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One Million Minutes of Free Calls to US and Canada From Shanghai On Rebtel

Stockholm, Sweden – February 8, 2008 – Happy New Year!  For the next two weeks anyone living in Shanghai can use their mobile phone to call friends and family anywhere in the United States or Canada completely free.

“There’s no charge to set up an account. No monthly fees. No connection fees. No hidden costs,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel co-founder and CEO.  “This is our gift to the residents of Shanghai – our way of spreading good fortune in celebration of the Year of the Rat.”

Rebtel’s Million Minute Giveaway www.rebtel.com/china runs during the Chinese New Year festivities between the 7th and 21st of February. Each person may make up to five hours of free calls.
Rebtel is registered and authorized to work with all Shanghai mobile operators, and works with all mobile phones without modification or software downloads.

“Call your friends in the US or Canada to wish them luck and prosperity for the New Year,” said Winbladh.

After the Million Minute Giveaway

All Rebtel Direct calls from Shanghai to the United States, for example, will cost just 元0.13 ($0.018) per minute.  Calls from Shanghai to Canada will cost only 元0.11 ($0.015). And calls from Shanghai to U.K. landlines will cost 元0.14 ($0.019), and 元1.31 ($0.18) to U.K. mobile phones.
Rebtel Smart Calls between Shanghai and the other 39 countries served by Rebtel are always free and only one of the two people on a call needs to be a Rebtel customer.
To start using Rebtel services, go to www.rebtel.com

By: Ola Sundqvist, February 8th, 2008 Tags: , , ,

Celebrate Chinese New Year with Rebtel

Stockholm, Sweden – January 30, 2008 – Gong xi fa cai – Happy Chinese New Year! Chinese tradition says that the first words heard on the first day of the year can affect your fortunes for the entire year. In order to help spread good fortune, Rebtel are running a Million Minute Giveaway. During the Chinese New Year festivities, anyone can call friends in China to wish them luck and prosperity for the New Year – completely free!

Starting February 7, 2008, the first day of the Chinese New Year, anyone living in the 39 countries served by Rebtel can use their mobile phone to call any phone, anywhere in China for free. Each person can make up to five hours of free calls to China. The offer will run during the Chinese New Year festivities between the 7th and 21st of February.

“The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel co-founder and CEO. “So out with the old way of calling China, and in with the new – the Rebtel way. Give it a try. Saving money on long-distance calls is one way to ensure that you prosper financially for the rest of the year!’
For further information please see www.rebtel.com/china

Rebtel Direct calls to China cost less than 2¢ per minute from any of the other 39 countries that Rebtel serves. By comparison, AT&T charges $3.50 per minute to call a mobile phone in China from a mobile phone in the U.S. That same call from the U.K. using Vodafone costs $3.33 per minute. From Canada, the cost per minute for calls to China on TELUS Mobility can be as low as 8¢ per minute – but only with an $8.00 or $12.00 per month special service plan.

With Rebtel, there is no charge to set up an account. No monthly fees, no connection fees, no hidden costs, and it works with all mobile carriers. No change to your current mobile service is required.

By: Ola Sundqvist, January 30th, 2008 Tags: , , , ,