Zer01 "launches," still not really available to end users

Posted on 1st July 2009 by iorgus in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Upstart Zer01 has been touting its so-called “Veritable Mobile Convergence” technology since early in the year, promising to attach to all sorts of carriers with which it has agreements around the world to bring unlimited data and calling to the masses, and now they’ve launched — sort of. It turns out that the company is actually looking for partners that’ll resell the service, which focuses on data and uses VoIP to deliver on its promises; what that means to anyone navigating to the site right now to sign up for a new line is that… well, you can’t. You’ll need to buy service through a distributor, and since Zer01 doesn’t have a distributor network yet, that’s a little hard to do — so for all practical purposes, the wait for cheap wireless data nirvana continues.

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Zer01 Mobile’s a nomad, will roam with a variety of carriers

Posted on 24th March 2009 by iorgus in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

It won’t make much of a difference to the end user — all they’ll care is that they’re getting unlimited voice and data for under $70 a month — but it turns out that Zer01 Mobile’s upcoming VoIP-based service won’t be using AT&T alone to provide service. Instead, it’ll have service agreements in place with a number of GSM carriers — nationals and regionals alike, we’d imagine — in an effort to keep its costs low. Because all voice calls will travel over VoIP instead of GSM or UMTS proper, it seems like things could get a little dicey if you find yourself on a crappy EDGE (or worse yet, GPRS) connection, but hey, just keep telling yourself: “$69.95.”

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