Rebtel (News - Alert) and easyGroup Offer Mobile VoIP Services to UK Consumers

 

Encouraged by a new brand licensing agreement with easyGroup, Rebtel officials said today that they’ll increase the company’s presence in the United Kingdom and reach new markets for their mobile VoIP services.

 

Rebtel-powered services for low-cost international phone calls from any mobile phone now will be sold and marketed on easyGroup’s Web site, company officials say.

 

The companies have not disclosed the terms of the brand license agreement. According to Rebtel, mobile VoIP services offered by easyMobile are compatible with any mobile phone without modification. The services are quick to set-up, and work with consumers’ existing contracts with their U.K. operators.

 

Anthony Robb-John, managing director of easyGroup IP, said that making international calls using traditional mobile phone operators is no longer the most cost-effective and efficient way to stay in touch. He said that mobile VoIP works is easy to use and there is a big market for this kind of service to and from the United Kingdom.

 

“Sir Stelios and easyGroup are our kind of partners,” said Hjalmar Winbladh, co-founder and chief executive officer of Stockholm, Sweden-based Rebtel. He said that they want to make a difference in people’s lives and offer services for the many, not the few.

 

“They take on the big boys in the market and treasure relentless innovation. And most importantly they’re open and honest. Those are all values that Rebtel was built on,” Winbladh said.

 

Rebtel officials say that there are at least 5.5 million British-born people living abroad, and more than 1 million non-British European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom. The company says that in London alone, one in three people were born abroad, and at least another 10,000 foreign-born citizens are settling in the nation’s capital city each month.