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Rebtel Liberates Puerto Rico, Panama, Malta

Stockholm, Sweden – November 25, 2008 – Rebtel, the people’s global communications company, today added Puerto Rico, Panama and Malta to its worldwide family of now 50 countries where citizens can use their mobile phones to speak with their loved ones abroad for no more than cost of calling around the corner.

“El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido,” proclaimed Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel CEO and outspoken champion of consumers around the world. “Stop being a patsy for operator and calling card thugs.  Put an end to their rip-off tactics and tariffs today.  Join the Rebtel army and start calling your family and friends abroad for just pennies per minute.”

Here are just a couple of examples of Rebtel’s low-cost rates any time, any day of the week:

- Puerto Rico to any phone anywhere in the U.S. – $0.015 per minute.

- Panama to Columbia – $0.029 per minute to landlines; $0.095 per minute to mobiles.

- Malta to the U.K. – $0.019 per minute to landlines; $0.18 per minute to mobiles.

And for all new customers who sign up before December 18 the rates are even lower for their first 30 days of calling:

- Puerto Rico to the U.S. – less than a penny per minute – $0.008 per minute to any phone.

- Panama to Columbia – $0.015 per minute to landlines; $0.067 per minute to mobiles.

- Malta to the U.K. – $0.013 per minute to landlines; $0.126 per minute to mobiles.

“But if you think that’s still too expensive you can use Rebtel’s Smart Call system and make many of those same calls for free,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel’s co-founder and CEO.  “You have to jump through a hoop or two, but it’s worth it, and actually very easy to do.”

With expansion into Puerto Rico, Panama and Malta, Rebtel is now up and running in 50 nations making Rebtel the most global communications company in the world.

By: Alex Drewniak, November 25th, 2008 Tags: , , , ,

First-Ever Report On U.S. Calling Habits To Mexico Commissioned By Rebtel

San Francisco – November 20, 2008 - A new study issued this month shows several remarkable changes in the ways people in the U.S. are communicating with family, friends and business associates in Mexico. The research provided by Rebtel, based on its calling volume in the first eight months of 2008, shows several key findings.

- Saturday and Sunday are the most popular days for calls to Mexico.

- The largest number of calls are coming from Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX, Orange, CA, Miami, FL, San Diego, CA,

- Cuauhtémoc, Guadalajara, Ciudad Monterrey, Neruda, Juarez and Culiacan Rosales are the most popular calling destinations, in that order.

As of November 1, 2008, of those surveyed:

On average Rebtel users spend 175 minutes per month – 2 hours and 55 minutes – on their monthly calls to Mexico.

And for the most part, they are calling friends and families more often on their landlines in Mexico rather than mobile phones.

Top Mexican Cities Receiving Calls from the U.S.:

  1. Cuauhtémoc
  2. Guadalajara
  3. Ciudad Monterrey
  4. Neruda
  5. Juarez
  6. Culiacan Rosales

Top U.S. Cities Calling Mexico:

  1. Los Angeles, CA
  2. Houston, TX
  3. Orange, CA
  4. Miami, FL
  5. San Diego, CA

“Low rates combined with the most reliable and clear connections are what have been driving our increase in international calling to Mexico,” said Rebtel CEO Hjalmar Winbladh.

Founded in 2006, Stockholm-based Rebtel was established to give people around the world an alternative to calling cards and mobile operators’ rip-off rates for making international calls. Now thousands of Americans use Rebtel to call Mexico for 2 cents per minute to landlines or mobile phones. The company recently was ranked #1 in international calling by Technology Appraisals and has been featured in USA Today, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The International Herald Tribune for its unique calling service.

By: Alex Drewniak, November 20th, 2008 Tags: , , ,

Rebtel Introduces World's Lowest International Calling Rates

Stockholm, Sweden – November 20, 2008 – The global economy stinks.  Money is tight.  Everybody deserves a break.  So, Rebtel – the people’s global communications company – is slashing its rates on calls to 23 countries around the world up to 50 percent for the next 28 days.

That means, for instance, that you can talk to your friends and family for 1¢ or less per minute if they live in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Russia or the United States.

“People around the world are losing their jobs; many their homes. Calling cards are a total rip-off. We just felt like we needed to do something extra good for people right now,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel co-founder and CEO.

All new Rebtel customers will automatically receive the super-low rates on up to 1,000 minutes to 22 counties until December 18, 2008, and up to 3,000 minutes to India.

“After the 28 days we’ll go back to our standard low rates – already some of the lowest in the world,” said Winbladh.

“One thing is for sure: calling cards will only deliver 60 percent of their face value, and the old operators will always cling to their decreasing margins, lock-in contracts, hidden charges, big offices, expensive TV-commercials, and out-dated methods.   But they cannot stop the future of calling,” said Winbladh.  “Operators and calling card companies must change or die. The Internet was built on transparency, consumer value, openness and change. Values diametrically opposed to the business models of the traditional telecom players.”

“One day soon, calling will be free,” added Winbladh. “Together, we will achieve that.”

By: Alex Drewniak, November 20th, 2008 Tags: ,