One Million Minutes of Free Calls to US and Canada From Shanghai On Rebtel
Gong Xi Fa Cai – Call Friends and Family in U.S. or Canada Free During New Year Festivities
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 http://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. “Gong xi fa cai.”
About Rebtel
Rebtel is a global communications company that makes it possible to call any phone, anywhere in the world, for just pennies per minute. Its services can be used with any mobile phone without modification or software downloads. Anyone may make a free 10 minute call to test Rebtel’s service. Thereafter, customers only pay for the minutes they use.
In January Rebtel introduced service in Shanghai, making China the 40th Rebtel Country.
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 http://www.rebtel.com
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