Ondertussen lijkt er geld te zijn voor de (langverwachte) start in Nedeland:ROMAN ABRAMOVICH ACQUIRES 23.3% STAKE IN TRUPHONE
LONDON, 1st February 2013: Truphone, the pioneering international mobile communications company, today revealed that it has secured £75m in its latest round of funding from investors including Roman Abramovich. Mr. Abramovich's investment vehicle, Minden, has acquired a 23.3% stake for £70m, valuing the company at £300m.
Truphone's service currently works in 220 countries and is available as a local service in the UK, USA and Australia. Truphone will use this financing round to open businesses in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Poland, Germany and Spain this year. It is already in discussion with potential partners to add additional countries. This significant international expansion will more than double the size of Truphone’s potential market over the next twelve months and represents the next stage in its ambitious global growth plans.
This investment will allow Truphone to employ around 500 additional colleagues over the next 18 months, with a large number of these roles based in the UK, and to continue investing in innovation with significant product launches in the coming months.
Truphone is a British company, built on the inventions of CTO and founder James Tagg. Its multiple number technology underpins a simple, innovative service. With a single device and SIM card, customers can enjoy a local number in all Truphone countries. This allows them to access voice, data and SMS services at local rates. Importantly, it also means their friends, family and business contacts can keep in touch with them wherever they are in the world by simply making a local call, thus eliminating high international charges.Bron: www.truphone.com
We are thrilled to announce that Truphone Local Anywhere, the one smart SIM that saves you money and keeps you local home and away, is now available.
When in a Truphone country with a Truphone Local Anywhere SIM you can:
Pay what locals pay for voice, text and data
Add phone numbers for each Truphone country so friends there can reach you without paying for an international call (even if you are not in the country)
Receive calls for free* on any of your Truphone phone numbers
Pay less for international calls - from 8p/min
And when you travel to one of 185 non-Truphone countries, get low cost roaming – from 25p/min in EU.
Our first Truphone countries are the US and UK and we’ll soon be adding others such as Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, The Netherlands and South Africa.
The Truphone Local Anywhere SIM works in nearly any ‘unlocked’ mobile phone, and is available to buy from £14.99 ($24.99).
Bron: http://blog.truphone.com/2010/01/truphone-local-anywhere-is-now-available.html
What locals pay? €1,50 per Mb data? Dus niet echt een alternatief als je een Android hebt en naar het buitenland (Frankrijk) gaat.
› reageerTja, pay what locals pay?! Prepaid tarieven dus: €0,35/minuut
› reageerWeer zo'n partij die de Nederlandse telecommarkt niet kent. Net zoals Vectone e.d
› reageerVectone is van Vodafone dus met die kennis van de NL markt zit dat wel goed 
Ik snap dat dit off-topic is, maar vectone is GEEN vodafone. Ze zullen vodafone als netwerk gebruiken, maar dat maakt ze geen vodafone.
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"What locals pay", maar heb je daar echt wat aan? Op het moment dat je op vakantie bent in -bijvoorbeeld- Italië dan kun je naar Italiaanse nummers tegen het lokale tarief bellen. Naar Nederlandse nummers is het dan net zo duur als met een Nederlandse simkaart in Italië lijkt mij... Of hebben ze daar ook iets voor bedacht? Anders blijft het voordeel nog steeds wat achterwege
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Start in het najaar op het Vodafone netwerk:
Next two Truphone Local Anywhere countries announced
There has been lots of requests coming in for what the next Truphone Local Anywhere country should be.
And we are happy to announce today that the next two countries, after Australia (which will be launching soon), are... The Netherlands and Spain.
We have formed relationships with Vodafone in the Netherlands, and with Orange in Spain, and will be launching in both countries towards the end of the year.
This means that you can add a Spanish number, or a Dutch number (or both, if you want) to your Truphone Local Anywhere SIM, and when you are in either country, you can pay local rates, instead of roaming rates for calls, texts and data.
That brings the total number of Truphone countries to 5 - and this is just the start. Stay tuned, and don't forget to vote for the country you want as a Truphone country.
Bronnen:
http://blog.truphone.com/truphone-local-anywhere/
http://www.truphone.com/pdf/June17_Spain_Netherlands.pdf
http://www.truphone.com/nl/
Ondertussen lijkt er geld te zijn voor de (langverwachte) start in Nedeland:ROMAN ABRAMOVICH ACQUIRES 23.3% STAKE IN TRUPHONE
LONDON, 1st February 2013: Truphone, the pioneering international mobile communications company, today revealed that it has secured £75m in its latest round of funding from investors including Roman Abramovich. Mr. Abramovich's investment vehicle, Minden, has acquired a 23.3% stake for £70m, valuing the company at £300m.
Truphone's service currently works in 220 countries and is available as a local service in the UK, USA and Australia. Truphone will use this financing round to open businesses in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Poland, Germany and Spain this year. It is already in discussion with potential partners to add additional countries. This significant international expansion will more than double the size of Truphone’s potential market over the next twelve months and represents the next stage in its ambitious global growth plans.
This investment will allow Truphone to employ around 500 additional colleagues over the next 18 months, with a large number of these roles based in the UK, and to continue investing in innovation with significant product launches in the coming months.
Truphone is a British company, built on the inventions of CTO and founder James Tagg. Its multiple number technology underpins a simple, innovative service. With a single device and SIM card, customers can enjoy a local number in all Truphone countries. This allows them to access voice, data and SMS services at local rates. Importantly, it also means their friends, family and business contacts can keep in touch with them wherever they are in the world by simply making a local call, thus eliminating high international charges.Bron: www.truphone.com