Rebtel Adds 500,000 Users Every Month

Rebtel now has more than 20m users of its international calling and SMS services, with 500,000 added to its customer base every month. The company has doubled its revenue from $40m in 2010 to $80m in 2012. 

Both the number of app downloads and its paying subscribers have increased by more than 250 per cent since 2011. Rebtel also says that its average revenue per user (ARPU) is three times higher than Skype’s – its bigger rival.