Jaxtr Wins on Price and User Convenience for International Mobile Calling

Wed Aug 27, 9:13 AM

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jaxtr, the company that links your phone to the Web, today shares a cost comparison of its international calling versus other providers. Consumers select international calling providers based on key factors:

  • Price: When calling a mobile phone—in many of the most frequently called countries worldwide—from a mobile or landline, jaxtr offers the cheapest rates 80 percent of the time, as seen in rates chart below.
  • Convenience: Jaxtr offers the most convenient solution. Jaxtr does not require any of the following: software downloads, access numbers, PIN numbers, a data plan for your mobile phone or access to a Wi-Fi hotspot. Consumers can use jaxtr with any phone.
  • Quality: Jaxtr stands behind its quality by awarding free minutes to each new member so that they can place a call and try the service for free before buying minutes.
  • Coverage: Jaxtr offers the broadest reach available with service in 220 countries and one-number direct-dial service in 55 countries—reaching more than two-thirds of the world’s population.

Calling a Mobile Phone: This chart shows costs of calling a mobile phone in another country from a landline or mobile phone. (in U.S. Dollars) Bold denotes lowest rate.

Destination   Jaxtr   Jajah   EQO   Mig33   Skype Out  

Truphone1

  Rebtel
UK   .150   .189   .281   .372   .253   .278   .180
Indonesia   .130   .153   .167   .189   .154   .278   .146
India   .060   .076   .065   .084   .092   .463   .059
Germany   .190   .206   .305   .264   .246   .278   .193
Canada   .010   .029   .023   .022   .021   .056   .015
Mexico   .180   .293   .319   .282   .336   .463   .220
China   .010   .033   .023   .021   .021   .056   .019
France   .170   .183   .257   .208   .203   .278   .171
Brazil   .250   .242   .377   .137   .213   .278   .250
Pakistan   .110   .130   .056   .173   .143   .463   .139

Updated as of August 25, 2008. Does not include connection fees. Please check individual companies' sites for most up-to-date rates. The information was pulled from companies’ Web sites.

1Many Truphone deals are limited to Nokia N-series phones, Nokia E-series phones, and iPhones. In general, phone calling through this service requires a phone with Internet access and a Wi-Fi data hotspot.

In addition to international calling, jaxtr offers a wide-array of social features to get in touch and stay in touch with people who share common interests, including the ability to:

  • Connect with friends worldwide with our call widgets for blogs and social profiles
  • Meet new friends with common interests in café jaxtr and talk with them via IM or email
  • Send free international SMS
  • Manage calls with call forwarding to any phone
  • Use a jaxtr link to keep your number private

Jaxtr
Stacy Geagan Wagner, 650-714-2523
sgw@jaxtr.com
or
Laurie Thornton, 650-654-2660
laurie@radiatepr.com