November 20th, 2008 posted by Alex Drewniak

Stockholm, Sweden – November 20, 2008 – The global economy stinks.  Money is tight.  Everybody deserves a break.  So, Rebtel – the people’s global communications company – is slashing its rates on calls to 23 countries around the world up to 50 percent for the next 28 days.

That means, for instance, that you can talk to your friends and family for 1¢ or less per minute if they live in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Russia or the United States.

“People around the world are losing their jobs; many their homes. Calling cards are a total rip-off. We just felt like we needed to do something extra good for people right now,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel co-founder and CEO.

All new Rebtel customers will automatically receive the super-low rates on up to 1,000 minutes to 22 counties until December 18, 2008, and up to 3,000 minutes to India.

“After the 28 days we’ll go back to our standard low rates – already some of the lowest in the world,” said Winbladh.

“One thing is for sure: calling cards will only deliver 60 percent of their face value, and the old operators will always cling to their decreasing margins, lock-in contracts, hidden charges, big offices, expensive TV-commercials, and out-dated methods.   But they cannot stop the future of calling,” said Winbladh.  “Operators and calling card companies must change or die. The Internet was built on transparency, consumer value, openness and change. Values diametrically opposed to the business models of the traditional telecom players.”

“One day soon, calling will be free,” added Winbladh. “Together, we will achieve that.”

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