Social Newsroom

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What Is a Social Newsroom?

The Rebtel Social Newsroom is were you will find information about Rebtel presented to you in a shareable and engaging format. This is the spot where you can read up on the latest news about everything Rebtel that we don’t feel is suitable to go on our blog. Examples could be press releases, service announcements and the likes. If you’re a journalist, blogger, a Rebtel lover or just your average curious person looking to find out more about us, our Social Newsroom will be right up your alley.

In addition, you will also be able to connect with us on various social sites if you want to show your support, ask a question or simply have a nice chat.

What Is Rebtel?

Rebtel makes it possible to call any phone, anywhere in the world, for just cents per minute. Rebtel services can be used with any phone – landline or mobile. There is no charge to set up an account. No contract. No monthly fees. No connection fees. No hidden costs. Anyone may make a free five minute call to test the service. Thereafter, customers only pay for the minutes they use. Smart Calls between the 51 countries served by Rebtel are always free and only one of the two people on a call have to be a Rebtel customer.

Who Is Rebtel?

Not yet 4 years old, Rebtel was started by serial entrepreneur Hjalmar Winbladh, his business partner Jonas Lindroth, and 14 like-minded rebels who began work with a unified mission: take the phony out of mobile telephony, and create the first genuinely good, honest, and trustworthy global mobile telecommunications service that saves people money. With Rebtel, they promised, there would be no hidden clauses. No small print. No secret charges.

Rebtel’s technology vision was equally straightforward: Shrink the world, make it a friendlier place, and bring people worldwide closer together by making all phone calls local.

How Does Rebtel Work?

Rebtel gives people local phone numbers in the country where they live that connect them directly with their friends, family or work colleagues who live abroad.
That means, for example, Rebtel gives someone living in Texas a local Texas phone number that connects them directly to their friend or family member in Nigeria.
There’s no access number to dial, no PIN to remember, or long international phone number to enter. The person in Texas only dials a local Texas phone number and Rebtel connects the call over the Internet to their contact in Nigeria.

This concept of making all calls local was invented by Rebtel – something never done before.  And when the world heard about Rebtel on May 17, 2006 at the Innovate Europe conference in Zaragoza, Spain it was named one of Europe’s top three new startups, and received acclaim from leading business and technology press all over the world.

By: Ola Sundqvist, September 8th, 2008