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TrapCall Is Now Available In Alaska and Hawaii

Two weeks ago we announced TrapCall’s launch in Canada, supporting Rogers, Bell Canada and Fido. Last week we announced TrapCall support for MetroPCS. This week, we’re excited to announce that TrapCall is now available in Alaska and Hawaii.

Users in Hawaii (area code 808) and Alaska (area code 907) who have AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, or Sprint wireless service, can now sign up for TrapCall via our website or one of our increasingly popular mobile apps.

With this latest expansion, TrapCall now supports the top 5 wireless carriers, in all 50 states.

Posted on January 16th, 2012 in the Announcements Category | 1 Comment

TrapCall Is Now Available For MetroPCS

Hot off our launch in Canada just last week, today we’re proudly announcing that TrapCall is now available for MetroPCS, the nation’s fifth largest wireless carrier. MetroPCS covers 90% of America, with its low-cost, no-contract service, which boasts 8.9 million subscribers. All of which we’re hoping sign up for TrapCall!

We’ve been getting requests for MetroPCS support for years, and frankly, we didn’t think it was even possible until recently. You see, TrapCall can’t work without conditional call-forwarding on a users phone. MetroPCS does offer this, however, they have strict limitations on where users can conditionally forward their calls to — something no other carrier in the US has. MetroPCS only allows users to forward calls to “local” numbers. Unfortunately, the definition of a “local” number is extremely vague and there’s no rhyme or reason to how MetroPCS designates a “local” area. Even MetroPCS store employees don’t know the exact definition of a “local” calling area!

We spent some time looking at this limitation, digging deeper into the issue, and we eventually found a workaround that enables us to offer MetroPCS support in almost every area across the country. Sorry that it took so long, but MetroPCS support is finally here! It wasn’t easy, but we think you’ll agree it was worth it.

MetroPCS does not include call-forwarding in its plans, so it’s also important to note that you HAVE to add the call-forwarding feature to your plan BEFORE signing up for TrapCall. This can be done by updating your account at MetroPCS.com.

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Posted on January 9th, 2012 in the Announcements Category | No Comments

TrapCall Is Now Available In Canada, Also Available In The Canadian App Store & Android Market

Update: (5-7-2012) We’re sad to announce that we’re pulling out of Canada, as the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the telcos have made it clear we aren’t welcome there.

Today we’re excited to announce our largest expansion to date! TrapCall is now available on all four major wireless carriers in Canada — Rogers, Bell and Fido. Our mobile app is now also available in the Canadian iPhone App Store and Android Market.

It’s been a long road since we launched TrapCall almost 3 years ago now. We’re thrilled to finally be doing our first expansion outside of the US, as we realize that some of you find TrapCall to be an invaluable tool. Even a life saver at times. TrapCall is a product for the people, no matter how much the phone companies or the regulators dislike it. And we want to bring TrapCall to as many of you around the world as possible, which is what we’ll be focusing on doing in 2012.

So, Canada, we hope you don’t mind being the first country we empower, as we try to make TrapCall into a global service!

Posted on January 5th, 2012 in the Announcements Category | 6 Comments