-200 receives an award VeriFone aids Tsunami victims Legal Alert: FCC Waives Rules Vonage plans for wireless wi-fi IDT reaches record for minutes-of-use Arthur Blank & Co. expands its division 9278 acquires US Wireless Sheetz accepts PayPass AT&T selects InPhonic Legend Credit goes kiosk IDT signs stock agreement Universal Express distributes with PRE Solutions NetworkIP donates to the soldiers Charter selects RemotePipes service Sprint, Time Warner Cable start negotiations NFR forecasts gift-card sales Distributor trends taking place eMarketer recaps top 10 trends Sharing Way makes donating easy PTS obtains Global Links Card Services Royal Buying Group, Sinclair Oil sign agreement Dobson Communications acquires RFB Cellular Level 3 provides France Telecom with broadband Ingenico adds Opticard platform Airtel welcomes new sales agents Legal Alert: FCC Fines Prepaid Card Provider Exante Financial offers health cards Comverse offers MMS exchange AT&T donates phone cards to troops No Borders to acquire Samso's InComm launches national gift card program Hop-on sets up Mexico production line SmartServ acquires KPCCD Global Payments releases POS connectivity suite NetBank offers Visa cards online Legal Alert: 20% increase in USF proposed Juniper Research shows big numbers for MMS Dialexia provides Dial-Gate Sprint, Nextel boards approve merger GVHL expands its global presence Q Comm signs a referral agreement PayStar offers rent cards MasterCard accepts the PayCard Sprint, Nextel could merge GlobalTouch provides SIPTalk VoIPMDU.com offers a new VoIP suite Anuera expands its VoIP service Technik presents a new product line CashWorks offers a full-service kiosk Yak chooses Kayote Networks DBS joins the EZlink brand 9278 acquires Stay in Touch Communications Virgin Digital offers prepaid music Q Comm selects Shera Technology Boost hits 1 million American Express offers housewarming gifts Formula Telecom offers Leap Next-Gen 3.5 Analyst says Bellsouth in good shape PayStar signs MOU with Motocross team World Class Footwear chooses Blackstone as provider Q Comm adds a new broker SwissFone signs LOI with Alliance ESPN goes mobile Kramer exits Q Comm i2Telecom offers VoiceStick Digital Lifestyles and Ecount charm teens NextCare offers the gift of health Morgan begins stored value rollout transact offers e-top up to debitel Positions change at BellSouth Plastic popular on 'Black Friday' Surcharge Control partners with HP Legal alert: Lawsuits Claim Gift Card Unlawful Napster, Blockbuster offer the Digital Duo card Euronet's e-pay Australia signs retailers Jack in the Box offers Jack Cash FSV passes MasterCard review Radiant teams up with Ingenico and HSI "Inspired" coin ad campaign Blackstone to provision Farm Stores America West offers gift cards SmarServ signs LOI to acquire Telco Cards for a good cause SVS's agreement with Gift Certificate Center Mobile phones as payment device GVHL and NetNetMarketing offer rewards program RemotePipes adds to IP network Nokia, Virgin partner on handset Billing Solutions chooses EZ COM Locus launches ActFast Airtel welcomes new team members eFunds partners with WildCard Debit cards are decking the halls VendTek licenses software to Nexus First Data launches Fast REACT Leap chooses VoiceCue Tricom partners with BEC Telecom Gift Card Mall launches in Canada Airtel offers a new program transact services Kaiser Tengelmann Legal Alert: FCC rules VoIP not subject to state regulations Online debit card marketing targets underbanked Telations now services Costa Rica and Brazil U.S. Bank and bcgi offer ATM wireless top-ups GVHL reaches an agreement with IPS Lynk offers high-speed payment processing NMS and Primal Technologies team up SmartServ signs agreement with Sprint FCC rules on Vonage Trycera makes an agreement with Signature Credit Legal Alert: FCC Seeks Comments on Foreign Mobile Termination Rates Next Estates new prepaid product Euronet acquires Meflur J.D. 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buynothingchristmas - Alternatives home alternatives resources stories questions media about contact us To help you celebrate your Buy Nothing Christmas. Many of the following ideas were borrowed from Bill McKibben's Hundred Dollar Holiday and from the Center for a New American Dream . You are welcome to give us your gift ideas . Well, our buy-nothing circle spread just a little wider this Christmas, and I'd like to share a few highlights. They include some "transition" gift ideas too, for those who can't handle BNC just yet: - One friend saved us a lot of money by simply handing us some RAM for our PC. He knew we needed it and he had extra. It was great! - Two family members got creative and made by hand an "action figure" of my husband and a marionette of me! Of course, this wouldn't work if the individuals didn't happen to be so artistically talented, but what unique and personal gifts! - Another friend who makes pottery simply gave us a lovely bowl more special than anything we could have bought. - Parents bought us necessities that we would have had to buy anyway. - We made writing paper with hand-drawn silly little doodles and hand-folded envelopes for some friends. - For most of those who weren't ready to move to a buy-nothing Christmas, we bought organic herbal teas and fair-trade coffees... they don't add to the clutter because they're enjoyed and gone, and they support sustainable businesses! Small steps ... but in the right direction. - Sara Parks Ricker Brilliant website and ideas. You get my full support. As an another idea, try www.oxfamunwrapped.com . It allows you to send a gift to the 3rd World and depending on your budget you can buy chickens, blankets, radios, right up to a travelling theatre! Our 10 year old son has 'traded in' some store gift vouchers to buy a goat. We have sent friends and families christmas 'gifts'from this site. Best wishes - Chris, Nottingham, UK At our house, we try to make all Christmas gifts. That means that December is a flurry of activity as our children make salt dough ornamments and then paint them to give to teachers and other adult friends. Last year, one boy made playdough, and one made a crayon ball to give to the other. For our friends, we've painted white candles with Christian symbols; these have become tradition. For our extended families, we made books with old pictures and memories. Our children especially love hand-made gifts; in this age where everything is plastic, they relish the idea of love in a sweater. - Molly I have been going down to my local recycling centre to see what's on offer. To my surprise, I found 10 glass coffee containers. Which are now glassed painted and filled with goodies for kids. - Sophia I am putting together a booklet of favorite family recipes, I will give From a recent news story : Giving More by Giving Less It takes only a bit of creative thinking to come up with alternatives to excessive consumerism. Some ideas: * Students at Trinity Western University [Langley, BC, Canada] set up a free store, bringing things they didn't need and trading with each other. * One family does a "make or bake" among siblings, exchanging names and producing one homemade gift each. * Some families now include sponsoring a child overseas or providing a goat or chickens for a micro-enterprise as a means of teaching their children to reach out to others. Or they help out at a soup kitchen or deliver Christmas hampers together. * Time is often a bigger gift than money. Creating coupons that offer free babysitting or housecleaning, a neck massage or a special treat can mean more than a stocking stuffer. * Offer to teach someone a skill you have. * Write a poem, tell a story, draw a picture or take a photograph and present it in a creative way. * Give fairly traded coffee, tea or chocolate, get beautiful items at garage sales or buy gifts from shops that support artisans in poorer countries. * Make your own cards from recycled paper. * Avoid commercial wrapping paper, ribbons, bows and tape, which are not recyclable, and opt for gift bags, tea towels or nice boxes, which are eco-friendly. From an article by Debra Fieguth in Faith Today , Nov/Dec 2004. everyone a copy. A couple of years ago I did a calendar for the family with everyone's photos and birthdays. That was a big hit. - Karin Last year we had a cookie exchange instead of a big party for work. Everyone brought cookies or treats - whatever their specialty was (one person made tree ornaments instead). We RSVP'd so we knew how many cookies to make, one for each person because we had so many people. We all went home with piles of cookies and treats. It was great, and so much fun. - Annika Sangster What about bumper stickers? I'd love to puchase some of these posters in bumper sticker format. Available? - schrills Editors response: Hmm... I'm already feeling like we have too much stuff on our website. Would we sell the bumper stickers on the Buy Nothing Christmas website? Maybe start off with a colour printout of your favourite poster, laminate it and then glue it on your bumper. I know, sounds dumb, and like a lot of work. But the more time you spend creating your own world, your own messages, the more alive you become. I can help with re-formatting graphics or text for printouts. Let me know how it goes. If you have some success with bumper stickers, let me know and I'll try to spread the word. Best, Aiden. I'm going to give my art this Christmas. It gave me the motivation to finish the production of a demo CD. The first copies will go to my family and friends. —Gabriel Give Linux for Christmas! It's free and it works like a charm! These days, distributions include not only the operation system that runs your computer, but applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, picture and sound editing, etc. And give a hand installing it. It's not that it's too difficult, but some people's tech-savvyness is rather limited. —Gilles Pelletier We have just launched a new scheme in the UK called Wedding List Giving Ltd. It allows the prospective bride and groom to choose a charity and ask guests to donate towards the "gifts of their choice." Hannah Crouch [Editor's note: the site includes charities like the Alzheimers Society, Amnesty International, Cancer Research UK, Children's Express, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Tearfund and others.] Just try make a spiritual gift, not material, not an object. I prefer doing something - singing a song, writing a poem - for a person. Plus a little beatiful card, because most people want to "have something in the hands," it's just a habit. —Matania, Russia Great site, lovely idea. Some friends of mine have a jumble exchange; it works like this. Everyone brings clothes, books, ornaments or toys that they don't really use any more. It all gets laid out on tables or a tarpaulin in the garden (or in the house if you have room). Everyone picks out what they want (no money changes hands). At the end there's a "grand holding up" where everyone is shown what is left. If no-one wants it, it goes to a charity shop (thrift store). Usually there are three or four big bags left over to go to the charity shop. Another idea is to write out some nice poetry in calligraphy style and frame it. To avoid buying the frame, you could make it out of driftwood or broken china mosaic, or pebbles. —Yvonne Aburrow We bought wax and made homemade candles. My husband carved stamps, we made our own paper and made greeting cards on recycled paper. Most of all, we vow to get the Christmas spending craziness under control and pay attention to our families and each other instead of the mall! If you still want to give a gift, there are so many more worthy causes than supporting the manufacture of plastic toys. I work for a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots groups working to live sustainably, preserve biodiversity, and gain a voice in their future. See www.greengrants.org . Other groups doing similar work include www.globalfundforwomen.org , www.globalfundforchildren.org . For more information on global giving in general, see www.gwob.org —Erika Carlson For your husband: Go to your favourite market or second hand shop and get a nice frame. With your most creative writing, write your wedding vows. — Maud Ray I usually make fudge (it helps to find a really good recipe) and put it in tins. I also buy old frames for cards, etc., I think the person would enjoy. I don't buy for anyone that is not either my child or parents/inlaws. And other than for the kids, I refuse to pay a lot. The cheaper it is the more personal it is sometimes. — Shelley, Prince Edward Island, Canada For me, environment and peace issues are interrelated, inseparable even. Some gift purchases help the environment and peace: Give people CFL bulbs to save energy. Give Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate made in people-friendly and earth-friendly ways. Buy recycled paper for people. If possible pay someone to buy clean electricity which is still more expensive than dirty electricity. And one of our special concerns: Purchase a Peace Bond from the Nonviolent Peaceforce which even now has peace teams in Sri Lanka. "Upon Maturity the Bearer will See a Large International Team Trained for Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Around the World". Go to NonviolentPeaceforce.org to learn more. Keep up the good work. — A. Palmer, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Perhaps an alternative to department stores is Ten Thousand Villages which provides vital, fair income to Third World artisans by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. This alternative emphasizes the fair distribution of wealth while still in a consumerism context. — Shalom, Carl Make a sweater from yarn found at goodwill/used clothing store. — Kristina Giggz Look through your (and your kids') old clothes, cut out squares of fabrics they will remember, and make a little wall hanging or pillow or stuffed toy or whatever. Pick a nice quote or scripture verse and write it up in calligraphy or a nice handwriting. — Gwenyth When i was little my parents always recorded a tape of me singing christmas caroles and/or reading stories for my grandparents and other family that lived far away. When i got older i started to make little comics for my friends, that were about us and things we had done. always with an added twist and some inside humour. This is totally fun to do- even if you're drawings are crappy. i think that this year i will write stories for my friends and family telling them why i love them! — T.B. Make pillows or stuffed animals. Cut out soft pieces of felt and hot glue them on to the pillow to personalize them with messages or make cute faces. — Kaitlin Give something you don't use any more. A sweater that you only wore once; a set of drinking glasses you forgot you owned. Clean them up and give them as gifts. I have found all sorts of things in my apartment that I have no need for, but know someone who would appreciate and enjoy it! — Jessica When someone asks what I want for Christmas I tell them, "Peace on Earth. Goodwill for all". If they explore the idea further (usually with, "No, really. What do you want?") I tell them to pick a charity and give to them whatever they would have spent on me. It makes me feel good that someone who really needs it is getting something. And ... It always fits! — Bill Budenholzer Babysitting coupons for the new parents. Grow your own veggies, can or freeze them and give them away at Christmas/Solstice. Spend more time with your family and friends...when you're dead you won't be able to. Decide as a family to work less hours, spend less and have more time together. Shovel the sidewalk for your neighbour. Plant trees. — Lee Make a small drawing of your select person's living room or other room in their house and give it to them. — Julian van Mossel-Forrester I have been giving more gifts that consist of certificates of gift from the Heifer Project . This year the only exception is my 9 year old granddaughter. — Paul Shankland I am making several batches of biscuits ("cookies" your side of the pond!) and boxes from some lovely dark red recycled card. — Alice Crawford Plant plants, now, to give for Christmas. Herbs, in particular. This is one way to always be present in your loved one's days for a while to come. — jeela Buy a used book and in the inside cover explain why you chose the book for that person. Make tree ornaments out of old CDs. Purchase gifts at a fair-trade shop, garage sale or thrift shop. Make hand-made soap or candles. If you are skilled in a particular area, offer a lesson or class. Make a birdseed ball. Make a soothing, herb pillow filled with lavender, rose, etc. Collect quotes that make you think of someone. Stamp and address postcards for family members. For the elderly people in your life, research newspaper and magazine articles from their youth and present in a creative fashion. Make a calendar with pictures of family members and/or scenery. Wrap gifts in newspaper, maps, scarves or interesting clothing. Fill an old trunk or suitcase with fun clothing, hats and gaudy jewelry for your children to play dress-up. Make a puppet from a sock. Give away a valued possession. Frame a piece of your artwork. Fill a basket with home-made goodies. Bake your favourite holiday treat and pack in a recycled tin. Paint an empty wine bottle with non-toxic paint and fill with olive oil. Top with an oil pour spout that can be found at a gourmet cooking shop. Videotape and interview your elderly parents about childhood memories, how they met, etc., and give to siblings or children. Compile a list of memories and arrange them in a creative fashion. Do something exciting and challenging together (e.g., long walk, bike ride, hike, art course). Knit a stocking, hat, socks, etc. Write and illustrate a book for the young people in your life. Collect meaningful photos for the gift recipient, make colour photocopies and create a collage. Create a menu of various culinary delights (e.g., Tantalizing Thai, Mexican Fiesta, etc.) and have the gift recipient choose one of the options. Create coupons for a massage, spring cleaning, child-minding, manicure, etc.