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Beijing and Hong Kong Get Super-Cheap International Phone Service

Stockholm, Sweden – April 23, 2008 – First Shanghai.  Now Beijing and Hong Kong.  In just three months, Rebtel, the people’s global communications company, has delivered on its promise to expand low-cost and free international calling to more Chinese cities.

Starting today, Beijing and Hong Kong residents can use their mobile phones to call any phone, anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute, and make free calls to friends, family, and work colleagues in more than 40 countries.

Using Rebtel Direct, calls from Beijing and Hong Kong to the U.S. and Canada, for example, cost less than 2¢ per minute whether you’re calling a landline or mobile phone.  By comparison, the same calls on China Mobile will cost $1.16 per minute.

“But if you think Rebtel Direct rates are still too expensive you can use our Smart Call system and make that same call for free,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel’s co-founder and CEO. “With Rebtel you can now call friends and family in more than 40 countries around the world from Beijing or Hong Kong for nothing more than the cost of calling around the corner.”

A Rebtel account can be set up in just a minute or two.  The service works with any mobile phone just the way it is, and is registered and authorized to work with all Beijing and Hong Kong mobile operators.
There is no charge to set up a Rebtel account.  All newcomers get a free 10 minute call to test the service.

Calls From Beijing and Hong Kong
(cost per minute in U.S. dollars)

REBTEL REBTEL CHINA Mobile (B) CHINA Mobile (B) CHINA Mobile (HK) CHINA Mobile (HK)
Landline Mobile Landline Mobile Landline Mobile
U.S 0.02 0.02 1.16 1.16 0.07 0.07
Canada 0.02 0.02 1.16 1.16 0.07 0.07
U.K. 0.02 0.18 0.36 0.36 0.07 0.25
France 0.02 0.17 0.36 0.36 0.19 0.19
India 0.06 0.06 1.40 1.40 1.19 1.19
Australia 0.02 0.16 1.46 1.46 0.10 0.23
Germany 0.02 0.19 0.36 0.36 0.19 0.24
Japan 0.02 0.15 1.16 1.16 0.11 0.22

After an account is set up subscribers only pay for the minutes they use.  Smart Calls between the countries served by Rebtel are always free and only one of the two people on a call must be a Rebtel subscriber.

“This is a great time to be expanding our service in China,” said Winbladh.  “Hong Kong and Beijing have been important international business centers throughout history, and now athletes and media from more than 200 countries around the world will soon converge on China for the Summer Olympics.”

By: Ola Sundqvist, April 23rd, 2008 Tags: , , ,