Another New MVNO: BlueFace

JTMan

BlueFace are about the launch a new MVNO over the coming weeks.

The MVNO will be on the 3 network.

It will be aimed at high end bill pay customers and business customers.

Here is what they are promising:

'best in breed' of low cost unlimited tariffs with a highly flexible service all in Blueface's proprietary unified communications cloud.

Now you can enjoy the convenience of ONE bill, ONE call history and ONE voicemail service to manage your fixed and mobile services with Blueface.

After years of very few MVNO launches, there seems to be a flood of them lately with the likes of 48, More Mobile and Lycamobile Ireland launched or launching soon.

godtabh

I use their VOIP service. I highly recommend them from that point of view

Sponge Bob

Reckon there will be an app for some of these tariffs. It had better be highly adaptive to cope with 3

jay93

So two new MVNO's being set up on 3 Ireland.
Will this not put strain on the already overloaded infrastructure of 3 Ireland?

Kristopherus

jay93 wrote: »

So two new MVNO's being set up on 3 Ireland.
Will this not put strain on the already overloaded infrastructure of 3 Ireland?

Well, if Three charge them loads of lolly then they may be able to upgrade their network. Won't happen overnight, though.

Solair

It could be a potentially decent service. Blueface's VoIP platform's fantastic and their customer service is also second to none.

They're talking about nice touches like having all your voicemail arrive in the Blueface voicemail/integrated messaging system instead of 3Mail etc etc.

JTMan

Update, mainly taken, from the Sunday Times ...

Blueface Mobile MVNO on 3 launches this week.

Business customer only at the start. Packages for consumers are in the works.

Denis O'Brien is behind Blueface. This is his second venture in the Irish mobile sphere.

Vahevala

Fungus wrote: »

Update, mainly taken, from the Sunday Times ...

Blueface Mobile MVNO on 3 launches this week.

Business customer only at the start. Packages for consumers are in the works.

Blueface say they will "embrace VOIP", with mobile, not flight it and not ignore it.

Denise O'Brien is behind Blueface. This is his second venture in the Irish mobile sphere.

Do you mean Denis :pac::pac:

JTMan

Woops Fixed.

JTMan

Blueface have launched.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/25918-blueface-enters-mobile/

69 EUR:
Unlimited domestic calls
Unlimited texts
Unlimited data
Unlimited UK landline and mobile calls
Unlimited VoIP calls

Aimed at business users.

puppetmaster

Yeh seems to be aimed the same as Emobile,

Interesting to see if this plan is sim only, what phones will be available and how they will be priced. and how long is the contract. For someone not already using blueface it looks quite similar to Emobiles unlimited plan. (plus UK landlines and Mobiles) and 6 euro a month cheaper than TescoMobiles unlimited plans.

Will be nice to see the details. All in all good news to have another player in the game.

Sponge Bob

UPC may announce as early as tomorrow.

JTMan

Ah, it is 69 EUR plus VAT or 59 EUR plus VAT if you are an existing customer.

http://www.techcentral.ie/18368/blueface-launches-mobile-service

customers will get unlimited Ireland and UK landline and mobile calls, free Blueface to Blueface calls and unlimited data and texts for €69 per month (+VAT). Current Blueface customers that take up the mobile service will be rewarded for their loyalty with a reduced rate of €59 per month (+VAT). Blueface can also provide international landline numbers delivered directly on Irish users' handsets

nava

Sponge Bob wrote: »

UPC may announce as early as tomorrow.

Where did you hear that? was just searching the web but could not find anything on it. Lets hope it's true.

Blueface prices are ok for business lets hope they take out soon some consumer plans with good prices.

Solair

A not quite so broad Blueface mobile package for smaller business / residential customers would be nice.

It will suit some people but I don't make all that many mobile calls to the UK. So, I think I'll be sticking with e-mobile for the moment anyway.

JTMan

Solair wrote: »

A not quite so broad Blueface mobile package for smaller business / residential customers would be nice.

Blueface have said they will do residential packages in time.

Solair wrote: »

It will suit some people but I don't make all that many mobile calls to the UK. So, I think I'll be sticking with e-mobile for the moment anyway.

Yeah, unless you call the UK a lot, eMobile is better value for heavy mobile users.

JTMan

nava wrote: »

Where did you hear that? was just searching the web but could not find anything on it. Lets hope it's true.

UPC have now announced their results today as was expected on this thread.

No announcement of their MVNO with the results. There must be testing issues.

RangeR

jay93 wrote: »

So two new MVNO's being set up on 3 Ireland.
Will this not put strain on the already overloaded infrastructure of 3 Ireland?

Who is the other MVNO on Three?

nava

RangeR wrote: »

Who is the other MVNO on Three?

The other is Moremobile.ie suppose to be launching soon, but is been having that message on the website for a few weeks.

RangeR

puppetmaster wrote: »

Yeh seems to be aimed the same as Emobile,

Interesting to see if this plan is sim only, what phones will be available and how they will be priced. and how long is the contract. For someone not already using blueface it looks quite similar to Emobiles unlimited plan. (plus UK landlines and Mobiles) and 6 euro a month cheaper than TescoMobiles unlimited plans.

Will be nice to see the details. All in all good news to have another player in the game.

You can register your interest on blueface.ie. I just did and got a list of 5 mobiles they offer. Don't be looking for cheap [or subsidised] phones. They look like PAYG prices.

Also if 11+ users sign up in a business, you get the package for €49 ex VAT per person [if you have VoIP package].

EDIT:
FUP on all unlimited
3 month contract
Actually, that €49 DOESN'T appear to include the €10 discount if you have an existing VOIP package
Damn fine prices
Opt for PAYG @ €10 per person if you don't want contract. I assume you pay per call for this, rather than ANY unlimited.

JTMan

Their business package does not seem as good value as the 3 business package.

RangeR wrote: »

Opt for PAYG @ €10 per person if you don't want contract. I assume you pay per call for this, rather than ANY unlimited.

Interesting. I did not know that BlueFace had launched their prepay offering. I have emailed them asking for full details.

RangeR

Fungus wrote: »

Interesting. I did not know that BlueFace had launched their prepay offering. I have emailed them asking for full details.

Logistically, they haven't launched anything yet

nava

RangeR wrote: »

You can register your interest on blueface.ie. I just did and got a list of 5 mobiles they offer. Don't be looking for cheap [or subsidised] phones. They look like PAYG prices.

Also if 11+ users sign up in a business, you get the package for €49 ex VAT per person [if you have VoIP package].

EDIT:
FUP on all unlimited
3 month contract
Actually, that €49 DOESN'T appear to include the €10 discount if you have an existing VOIP package
Damn fine prices
Opt for PAYG @ €10 per person if you don't want contract. I assume you pay per call for this, rather than ANY unlimited.

If you still have it can you please copy the email you got?

Thanks

RangeR

nava wrote: »

If you still have it can you please copy the email you got?

Thanks

It was an attachment. Just sign up. I got a reply less than 30 mins after signing up for interest.

JTMan

The BlueFace PAYG service launches just in 2 weeks time.

All they will tell me for now is the sim will cost 10 EUR with 5 EUR credit.

I am asked BlueFace to email me as soon as they have more details.

JTMan

More details ...

Calls will be a low 12 cent to 15 cent per minute. This significantly undercuts Tesco Mobile and Postfone and all other operators.

Data will be €12.50 per GB.

Text messages will be 12 cent per message.

Kenny Powers

Fungus wrote: »

More details ...

Calls will be a low 12 cent to 15 cent per minute. This significantly undercuts Tesco Mobile and Postfone and all other operators.

Data will be €12.50 per GB.

Text messages will be 12 cent per message.

Any minutes, text, data with a top up?

JTMan

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Any minutes, text, data with a top up?

That is the exact question I asked the BlueFace support team. Waiting for a response.

I get the sense that business is their focus, they just happen to have a prepay service.

Kenny Powers

Can blueface roam on to Vodafone when there is no 3 coverage?

JTMan

Response from BlueFace support:

Correction to the last mail, text messages are 10 cent on PAYG.

At the moment we are not offering any bundles on the PAYG but I am sure we will be doing something along this line in the not too distant future.

The only free extra would be the €5 free credit with the €10 SIM card. If we have any other special offers I will be sure to let you know.

Thanks again for your interest and I will get in contact with you when we are ready to send out SIM card's.