[asterisk-biz] Nice Opportunity but Unique Challenge

[Steve Totaro]

Some on this list may recognize my name, others that do not can google 
me and see that I have been active in this community for the last four 
years.

This is no scam.  I can personally vouch for Gerald. 

We worked for the same company that has offices here in the DC area as 
well as all over Africa.  

We met when he placed an order for several thousand dollars in Digium 
equipment and I "smelled a scam" and told him that I could not fill that 
order.  Then I got the exact same order from a Germantown MD based 
business.  Still unsure, I hand delivered the equipment just to make 
sure things were on the up and up.

They were, and I actually took a position with this company and spent 
many months in Africa and even setup a call center for the US Embassy in 
Senegal.

I have known him for almost three years and he has done some excellent 
custom development for me.

Uganda and other African nations are de-regulating the telecom industry 
and making VoIP legal.  While I see huge potential in such investments, 
I also see huge risks since corruption is rampant in these governments 
and some are very unstable.

Read his post again, he said "PREPAID".  Not much room for a scam there 
unless you allow destinations that you should not, like NuFone did.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

Talking Voice wrote:
> Please take your scam somewhere else, and while doing so please stop 
> using the good names of good countries out of your scam.
>  
> On 10/27/06, *C F* <shmaltz at gmail.com <mailto:shmaltz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     For some reason it doesn't smell right, any links to support the
>     "changes in the telecom reglatory policy of Uganda"?
>
>     On 10/27/06, Gerald Begumisa <gbegumisa at yo.co.ug
>     <mailto:gbegumisa at yo.co.ug>> wrote:
>     > 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 <mailto:gbegumisa at yo.co.ug>
>     > Web: http://www.yo.co.ug/
>     >
>     > For a High Performance VoIP Billing Engine, take a look at YBS
>     > <http://www.yo.co.ug/ybs/ <http://www.yo.co.ug/ybs/>>
>     >
>