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Rebtel Offers Free Calling From Dominican Republic To 50 Countries

Stockholm, Sweden – February 26, 2009 – The ’09 World Baseball Classic is right around the corner and in its honor, Rebtel, the people’s global communications company, has started free international calling to and from the home of baseball greats Vladimir Guerrero, Danny Ortiz, Jose Reyes, Manny Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, and of course, the New York Yankee’s power-hitting third baseman with the richest contract in baseball history, Alex (A-Rod) Rodriguez.

Starting today Rebtel makes it possible to call between the Dominican Republic and 50 other countries free of charge or make super low-cost calls from the DR to anywhere in the world.

There is no charge to set up a Rebtel account. No contract.  And, no monthly fees.

“I guarantee you that the Dominican Republic is going to kick the Netherland’s butt on March 7, so celebrate with a phone call to your friends and family no matter where they live in the world,” said Winbladh, renowned consumer advocate worldwide.  “We have more than 2 million people who use our service to make free or super-cheap calls every day.  This isn’t a joke or a gimmick.  This is the real deal.”

Free calls: Tricky but worth it
Rebtel’s standard rate from the Dominican Republic is little more than a penny per minute – just $0.015 to a landline or mobile phone in the U.S.

“But Dominicans are just like everyone else in the world when it comes to talking to their friends and family,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel CEO  “They love to talk and love to talk often, so if our standard rates are still too high, then use our Smart Call service and make the call for free.  It’s a bit tricky, but after you’ve done it once, it’s easy and you’ll never go back to making a call the old way again.”
Here’s how to do it: When the person in Santo Domingo calls their friend in New York, they ask their friend – while they stay on the line – to hang up and call right back using the New York phone number displayed on the screen of their phone.

When that happens:
•    The person in Santo Domingo is making a local call
•    Their friend in New York is making a local call
•    Rebtel connects the local calls over the Internet, and
•    The international minutes are free.

Smart Calls (when the person who receives the call hangs up and calls back while the original caller stays on the line) can be made today between 51 countries around the world.

“I guarantee you that the Dominican Republic is going to kick the Netherland’s butt on March 7, so celebrate with a phone call to your friends and family no matter where they live in the world,” said Winbladh, renowned consumer advocate worldwide.  “We have more than 2 million people who use our service to make free or super-cheap calls every day.  This isn’t a joke or a gimmick.  This is the real deal.”

Getting started with Rebtel is fast, easy and free
1. Go to www.rebtel.com/dominicana, enter your number and a friend’s number abroad.
2. Rebtel creates a local number you can use from any phone, anywhere.
3. Save the number in your mobile phone’s address book and use it any time.

“One day soon, all calling will be free,” said Winbladh. “Unido – together – we can make it happen.”

By: Alex Drewniak, February 26th, 2009 Tags: dominican republic, rebtel, VoIP