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Prepaid WiFi
Services
Prepaid WiFi services enable Internet telephony service providers
(ITSP) to offer wireless access services that customers can pay for in
advance.
The market for prepaid services includes tourists, immigrant
communities, mobile populations such as military personnel, and
people with limited credit histories. These users can all gain immediate
access to WiFi services at key locations such as hotels, cafes by using
prepaid WiFi cards (“access codes”) purchased at supermarkets and
other types of retail outlets. Prepaid WiFi access is a single “purchase”
transaction – so at the moment of the authorization all available funds
are withdrawn from the account and converted into the WiFi access
time.