Young woman's war against international cell phone rental
New York, NY, April 2004 – Under the command of 19-year-old Georgina Thompson, Mobal
Communications is positioning itself to deliver a fatal strike on the international
cell phone rental industry. How? By making phone purchase a more convenient and
affordable option for travelers.
Georgina said, “Cell phone rental is geared to benefit the rental companies, not
the travelers themselves. In my experience of talking to customers, they are
too busy for the hassles of the rental procedure; the deposits, deliveries, collections,
credit checks, charges etc. — they just want a phone they can keep in their drawer
until they need it. Until now, the convenience of owning a phone has come at
a high price — they were expensive to buy and customers had to pay high monthly
fees, even when they were in North America and unable to use it.”
With Mobal’s new budget phone, customers can now have what they are asking for.
It costs only $49 and has no monthly fees; the phone will be ready and waiting
for each trip, and they will only ever get billed for their calls — when they
get back home, they can keep it in their drawer and not pay a cent.
And Georgina’s conclusion, “This is a very aggressive tactic for anyone to play
in such a competitive industry, let alone a young woman, but with our product
I believe Mobal Communications will become the automatic first choice for any
North American going overseas. Once we gain the exposure, traditional cell phone
rental won’t know what hit it.”
The service has no minimum usage requirements and works in over 140 countries
(with the same number). Free 24-hour worldwide technical support and free fully-itemized
billing come as standard.
