{"id":196702,"date":"2010-01-19T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/01\/18\/rebtel-buying-a-part-of-talkster\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:33:09","slug":"rebtel-buying-a-part-of-talkster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/196702","title":{"rendered":"Rebtel Buying a Part of Talkster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"4049757044_ea7788dc6c_o\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/4049757044_ea7788dc6c_o.png?w=180&#038;h=122\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"122\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-92163\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rebtel.com\">Rebtel<\/a>, the Stockholm, Sweden-based VoIP service provider, is buying Free World Dialing, a division of Toronto-based VoIP service provider, <a title=\"Talkster  free international calling\" href=\"http:\/\/talkster.com\/\">Talkster<\/a> for an undisclosed amount. As part of the agreement, Rebtel will carry all of Talkster&#8217;s international traffic over its network. Late last year, Rebtel acquired Gorilla Mobile to expand is business to Asia. The company had switched to a <a title=\"Rebtel\u2019s Goes Easy, Thinks White Label \u2013 GigaOM\" href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/06\/12\/rebtels-goes-easy-thinks-white-label\/\">white-label model in 2008<\/a> and since then has been trying to find steady growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"REBTEL by rebtel\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/rebtel-by-rebtel.jpeg?w=200&#038;h=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-92164\" \/>The company says it has more than 4 million registered customers worldwide, and is adding more than 100,000 new users each month. It has $20 million in sales in 2009 up 75 percent vs. 2008. Rebtel expects to grow at a similar rate in 2010, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/92165\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=92165&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=Mub_uOkZ8IQ:4iOqJOekFqg:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/Mub_uOkZ8IQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebtel, the Stockholm, Sweden-based VoIP service provider, is buying Free World Dialing, a division of Toronto-based VoIP service provider, Talkster for an undisclosed amount. As part of the agreement, Rebtel will carry all of Talkster&#8217;s international traffic over its network. Late last year, Rebtel acquired Gorilla Mobile to expand is business to Asia. 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