Welcome to PhonesInaBox.com, the Retailer’s answer for providing first rate, high quality cellular handsets for their customers.

The cell phone has become practically a necessity of modern American life.

"With 233 million subscribers, the United States has about 75% penetration, which is well below most European countries.
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The sales of mobile phones in the United States continues to rise, with about $10 billion worth of handsets expected to be sold in 2007. Most of those handsets are sold through the wireless carriers, but other retailers are trying to make inroads into the market.

Some 143 million handsets were sold in the United States in 2006, racking up $8.8 billion in consumer spending, according to The NPD Group. Sales could easily top that this year since NPD says nearly $3 billion worth of handsets were sold in the first quarter of this year. At that quarterly rate, it would appear likely handset sales will surpass $10 million and could reach $12 billion in 2007.
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Americans are purchasing a lot of cell phones. Americans will purchase cell phones where it is convenient for them to do so, as they do with other products.

The introduction of GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), the most popular frequency for mobile phones in the world, into the USA by Cingular and T-Mobile several years ago and the use of the SIM card (A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) a removable smart card for mobile phones means that a customer can simply remove the SIM card from his GSM (AT&T/Cingular or T-Mobile) handset and put it into his new handset and go on with his current account and phone number, whether he be a Prepaid, or a Post Paid (contract) customer. SIM cards securely store the service-subscriber key used to identify a mobile phone. The SIM card allows users to change phones by simply removing the SIM card from one mobile phone and inserting it into another mobile phone.

In addition, PhonesInaBox.com offers Activation Kits for Pre-Paid activation of a SIM by the Customer, so that he can purchase a handset, and with the extremely simple activation process, he can activate it and by making calls with his new handset in a matter of minutes!

Retailers who provide this valuable service to their customers will enjoy enhanced profits and customer satisfaction from their customer base, both in the sale of the handsets and the increase in sales of Pre-Paid airtime.

PhonesInABox.com is a division of TotalCom International, Inc., a Va. Corp. founded in 1999 with annual sales of over $3.5 Million a year in Pre-Paid Telecom products and services to the Convenience Store, Check Cashing, Grocery Store and related markets.

TotalCom International, Inc. is a Regional Master Agent for AT&T/Cingular Pre-Paid products and services, a Master Agent for Locus Mobile, a Mini-Master for Amp’d Mobile, Sprint, Nextel and Disney Mobile.

TotalCom International, Inc. also places POSA terminals to allow for the sale of Pre-Paid telecom products electronically, as well as being an ISO for IPP Pays, a Bill Payment Provider, currently servicing thousands of locations. In addition, TotalCom International, Inc. also provides ATM machines to qualified locations.

PhonesInABox.com offers Retailers the opportunity to sell top quality handsets and activation kits as well as Bluetooth devices and other cell phone accessories, allowing the Retailer to earn additional revenue from the sale of the handsets, and to generate additional revenue through the acquisition of additional customers purchasing airtime replenishment PINS.

The average Pre-Paid cellular customer purchases approx. $45 a month in airtime replenishment. At up to 20% profit on replenishment PINs, this would bring in an additional $9 a month per new subscriber.

PhonesInABox offers unlocked handsets operating on the GSM network, which allow the customer to purchase a handset and simply insert his current AT&T/Cingular SIM, or his T-Mobile SIM into the handset, keep his same phone number and carry on his existing service without any new activation. In addition, we offer AT&T/Cingular Starter Kits, which are the SIMs, and activation instructions along with $10 Airtime and Boost Mobile handsets and Starter Kits that can be activated by the customer by an extremely simple, automated process.

The growth in the pre-paid cellular market over the last few years has been tremendous as prices have come down and cell phones have become almost a necessity of modern life.

PhonesInaBox allows retailers to capitalize on this growth to earn additional revenue for their locations and to provide greater customer satisfaction and convenience for their customers.