Enterprise-class voice over Wi-Fi carrier, DeFi Mobile, selects Quiconnect

Quiconnect today announces that it has been selected by DeFi Mobile to establish pervasive wireless broadband interconnection agreements with international telecoms and network operators so that users of DeFi’s new voice over Wi-Fi service, DeFi Global Access™, can roam seamlessly and get connected at public hotspot infrastructure as they travel worldwide.

A global IP mobile carrier headquartered in California, DeFi Mobile has invested in creating a carrier grade IP platform able to scale to 20 million users to deliver next generation feature-rich voice, mobile applications

and services. DeFi is offering an unique solution whereby consumers pay a flat fee of £25 per month to make and receive unlimited long distance calls, have unrestricted data and browser access, all using one mobile device on one robust network.

Jeff Rice, DeFi Mobile’s chief executive officer, says, “Our ‘all you can eat’ fixed priced package means that global travellers can now stay in touch easily with colleagues, family and friends without paying exorbitant international mobile roaming or web access charges. As well, companies who use DeFi Global Access can slash their mobile phone and mobile data connections costs, freeing their executives and employees to use mobile communications whenever and wherever they need to.”

Supporting the S60 platform[1], DeFi runs on smartphones which have both cellular and Wi-Fi capability, typically Nokia’s E and N series handsets[2]. DeFi’s ‘over the air’ provisioning solution programs the network and provisions handsets in real time without any user involvement. Following a simple login process on DeFi’s web site, consumers download the application onto their phones, select local numbers for the countries they want and are ready to go, with the DeFi solution automatically connecting users to available access points whether they be at home, work or in public places.

DeFi Mobile’s Rice explains, “We are unique in offering phone numbers in 30 countries, with our customers able to choose up to three local country-specific DeFi numbers if they wish. So, for example, if you’re travelling to the UK, Spain and Brazil on a regular basis, you could select these countries, be assigned a local number, all of which would ring on your one handset.”