Call shop

A callshop is a business that physically provides phones for the purpose of making long-distance telephone calls.

Typical Call Shop Scenarios

Prepaid:

• Customer visits the call shop.
• Customer pre-pays the operator for the call.
• The operator will then activate a phone booth for the customer using billing software.
• The customer will go to the phone booth and dial the destination number.
• Billing software will record the call details and the corresponding call charges for future reporting needs.

Postpaid:

• Customer visits the call shop.
• Customer chooses a vacant phone booth and dials the destination number.
• Billing software keeps track of each phone booth's call details and the corresponding call charges for invoicing and future reporting needs.
• When the customer has completed his/her calls, the operator generates an invoice for the customer's calls.