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Cherry, The Mobile Operator That Doesn t Care Whether You re On Wi-Fi Or Not

Posted on July 05, 2009

The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-headed audience. The last one to get its five minutes of fame was Cherry, a new mobile operator that promised to revolutionize the telecom world . Needless to say, I was as curious as I was skeptical.Then the company s CEO got up on stage, introduced himself, took out his Nokia smartphone, called some random guy in the audience and had him call h...

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