Rebtel Rolls Out Facebook Application
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – August 14, 2007 – Rebtel Inc. a leading provider of VoIP telephony, today launched an application for Facebook users to make calls anywhere in the world for the price of a local call directly from their mobile phone.
Reb Me allows Facebook users to create local numbers for global friends across their Facebook network direct from the Facebook site. The application allows users to add a ‘Reb me!’ box onto their profile so friends can instantly create a local number for them. New users receive 10 minutes of credit with which to try the Rebtel service, and another five minutes each time a friend they’ve invited adds the application and makes a call.
“Facebook is the world’s fastest growing online community, home to a new generation of globalized young people with friends and social networks spread across the planet. There is no reason in the world why they should be wasting their money on exorbitant rates for international calling,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, founder and CEO. “Reb Me was designed specifically for Facebook and is lean and clean. Like Facebook, Rebtel’s mission is to make communicating simple, affordable, and convenient as possible.”
How Reb Me and Rebtel Works
Access Reb Me at the following URL: http://apps.facebook.com/myrebtel/
Once their mobile phone number is registered, Facebookers enter the international destination number to any country in the world. This number can also be a landline. Rebtel will convert the international number to a local number that the user can store on their phone. When calling countries within the 37-member Rebtel community—such as Australia and the United States—the call is free when at least one user is registered with Rebtel and asks the other to call back. This is a simple step and is voice-guided.
“Many consumers in the U.S. never use all their monthly minutes and most cell phones need to be ‘unlocked’ in order to call internationally. Rebtel makes every call a local call,” added Winbladh. “If the average Facebooker in the U.S. was to spend just 30 minutes a month calling overseas using Rebtel, they can expect to make annual savings of more than $750.”
The easy to use Rebtel service works on every mobile device, including iPhone, Blackberry, and every cellular network, therefore, consumers can make the most of their existing local calling plans from carriers such Telmex in Mexico or any of the major US carriers such as AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Sprint, or Verizon.
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