Today swedish m-voip provider and disruptor-of-mobile-operators Rebtel released its Facebook Application. From the press release accompanying this:

The new application, to be named ‘Reb Me’, will allow Facebook users to create local numbers for global friends across their Facebook network direct from the Facebook site. The application allows users to add a ‘Reb me!’ box onto their profile so friends can instantly create a local number for them. What’s more, all new users receive 10 minutes of credit with which to try the service, and another five minutes each time a friend they’ve invited adds the application and makes a call – meaning that the potential for viral growth is huge.

As I was in on the news beforehand, I had the chance to try it out last week, and I must say it is convenient to have access to contacts with their Rebtel numbers from within Facebook. It’s also a breeze to assign Rebtel numbers to contacts and to invite them to use the service. Granted, all financial stuff needs to take place on the Rebtel site, but that’s only wise. Incidentally, Reb Me is one of a handful of voip enabled applications on Facebook. It got me wondering why there aren’t more. It’s nice that they are at the forefront with this, although I admit I am looking forward to subsequent releases: as Rebtel itself gains functionality so will -hopefully – its app on Facebook. An interesting interview with the guy who developed it (Ola Sundqvist, I’ve linked to this earlier) can be found here. I figure, Reb Me is about the only Facebook application that will help me save money.