IDT Corporation Lends a Hand to Haitian Relief Effort
16 January 2010 - 7:28AM
Business Wire
IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT; IDT.C), a leading provider of
international telecommunications services, is employing its global
presence and wide range of calling services to help its customers
contact family and friends in Haiti, and to contribute to the
relief effort now underway.
“Many of the local telecommunications service providers in Haiti
suffered significant damage, resulting in sporadic access for both
inbound and outbound Haiti traffic,” said Yona Katz, COO of IDT
Telecom. “IDT is rerouting calls and taking other steps to help our
customers reach their family members and friends, while also
supporting the broader humanitarian assistance effort.”
In Haiti, IDT is working with its sales partner Access Haiti, a
leading broadband provider, to set up calling stations in hotels
and other central sites to allow Haitians to use the IDT VoiceLine
service to reach family and friends around the world to assure them
of their safety. VoiceLine is IDT’s internet phone service. It does
not depend on the local landline service, which experienced
significant damage in the earthquake.
In the United States, IDT will donate 4,000 Boss and Calypso
two-dollar prepaid calling cards to Haitian community organizations
in New York and Florida. In addition, in order to help anyone
trying to reach family and friends in Haiti, IDT has lowered rates
to Haiti on its PennyTalk® prepaid international calling card
during this crisis period to just two cents a minute for calls to
mobile and landline phones. The lower rate will be in effect, at a
minimum, through January 24th, 2010, and may be extended to
compensate for significant service disruptions. PennyTalk service
is available in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Anyone interested in activating immediate service can do so through
www.pennytalk.com/haiti.
IDT will donate 100% of net proceeds on all calls to Haiti made
with IDT Telecom’s popular Boss Revolution prepaid calling service
through February 28th to the American Red Cross’ Haitian relief
effort. Boss Revolution customers will also be offered the
opportunity to donate $1.00 of their account balance to the Red
Cross’ relief effort in Haiti. Anyone interested in obtaining Boss
Revolution service can do so at www.bossrevolution.com.
Furthermore, IDT will match the first $50,000 in donations made by
its approximately 1,200 employees worldwide to organizations
leading the Haitian relief effort.
About IDT Corporation:
IDT Corporation (www.idt.net) is a consumer services company
with operations primarily in the telecommunications and energy
industries. IDT Corporation's Class B Common Stock and Common Stock
trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols IDT
and IDT.C, respectively.
In this press release, all statements that are not purely about
historical facts, including, but not limited to, those with the
words "believe,” "anticipate,” "expect,” "plan,” "intend,”
"estimate,” "target” and similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements and risk factors
included in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on
information available to IDT as of the date thereof, and IDT
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or
risk factors.
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