By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at 4:25 PM
GiffGaff is back in the news again reports Mobile Choice, largely because this time they have some spanking tariffs that it is going to be hard to top – ideal if you need a second phone, or just want a better current deal!
For those of you that are not familiar with GiffGaff, they call themselves people-powered – meaning they reward members that introduce others. They don’t have any presence except on the Internet, so they have overheads too – which means the tariffs are very cheap. They do piggyback on O2 for their MVNO service offering, but their business model is very different!
Bundles such as these are very good value:
£5 – unlimited texts
£10 – 100 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited Internet
£15 – 300 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited Internet
These are monthly costs, so as you can see it is VERY good value!
There are some limitations in place such as not including international numbers, and you not hooking up your mobile to a computer. Oh, and the unlimited Internet offer only last until 25th May.
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.