Rebtel launched an application for Facebook users to make calls anywhere in the world for the price of a local call directly from their mobile phone. Reb Me allows Facebook users to create local numbers for global friends across their Facebook network direct from the Facebook site. The application allows users to add a 'Reb me!' box onto their profile so friends can instantly create a local number for them. New users receive 10 minutes of credit with which to try the Rebtel service, and another five minutes each time a friend they've invited adds the application and makes a call.
"Facebook is the world's fastest growing online community, home to a new generation of globalized young people with friends and social networks spread across the planet. There is no reason in the world why they should be wasting their money on exorbitant rates for international calling," said Hjalmar Winbladh, founder and CEO. "Reb Me was designed specifically for Facebook and is lean and clean. Like Facebook, Rebtel's mission is to make communicating simple, affordable, and convenient as possible."