[asterisk-biz] Nice Opportunity but Unique Challenge

Gerald Begumisa gbegumisa at yo.co.ug
Fri Oct 27 05:05:22 MST 2006


Greetings to all,

I have a client with a very unique need.  Following changes in the telecom
regulatory policy of Uganda, mass-provision of VoIP services is now allowed
for service providers who apply for a licence.  "Mass-provision" loosely
meaning targeting such a large client base that you attract the attention of
the telecom regulator (as well as the revenue authority ;-).  The first such
licence was issued only a week or so ago.

The business plan of this client targets a very large client base (over 1
million mobile subscribers).  The interesting thing is that the cost of
reaching this client base (apart from advertising etc...) is nearly zero.  I
cannot give detail at this time however what I can say is the business plan
of this client eliminates all the hassles of running a calling card system
yet reaches even more clients than a calling card system would.  So, to me
it looks good.

Now for the unique need:  After going through pages of calculations, this
client feels that at the bottomline, if they can get a reliable carrier who
can sell them minutes for the following key destinations (both landline and
mobile), at a flat rate of 5c per minute, they will be willing to prepay and
buy minutes wholesale.  Below are the key destinations:

USA (land and mobile)
Canada (land and mobile)
Thailand (land and mobile)
China (land and mobile)
Hong Kong (land and mobile)
Taiwan (land and mobile)
Japan (land and mobile)
United Kingdom (land and mobile)
Germany (land and mobile)
United Arab Emirates (land and mobile)
India (land and mobile)

Point to note is that they would be willing to take whatever prices for the
rest of the locations in the A-Z list.

Could any interested parties contact me off-list?  Thanks.

Regards,
Gerald.

-- 
Gerald Begumisa
CTO & Managing Director
Yo Uganda Limited
Off. Tel: +256 31 224 4641
Mob. Tel: +256 71 299 1983
Email: gbegumisa at yo.co.ug
Web: http://www.yo.co.ug/

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