Article reprinted from Palm Springs Life Californias Prestige Magazine October 2005 Janie Hughes Q3 Telecom, Inc. 3400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 Q3Telecom@aol.com www.q3telecom.com Airports, hotels and municipal public communication installations are Janie Hughes specialty. She built her reputation on pioneering public payphones, the prepaid calling card vending solution nationally, and launching WIFI locally. Hughes, President and CEO of Q3 Telecom, Inc., is known by industry giants like AT&T and SBC as the First Lady of Payphones.' Hughes earned that title when she became the first female payphone service provider (PSP) in California shortly after the industry opened up to independent operators in the 1980s. Aviation, telecommunications, transportation and military industry have been in the Hughes family for years and Janie continues this family tradition. She is known in the Desert as the First Lady of WIFI' for launching WIFI at the Airport and City Hall in late 2004 and early...
