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May 24, 2006
Rebtel's Global Mobile Calls At Local Rates
Swedish startup Rebtel generated some buzz at Innovate Europe last week. We got around to checking it out today.
Besides having a corporate identity that looks a bit like the old Credit Suisse one, we think that this is looking like a service that will catch on with consumers and small businesses that want to avoid the high cost of international calls from mobilephones.
Rebtel requires users to enter their contacts' names and numbers and then assigns each party a local phone number to call. The local number is sent by text message to each party.
It doesn't require a callback like Jajah does. And it doesn't require a PC or special handset like Skype does. The service costs $1 a week, plus an interconnect charge that it promises to keep "low".
Rebtel has a cheap and efficient way of acquiring new customers for a VOIP service and handles mobilephone users well.
Maybe Vonage, which does not have a cheap and efficient way of acquiring new customers, could learn a thing or two from this Swedish startup.
Rebtel was founded in January and has offices in Luxembourg, Sweden, and Redwood City, Calif. It is founder-funded.
Read - Innovation in telephony (Florian Dargel Blog)
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