Combining Broadband, Mobile, VoIP and Wi-Fi Results In Low-Cost Phone Calls



Unique combination of broadband, mobile, VoIP and WiFi heralds dramatic new low-cost era in international telephone calls

-/February 7, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-RabbitPoint Ltd of London, UK, today announced the intended launch - next week on the opening day of the telecommunications industry's flagship exhibition 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona - of groundbreaking technology that will mark the beginning of an end of GSM mobile phone roaming charges.

The company has harnessed the power and capabilities across broadband, mobile, VoIP and Wi-Fi technologies to produce a system that enables totally free calls to all customers using its network. And allows customers to access mobile phone technology without having to pay international roaming charges.

"People are upset by the cost of calls once they start roaming worldwide" said founder Sean Murray.

"RabbitPoint is a new system that harnesses high speed internet connections to its new breed of mobile phones at a zero cost. Anyone with a Rabbit Mobile phone may make free calls to any other person who is hooked up on the network. Not only that they can make and receive mobile Wi-Fi calls without having to pay the outrageously high roaming charges levied by the traditional mobile operators.

Murray and his team believe that a phone that looks like an ordinary mobile will bring its service to the masses. RabbitPoint has the ability to supply its technology immediately to the end user via mail order CellPoint supply. CellPoints act as intelligent Wi-Fi access points that allows Rabbit customers to make and receive calls and CellPoint owners to share in the revenue generated.

Once delivered to the relevant location, the CellPoint self configures via an internet connection and is available immediately to any Rabbit customers within its area for web access and mobile phone calls. Whilst this is a first in its own right, the CellPoint further networks together instantly with any other CellPoint it can find within its radius, therefore beginning blanket coverage of its network.

Stuart Hinkley, CEO of Rabbit, said:"The Rabbit CellPoint is a technology breakthrough in itself. We are already being approached not only in Europe but also around the globe by large blue chip Telco and broadband providers. Our technology makes it possible for these companies to begin to take head-on the domination and exclusivity of mobile operators for the first time."

The company has already signed major strategic alliances including with UTStarcom, one of the largest manufacturer's of personal mobile phones in China, with a view to being able supply a demand of 100,000 potential Rabbit customers per month with UTStarcom's revolutionary F1000 handset.

"Rabbitpoint's vision and solution is a tremendous breakthrough for users worldwide and we are delighted to have had the opportunity to work with them, as well as supplying the F1000," said UTStarcom's UK General Manager John McCall.


1. What is RabbitPoint?
RabbitPoint is the latest word in telecommunications. It gets round two of the most frustrating mobile phone problems - getting on to the Internet and having to pay outrageously high mobile roaming rates whilst abroad.
Despite the promises of the mobile phone operators, it is still frustratingly expensive to use a mobile phone when roaming. We've all experienced the problem - arriving at our favourite destination only to find we have to pay for receiving calls from home and having to pay through the nose for making calls to friends, family and colleagues back home. It's the same for anyone making a business trip - getting to the hotel and finding it's too expensive or just down right impossible to make calls or to log onto the net. Even for those that don't travel, international or domestic telephone calls are still very costly.

2.Why is RabbitPoint different?
RabbitPoint is one of the first providers of a wireless VoIP network. Offers Internet access and telephony services via laptops and mobiles through existing and newly installed wireless hotspots (cellpoints) and fixed Internet connections. RabbitPoint is a pioneer of Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), leveraging growth opportunities in broadband access, mobility and IP services. Has unique technology, and an innovative commercial operating model. RabbitPoint's technology already exists and is proven in a number of consumer and business installations. Customers include international business travellers, holidaymakers, users of community WLANs, multi-site businesses and communication service providers. The system is currently being trialled by several large corporates.

Sean Murray, Founder and President of RabbitPoint said "We have all the pieces of the jigsaw in place; our team has developed a quality telephone network that simply allows the user to pay a one-off charge and then call anyone on our network worldwide for free, and all this can be achieved via our mobile phone or by using a computer."

Martin Heath, RabbitPoint's Marketing Director, explained more. "There's a 'perfect storm' gathering in today's telecoms market. A combination of broadband everywhere; the introduction of new, cheap, voice over Internet services (VoIP) and wireless technology (Wi-Fi) make it possible for anyone to have access to low cost telephone and Internet services at just about every hotel, holiday villa, airport, office and caf? in Europe. RabbitPoint is firmly in the eye of the storm."

Stuart Hinkley, RabbitPoint's recently appointed CEO adds, "RabbitPoint offers a ground breaking combination of wireless VoIP and Internet services. Users will be able to use one of our phones anywhere within range of a wireless hotspot. There they can log on to the Internet, make and receive calls for as little as 1.5p a minute. Business travellers will be able to use their laptops to make and receive telephone calls as well as download emails at speeds far in excess of today's 3G networks - and all for no more than ?10 a month." RabbitPoint is rolling out its network of Wi-Fi access points (known as CellPoints) across Europe. "Any location - caf?s, pubs, hotels, restaurants, airports - with broadband access can install one of our plug and play CellPoints" says Stuart. Once installed, the location has a ready made Internet and telephony network that it can offer to its customers; and it can share in the revenues generated. RabbitPoint's technology is already being used by several leading businesses". RabbitPoint is signing up a team of agent to sell CellPoints across Europe. In addition to sharing revenues all locations get a free Internet web page advertising their location and the availability of RabbitPoint services.

RabbitPoint are also in final stage negotiations with several leading ISPs, cable operators and MVNOs who want to act as CellPoint distributors.
The benefits are not just limited to users when travelling. As RabbitPoint's Marketing Director - Martin Heath - explained "We are getting a lot of enquires from home users. With RabbitPoint you don't have just a mobile phone number. We can offer our customers normal landline numbers as well. Any home with a couple of teenagers will know the problem - the standard land line being tied up by just one person. With RabbitPoint everyone in the house can have their own personal number to make and receive calls. Everyone can use their phone at the same time. It's great for students, anyone living in shared accommodation and anyone with a couple of kids. This is going to be the 'Must have' technology of 2006."

RabbitPoint will be attending the 3GSM Congress 2006 in Barcelona for the 13-16th February where the team will be demonstrating RabbitPoint's groundbreaking technology. Visitors will be able to experience first-hand the benefits of free and low cost worldwide telephone calls using the latest RabbitMobile Wi-Fi Internet phones. Corporate and residential users are invited to test drive the RabbitPoint range of phones which include the stylish RabbitMobile flip phone with colour display, and the FREE RabbitPhone "Softphone" which is available for download. They will also be launching their exciting RabbitPoint Agency programme for regional agents looking to rollout their own network of RabbitPoint CellPoints. For anyone not lucky enough to be in Barcelona they can sign up by visiting the web site:

http://www.rabbitpoint.net