MagicJack rival NetTalk is planning to crawl out of the infomercial doldrums and launch its own, branded LTE wireless service using LightSquared . See, when the cellular wholesaler is completed taking away GPS signals it plans to sell space on its network to other companies who will then advertise to consumers — and NetTalk desires to be a type of companies. Obviously, offering mobile voice and knowledge is new territory for the VoIP provider but, as always, more competition at the cellular scene is extremely welcome. It’s still too early for details like pricing, features, or devices, but we do have some lovely PR after the break.
RESTON, VA and MIAMI, FL — June 28, 2011 — LightSquared™, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated 4G-LTE wireless broadband and satellite network, and netTALK.COM, INC. (“netTALK”; OTCBB: NTLK), a telecommunications and consumer electronics company offering a number of innovative, easy-to-use products designed to assist consumers save cash on phone calls and more, today announced that they’ve entered right into a multi-year wholesale agreement.
Under this agreement, netTALK becomes a wholesale customer on LightSquared’s 4G-LTE network, and could develop its own branded voice and high-speed mobile data services for its customers. This partnership represents a first-rate step toward making the most recent generation of mobile services available to netTALK’s fast-growing customer base through the U.s.a..
“Our partnership with LightSquared helps fulfill our vision of delivering the foremost advanced communications services to customers throughout America,” said Anastasios ‘Takis’ Kyriakides, president of netTALK. “With LightSquared’s wholesale business model, we also now have a chance to serve new customer segments with very competitive services.”
“We’re extremely excited to supply netTALK with access to the wireless broadband capabilities of the LightSquared network,” said Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and chief executive officer of LightSquared. “This agreement reaffirms LightSquared’s commitment to enable new and innovative companies corresponding to netTALK to compete within the U.S. wireless market.
About LightSquared
LightSquared’s mission is to revolutionize the U.S. wireless industry. With the creation of the 1st-ever, wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network integrated with satellite coverage, LightSquared offers people the velocity, value and reliability of universal broadband connectivity, wherever they’re within the United states of america. As a wholesale-only operator, LightSquared will deploy an open 4G network for use by existing and new service providers to sell their very own devices, applications and services – at a competitive cost and without retail competition from LightSquared. The deployment and operation of LightSquared’s network represents greater than $14 billion of non-public investment over a better eight years. For more info about LightSquared, please visit www.LightSquared.com, www.facebook.com/LightSquared and www.twitter.com/LightSquared.
About NETTALK.COM, INC.
netTALK.COM, INC. (OTCBB: NTLK) is engaged within the design, distribution and sale of goods and coffee-cost VoIP services. NetTALK’s DUO and other products offer free calling to any phone inside the U.S. and Canada from anywhere on the earth. A Laptop Magazine Editor’s Choice product, designated “Business-Ready” by PCWorld, the DUO is the smallest VoIP analog telephone adapter on the earth. The netTALK DUO and other innovative netTALK communications products come in at www.nettalk.com.
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