Posts Tagged ‘prepaid’

Smartphones For Prepaid Mobile Users

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Samsung SGH-A177

This is a sign of things to come.
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Global Travellers Roam with United Mobile

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Carl Guido Kirchoff I had the pleasure of speaking with Carl Guido Kirchoff, Managing Director of the Americas at United Mobile. For those who are unfamiliar with what they do, here is a brief description. United Mobile is a licensed MVNO providing worldwide mobile communication services with its own network infrastructure and international SIM card. Users can save up to 80% on voice and data roaming when on travel. The service provides free incoming calls on the cell phone in over 80 countries and outgoing calls from $ 0.45/min worldwide. The prepaid SIM card requires no contract nor a minimum fee. It is available for mobile internet with rates as from only $ 1.59/MB.

I would like to thank them for sponsoring the CTIA Party Page list on Mobileslate, they have gotten a lot of impressions from their sponsorship!

So you might be thinking, “Eric! Why are you talking to an MVNO? Isn’t that over and done?” Well, over the years, and frequently traveling internationally for both business and leisure, I like staying in touch with family and friends, but also being budget conscience, given the depressed US dollar. After speaking with Carl, United Mobile is more than just trying to accelerate to one million subscribers as fast as possible, it’s also trying to enable global travelers to save money.
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