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Paper mobile phone to launch in 2001
Tuesday, March 13 2001
by Kevin O' Brady


New Jersey-based Dieceland Technologies is to launch a disposable paper mobile by
the third quarter of 2001.



The phone will be launched initially in the US market, but will subsequently be
launched worldwide, according to the phone's inventor, Randi Altschul.

The basic price of the phone will be USD10, although there are six different
models, and prices may vary, said Altschul.

The new phone will come with 60 minutes of calling time and a hands-free
attachment, according to a report by The Register in the UK.

Although the phone will be called a phone-card-phone, no phone card will be
involved. Rather, when users are finished, they can either throw the phone away
or charge extra time through their credit card.

The phone will be available through all normal retail channels, said Altschul. It
is also expected that the phone will be available through vending machines and
through promotions, such as with a Big Mac and fries.

The idea for a disposable phone came to Altschul when she was in her car, she
explained. "I was driving in my car and I kept losing the signal on my cell
phone."

When a phone does not work, people are less inclined to throw away a phone that
costs USD300 than a phone that only costs USD10, said Altschul.

So far, some 100 million phone units have been ordered from Dieceland, including
from phone card companies. However, Altschul said that she was not prepared to
divulge expected revenues.

Altschul explained that she believed and hoped that she was the first person to
think of the idea of a disposable phone.

In addition to the disposable phone, Dieceland is also developing a paper laptop.
This is expected to cost about USD20 and to launch by the end of 2002.

"I want to be richer than Bill Gates," said Alstchul. "However, only time
will tell whether or not I will be."

Dieceland is at www.dtcproducts.com