Yackiemobile - Anybody Heard Of Them?

[snidely]

Originally Posted by Stu

One problem about Yackie is the fact that it does not have have roaming in most of Arabia. I presume this is due to the Israeli origin of the SIM.

Good guess, Stu I hadn't noticed. They sure have a LOT of countries, tho, that others don't have. They seem to have virtually every Latin America country, Nz (which UM didn't have - at least last year) Also seem to cover virtually all of Africa.
They do have Jordan, Egypt and Morocco - all arab countries that recognize Israel. And they have Mexico, which I think some of the others didn't/don't have. That could be a big seller for Yackie for U.S. customers. They charge 24? for incoming - less than the 79? i believe Cingular charges and much less than the $1.49 that T-Mobile charges. (Even my grandfathered T-M rates are about $1 as i recall.)
An aside, prepaid in Mexico seems to be more expensive than roaming via Cingular last time i checked!

Stu - As i recall, you also had/have T-Mobiles old rates of 29? for incoming in many countries, including Israel.


...mike