Mino Wireless Announces Internet Call Service From Mobile Phones

Company focuses on easy low-cost international call service from mobile phones. MINO Wireless, a Sunnyvale, CA-based mobile services company, announced that it has completed three months of its international call service from mobile phones.

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) May 3, 2006

MINO Wireless, a Sunnyvale, CA-based mobile services company, announced that it has completed three months of its international call service from mobile phones.

The number of mobile phones is now larger than the number of landline phones and the number of computers in most countries. Although it is natural to use a mobile phone to make international calls, until now it has been inconvenient and expensive. With MINO’s new technology, Internet phone calls will become available to hundreds of millions of new people worldwide. MINO has the lead in VoIP connections for mobile devices in quality of service, ease of use and cost.

“I was using phone cards to make international calls. But there were too many hidden fees and I couldn't get call logs. So I was searching for an easy way to make VoIP calls,” said Chris Rizio of Wisconsin, an early MINO user. “I have used MINO to call China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indonesia. I have always gotten through and not once had a problem. MINO is very easy to use -- you can dial direct from the contact list.”

“Making Internet phone calls has become enormously popular, especially among young people and business people. However, to take advantage of this new technology, you have to be in front of a computer as with Skype, or purchase and install special hardware as with Vonage,” said Jing Liu, the CEO and founder of MINO Wireless. “MINO is making a quantum technology leap forward which will bring Internet phone calls to consumers.”

“People know that mobile phones can connect to the Internet, and can make Internet calls from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world, but this is the first time that all the pieces of this new business have been tested in the real world,” explained Mukesh Ahuja, VP of Marketing and Sales for North America at MINO Wireless. “We are thrilled with the market feedback we have received. Three months after launch, we have paying subscribers in 43 countries.”

“The holy grail of Internet phone calls is to make them work on mobile phones, and we may be the first company to achieve that. We have been working on this technology for over 2 years, but to launch this worldwide, you have to make your service work on every popular phone from every major carrier in every major country in the world.” said Liu.

MINO Wireless made its first public announcement recently by disclosing that it has received Series A funding from investors in Silicon Valley and Asia. The company was founded in 2004 and has been developing the technology to connect mobile phones to the Voice-Over-IP infrastructure for two years.

About MINO Wireless

MINO Wireless is developing novel technologies that allow mobile phone users worldwide to make international calls at very low rates. The company’s revolutionary patent-pending technology uses the Internet connection on the mobile phone to connect to the Voice-Over-IP infrastructure to reduce the cost of international calls by over 70%. MINO Wireless is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. Further information about the company can be found at http://www.minowireless.com.

Contact: Mukesh Ahuja 408.499.3695

Or Francine Hardaway 602.910.5622

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