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Article #143: The Great Melting Pot - What Most Mobile Companies Don't Know.

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When I was growing up in a small town in Since the mobile phone company executives
Washington State, I thought there were must be much smarter than I, it surprises
only around 5 or 6 nationalities of me that none of the major carriers really
people who had major populations in the offer international calling. Yes, they
United States. may claim they have direct dial
After moving to the New York City area international calls available, but people
after college, I found out I was very are not going to spend $1 per minute to
wrong. There were people from Australia, call the U.K., when they can call with a
Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, prepaid phone card for under .05 per
Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican minute.
Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, There is only one cellular company that
India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, offers direct dial international calls at
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, competitive rates. That company is STi
Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, Poland, Mobile. STi Mobiles parent company STi
Russia, Thailand, UK, Vietnam and many sells about 200 million dollars a year in
more. prepaid calling cards used mostly for
A few years later I started selling international calls. That is why STi
prepaid phone cards and I discovered that Mobile understands the potential of
people living in the USA were calling combining cheap international rates with
family overseas. People were calling to cell phone services.
hundreds of countries worldwide. You name However, STi Mobile has limited offerings
the country, and calls were being made to for phones, downloads and media. I would
that country in mass amounts. Calls were love to see a company put it all
being made to Cambodia, Chile, Ethiopia, together. Great rates, competitive direct
Laos, Kenya, Turkey and worldwide. dial international calls, great phones,
You know what? People living in the US and great add-ons. That would be cool.
are still making billions of dollars By the way, I am of Dutch descent. My dad
worth of international calls and most was born in Holland, but all his
mobile network providers dont realize relatives are here now. I now live in
that. North Carolina and was visiting New
People living in the United States with Jersey for Christmas. My family and I
ethnic backgrounds spend money. They visited Ellis Island last week and found
spend a lot of money on it very interesting. Did you know the
telecommunications in particular. They word Hoodlum is Dutch? Have a Happy New
like the latest phone. They like to talk, Year.
text message, download songs, etc.






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