Localphone Announces Free Minutes to Call China Over Chinese New Year
Summary
Sheffield, United Kingdom, January 27, 2009 --( The Chinese New Year celebration triggers the world’s largest human migration when families gather for reunion dinners and “new-year visits”.“We recognise that many of our customers are being affected by the economic downturn; we want to offer this promotion so the Chinese community can keep in touch with family and friends throughout the festive period.We plan to run similar promotions throughout the year to help relieve the pressure where we can.” Customers will be billed as usual and on February 10th will receive a rebate equal to the value of free talk time used.Over the 15 days of the festival (January 26th – February 9th 2009) this amounts to a massive 5 hours of free talk time.“We’ve had a spectacular first year in business, with China as one of our most popular calling destinations,” said Paul Cusack, Localphone CEO.We plan to run similar promotions throughout the year to help relieve the pressure where we can.”Customers will be billed as usual and on February 10th will receive a rebate equal to the value of free talk time used.