Tuesday, January 22, 2008

United Mobile Raises $15 Million for Low-Cost Roaming

United Mobile, a Swiss company that provides international travelers with a single, global SIM card
that offers both voice and data roaming, completed a US$15 million round of equity funding led by Accel Partners and Grazia Equity, who join angel investors Morten Lund, an initial investor in Skype, Thomas Geitner, the former global CTO of Vodafone, and Robert Zacconi, CEO of King.com.

United Mobile leverages a network of 300 companies in 140 countries and transparently negotiates the cheapest rate for outgoing calls. It provides free incoming calls in more than 80 countries.http://www.united-mobile.com