Pinger announced that its European
expansion will begin later this summer in Germany with its new Pinger SMS Free
app for iOS and Android.
Pinger SMS Free operates within the current mobile
eco-system – users receive a local German Pinger number and can text for free
with any German mobile phone.
The consumer price of mobile communications in Europe is
too high, and for years various companies have been trying to figure out how to
make phone number-based mobile communication free,” said Greg Woock, CEO and
co-founder of Pinger.
Pinger has changed the game by bringing completely free
mobile calling and texting to Europe in a totally unique way. We simply
neutralize the high costs for consumers while the carriers still make money,”
Woock added.
Pinger has developed a patent-pending technology to allow
anyone to exchange text messages
for free in Europe. This new technology ensures that no end user sends more texts
than he or she receives.
By keeping texting volume symmetric, overhead costs are
eliminated for Pinger, allowing the company to provide this free service to
anyone. This symmetry model also works for voice calls, which Pinger plans to
bring to Europe later this year.
The worldwide mobile business is a $1 trillion dollar
industry with 5.5 billion subscribers, and all those billions of subscribers
have one thing in common: they think they pay too much for their phone
service,” said Joe Sipher, chief product and marketing officer and co-founder,
Pinger.
We can now spread free mobile communication to a wide
audience with this simple, yet brilliant twist that combines a symmetry-driven
gamification system with an existing mobile infrastructure using real local
phone numbers,” Sipher added.
Pinger Textfree also enables free unlimited text and
picture messaging from the U.S. to over 18 countries, and Pinger Textfree with
Voice supports free calling within the U.S. on iPhone and iPod touch.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
