Chinese Language MVNO

A Chinese language mobile virtual network (MVNO) has been launched in the USA, using modified handsets from Motorola. Red Pocket Mobile is the first wireless provider to focus exclusively on customers who live in the USA but maintain strong ties to Asia. In addition to providing Chinese-language Motorola handsets, Red Pocket Mobile's customer service representatives speak Mandarin and Cantonese dialects of Chinese along with English.

Red Pocket also offers an eyebrow-raising calling plan: a phone call to China, Singapore or Taiwan costs exactly the same as a call within the USA.

"More and more Americans rely on their mobile devices to connect to friends, family and business colleagues overseas," said Joshua Gordon, Chief Operating Officer at Red Pocket Mobile. "As the first wireless provider to focus exclusively on the Asian American community, we're proud to work with Motorola to make Asia a local call away."

Red Pocket Mobile's distinctive Cosmic Blue MOTORAZR V3 features simplified and traditional Chinese handset menus. Red Pocket Mobile's Motorola C139 offers menu options in simplified written Chinese. The Red Pocket Mobile versions of the Motorola phones allow users to operate the phone in a language they are comfortable with while taking advantage of important services such as text messaging

Posted to the site on 29th September 2006