Webtel.mobi to stage the World’s First Intercontinental Crossing by Jet-wing

2009, November 24th - Specialized Mobile Provider to stage a spectacular global event to highlight its innovative mobile phone service

Specialized Mobile Provider Webtel.mobi and its Challenger, Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, are in the final stages of preparation for this spectacular global event.

The Challenger will attempt to become the first man to make an intercontinental crossing – from Morocco in Africa to southern Spain – by jet-wing. The Challenge is being done to highlight Webtel.mobi as a challenger in the global telecommunications market with its innovative mobile phone service, which links the world in a low-cost way.

Webtel.mobi CEO Stuart Sterzel said the Challenge would push to the limit human technology and innovation and he saluted the professionalism and courage of the Challenger in undertaking the flight.

“Yves shares our philosophy that nothing in this world is achieved without personal dedication and we are confident he will succeed.”

Challenger Yves Rossy said he was looking forward to making the flight: “It is going to be historic, No-one has ever done this before. With all the work that the Webtel.mobi team and I have done, we will do this!”

Preparations over the weekend in Tangier, Morocco and Atlantera. outside Tarifa on the Spanish coast, saw Challenger Yves Rossy checking landing zones, approach routes and weather conditions. The Webtel.mobi Intercontinental Challenge team is being supplied with weather updates from Meteo France and predictions are for good weather for the Challenge Day on Wednesday.

The Challenger will be followed by an air fleet of helicopters and aircraft, which will film the event and provide free live television footage via satellite to any broadcasters worldwide. A free worldwide live internet broadcast (webcast) will also be screened on Webtel.mobi's Challenge website.

A huge contingent of TV Outside Broadcast personnel has set up its equipment (including two satellite news gathering vehicles and an Outside Broadcast truck, close to the arrival point. Satellite uplinks have been tested thoroughly.

The special Challenge website which has been built contains detailed information on all aspects of the event, as well as details for journalists and media representatives who want to attend the event. See www.challenge.webtel.mobi

Scheduled for November 25 2009 – with a Rehearsal on 24 November 2009 – the event is one of the largest and most unique to be held on the world stage for many years. The global webcast and broadcast also seem set to make it one of the most viewed events in recent time.

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About Webtel.mobi: Webtel.mobi is a Specialized Mobile Provider whose innovative service allows users to make local, international or roaming calls, or send text messages, from their mobile phones, anywhere in the world. It works off all mobile phones, on all networks, in all countries, and has the largest geographic coverage of any mobile provider. Its call and text rates are up to 80% less than competitors' standard costs. Information on the Webtel.mobi product is available at http://www.webtel.mobi/pc and the service is available from any mobile phone at http://www.webtel.mobi

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Attempt at first intercontinental jet-crossing ends highlights the courage of the attempt

2009, November 25th - The Webtel.mobi Intercontinental Challenge was launched today from Moroco, (Africa) to Spain (Europe), and it saw the Webtel.mobi Challenger effect a controlled marine landing en-route.

The CEO of Webtel.mobi, Stuart Sterzel, declared that although the full crossing from Africa to Europe had not been completed, the event was nevertheless a success. “Nothing that is worth achieving is easy” said Sterzel.

He added: “ All great and significant events have their beginnings, and these very often are not events that work on the first attempt. The significance is not in the crossing itself, but rather the courage to decide to attempt it. This takes courage is required in the door of the aircraft before exit – not on the route – and this courage was displayed amply today.”

Sterzel emphasised that all such attempts need to be planned extensively with a step-by-step approach towards safety and rehearsals, so that they are carried out in as safe a manner as possible.

A former Special Forces Operator before pursuing a career in business, Sterzel personally entered the North Atlantic Ocean from a Search and Rescue helicopter in order to carry out the search and rescue rehearsal himself before giving the green light to the event.

Sterzel said in a post rescue interview that he had never in his life asked anyone to do that which he himself was not prepared to do, but that having carried out the search and rescue exercise himself, he was satisfied that the event could go ahead under maximum safety conditions.

In summary, he said, “I am extremely proud of Yves Rossy, and for me and my company, his demonstration of courage in exiting the aircraft is what it is all about. An example of a fine aspect of human nature, and one that we will always support because it mirrors our own company’s philosophy.

The Challenger and the CEO have both stated their intention to complete the remaining distance of the Challenge in the near future.

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PICTURES: www.mediaimpact.ch/yvesrossy Credit: Blaise Chappuis / Webtel.mobi

About Webtel.mobi: Webtel.mobi is a Specialized Mobile Provider whose innovative service allows users to make local, international or roaming calls, or send text messages, from their mobile phones, anywhere in the world. It works off all mobile phones, on all networks, in all countries, and has the largest geographic coverage of any mobile provider. Its call and text rates are up to 80% less than competitors' standard costs. Information on the Webtel.mobi product is available at http://www.webtel.mobi/pc and the service is available from any mobile phone at http://www.webtel.mobi