yackie mobile review

[Stu]

If someone sends an SMS to your virtual number, is it forwarded?

[YackieMobile]

Originally Posted by Stu

If someone sends an SMS to your virtual number, is it forwarded?

SMS uses Global Titles on GSM MAP which is of course not available on voice numbers. (GSM networks are much more complicated, there is no MAP SCCP interworking on DID ranges)

[Stu]

I assumed that was the answer, but FYI there are some exceptions. For example, Truphone has DIDs that can receive SMSes. BT has some UK landlines with this capability. In the UAE, Etisilat had played with this concept but I don't think there was enough interest and the program was dropped.

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by YackieMobile

We are in test process since few weeks for releasing the US SIM card, as we are also MVNO in USA

The goal is 0.10 $ in USA Nationwide call, on peack and off peack
DATA roaming availlable

Call to canada, mexico, argentina etc etc around 0.12/0.15 $

Call to most international countries around 0.15 to 0.25 $

and call from the Canada to the US and world around 0.20/0.25 $

And call from the South american countries to the USA an the world from 0.20 to 0.69$

Off course same fonctions than the World Card ( who will be delivered bundleled for the world travelers to the US( noth and South and canada ), this mean, DID can be attached and forwarded both on SIP / World SIm / US Sim etc etc

and few others features who will be released in few days

Sound Good?

I'm not a techie and a little dense...does this mean there will be a different sim card for the USA than the international card so I wouldn't be able to use the international card you are offering now in the USA?

And your USA rates...are those to both make calls and to receive calls or just to make calls with free receiving of calls??????

Thanks.

[n875]

Originally Posted by bbob

You can call the 105 number for customer support but what is the rate for doing this or is it free of charge ? Same question for the number 108 for voicemail ?

I try to call 105 and see there is a charge associated to the Yackie Mobile help hotline number +44 8458693542 (UK)... Look like call 105 will dial that UK +44 8458693542

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Yackie Mobile, there are severals software bugs

If I log into my account on http://www.yackiemobile.com and go to "My GSM Account" to view the Calls History...

a) I can't change the 'Start' and 'End' date... It always show today date...

b) I think the call history reports wrong compare to the call history when login to http://my.yackiemobile.com

For example, the call history from http://www.yackiemobile.com displays...

2007-10-25 19:17:32 1613XXXXXXX CANADA Jockvale [Fixed] - 70 sec - $3.18
2007-10-25 00:18:07 448458693542 UNITED KINGDOM 0845 Non-Geographic - 27 sec - $1.539

Total $4.719


While the call history from http://my.yackiemobile.com displays....

354380XXXXXX 1613XXXXXXX CANADA Jockvale [Fixed] 2007-10-25 21:17:32 - 2:00min - $0.48000
354380XXXXXX 1514XXXXXXX CANADA Rogers [Mobile] 2007-10-25 21:17:32 - 2:00min - $2.70000
354380XXXXXX 448458693542 UNITED KINGDOM 0845 Non-Geographic 2007-10-25 02:18:07 - 0:27sec - $0.18900
354380XXXXXX 1514XXXXXXX CANADA Rogers [Mobile] 2007-10-25 02:18:07 1:00min - $1.35000

Total $4.71900

Same total $4.719 but the call history are different... I can see from the call logs that http://www.yackiemobile.com call history not display any call to 1514XXXXXXX which has the same area code 514 as my DID forward to the SIM...

BTW, the Yackie Mobile website certificate is expired a week ago on 10/17/2007. Please update your website certificate.



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I have a question...

1) If we don't want the SIM GSM voice mail, can you disable it for us? we need to call/email support and ask to disable it?

2) When the SIM GSM voice mail is disabled and the phone is off... if someone call the SIM/DID number, will the callers hear the ring even the SIM/phone is off... and how many rings the callers will hear before it stop ringing...

The reason I ask these questions because I have something like forwarding/following me to several phone numbers... Currently with the SIM voice mail on, if the phone is off or no network found... It only rings twice and go to voice mail... If it rings longer then I will have enough time to pickup my other phone I configured to ring many phone numbers at the same time...

[jeffg1998]

Hi YackieTech,

First of all, Thank you for the outstanding service on getting the Free SIM out. I've tried test calls and it works great. Certainly an outstanding product.

You mention the US product. I have the same question as above. Will I have to buy another SIM card as well as the international card or will the interface be seamless?

Thanks.

[prion]

Yackiemobile where does the incoming cost from receiving a call from the DID comes? THe voip account or sim card balance?

[bbob]

Originally Posted by prion

Yackiemobile where does the incoming cost from receiving a call from the DID comes? THe voip account or sim card balance?

Sim card balance

[bbob]

Yackie I understand your point of view and that you have to make money, but.

You say than on your rate of $0.29 per minute you don't make any money. Why is it that other companies can offer a lower rate to
iceland mobile or are these companies loosing money on these rates ?

Also I gave an example (Andy did) about sms callback other companies offer. This means that not you are paying we sms cost but the user, we are paying the sms cost but the calling rates are a lot lower that.

But there will always be users like here on the forum that are looking for a lower cost solution and are using this. I can only assume for you that this is a very small % of your customers so your normal customers are apying the bills and that's were you make money.

[YackieMobile]

Originally Posted by bbob

Yackie I understand your point of view and that you have to make money, but.

You say than on your rate of $0.29 per minute you don't make any money. Why is it that other companies can offer a lower rate to
iceland mobile or are these companies loosing money on these rates ?

Also I gave an example (Andy did) about sms callback other companies offer. This means that not you are paying we sms cost but the user, we are paying the sms cost but the calling rates are a lot lower that.

But there will always be users like here on the forum that are looking for a lower cost solution and are using this. I can only assume for you that this is a very small % of your customers so your normal customers are apying the bills and that's were you make money.

Hi bbob,

I'm not sure if I understand correctly, the $0.29 is for incoming calls on your DID whilst roaming, that doesn't have anything to do with the Icelandic free incoming number.

While it's true that if you use your own callback, you pay the SMS, the example I gave was how the operator makes 20c, which is far below what the operator needs to cover costs.

It's quite simple really, every time you make a call and use your own callback solution to do so, you are depriving your operator of needed revenue, it's of course up to you whether you do so, but at the same time it isn't fair to use the $0.29 as a base price for calculating what other calls should cost.

Please don't compare GSM roaming to VOIP, it really is simply not the same thing.