Just Mobile closing down [Confirmed on their Facebook page]

podgeandrodge

Just mobile is closing over the next 30 days according to a text I received (hope not already posted)

Text states "please do not top-up any further and thanks for all ur support"

Their website still does not mention this.

EoghanConway

Just saw that. Pity, seemed like nice guys even if the strategy was a bit off

StaticNoise

Comments on Facebook from users say that they are shutting down "for 30 days".
It must be a typo.

Pity. Seemed like a fun network. Sad to see them go.

1st Update: I wonder has it anything to do with this - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0322/1224292773584.html

2nd update/correction: Services are to cease over the next thirty days. They didn't get the funding, apparently. Services have already started to be shut down, with users reporting that internet is no longer in operation, and only an answering machine being found on their support line (but I imagine because it's after office hours).

Aulpay

I wish it was a typo Really liked being with them, free calls and texts all month for €18 was a steal and they are also the only Irish network in Ireland. Thanks for the info from FB, gunna have to go through all that crap of getting a new sim and wait 3 days for my info to be transfarred to another network, bad buzz

StaticNoise

I imagine that you're on Facebook yourself, and you posted the message?

I never knew the offer was that cheap. €18 is not bad at all.
I wonder what Vodafone have to say on the closure, since they were the operator behind the crew.

Davy

Their is no confirmation of this, so closing this for the moment. Not fair to them if its not true. If anyone has details, report this post or contact one of the mods, thanks

gman2k

It's true - on their FB page now. (Sorry for opening other thread - never saw this one )

Davy

For those not on facebook

Thargor

Where on the fcuking Comreg site? Jesus Christ why is everything in this country such a heap of sh1t?

StaticNoise

Thargor wrote: »

Where on the fcuking Comreg site? Jesus Christ why is everything in this country such a heap of sh1t?

Absolutely no word on ComReg.ie. You would think that they would have something to say on the matter: but they don't really give me much confidence as an organisation.

As for the network, it's awful to hear the news. I hope not too many jobs are lost, as they are the main loss here.
I only noticed the excellent price plan today, after hearing the closure. I would have moved three members of my family alone over to the service.

jay93

Awh they are out of business was wondering why the JUST mobile internet went dead on me today

I don't think they marketed themselves enough most people didn't even know the network existed to be honest!

jay93

Aulpay wrote: »

they are also the only Irish network in Ireland

E-Mobile/Meteor are Irish owned networks too:P

drunkmonkey

jay93 wrote: »

E-Mobile/Meteor are Irish owned networks too:P

Which are both owned by Singapore Telecom making them not Irish.

Just mobile wasn't a network it was an mvno same as emobile and tesco mobile.

Cabaal

Shame to see it go out of business

StaticNoise

Today FM are running the story.

wyndham

Jokers. In Hungary and service just went dead yesterday afternoon. Can't make or receive calls. Texts are still getting through for now both sending and receiving apparently. Roaming agreements must have been terminated already. No notification text or anything of the siutuation and can't do anything til I get back now. Very stuck. Bunch of amateurs. Shoulda known when it took over 2 days to port over in the first place.

Max Power 2010

More Info:

Just Mobile Website

&

Comreg

devil-80

Time to come back to Vodafone (or other network any recommendation?).Now stuck for a week without the working network at my Holiday.
Ok when i tried to switch for vodafone i get message:"We're sorry: 086-1234567 is already a Vodafone number

You current mobile phone number cannot be switched to Vodafone." anyone knows what to do now?

StaticNoise

Maybe that's because they are piggybacking on the Vodafone network.

I recommend Three, to be honest. They're releasing (arguably) the best prepay offer in Ireland on Friday: all you can eat data, free 3 to 3 calls, free any network texts, free weekend calls and all for €20. It's being discussed in another thread at the moment.

It seems to be the closest thing to Just Mobile's previous price-plan anyway, but only for two quid more.

Random

i like to see competition in the market but i never really saw this as a network that would take off. the market is saturated and they ran into it at the wrong time.

my unqualified opinion anyway ...

muffinhead

devil-80 wrote: »

Time to come back to Vodafone (or other network any recommendation?)

Not sure if you're on billpay or prepay but the O2 Golden sim (prepay) might be a reasonably good value stopgap until you get something else sorted out:

https://sim1.o2online-media.ie/GoldenSim.aspx

Free O2 to O2 calls & texts (without having to top up) and 10c calls and texts to other mobiles and landlines.

Ah-Watch

devil-80 wrote: »

Time to come back to Vodafone (or other network any recommendation?).Now stuck for a week without the working network at my Holiday.
Ok when i tried to switch for vodafone i get message:"We're sorry: XXXXXXXXXXXX is already a Vodafone number

You current mobile phone number cannot be switched to Vodafone." anyone knows what to do now?

Might want to take out your number there. If you go instore they'll do it there and then and will sort any of the problems without the hassle for you. Three's offerings are good too though I always vouch for Voda

devil-80

muffinhead wrote: »

Not sure if you're on billpay or prepay but the O2 Golden sim (prepay) might be a reasonably good value stopgap until you get something else sorted out:

https://sim1.o2online-media.ie/GoldenSim.aspx

Free O2 to O2 calls & texts (without having to top up) and 10c calls and texts to other mobiles and landlines.

Im at prepay.
Ok ordered now o2 golden sim.

laughter189

I have a Just mobile sim with 25 euro credit on it .

does anyone know if I have to use this by 8th August or can it be transferred to my new network ?

Thargor

There isn't a hope in hell of transferring credit between networks.

laughter189

Thargor wrote: »

There isn't a hope in hell of transferring credit between networks.

Okay , - I guess the credit will be lost then ,

keithrus

now because JM are shut - offices and all, would this be the reason why its taking so darn long to port over??

transferred over to meteor and they said the usual mellarkey of 4-5 hrs to port over the number. Yet I still am on their 085 number.

Going on here cos of the high call volumes.

StaticNoise

Today's Irish Times - Just Mobile to be wound down with €2m in losses - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0804/1224301822677.html

JUST MOBILE has decided to wind down its operation just 10 months after the company was launched. The decision was taken after it failed to secure follow-on funding that would have sustained the business until it reached breakeven next year.

It is believed to have been seeking to raise about €2 million from investors.

Just Mobile has stopped accepting top-ups from customers and barred them from making international calls and using premium rate numbers. Customers will be able to run down their credit.

From next Monday, August 8th, Just Mobile subscribers will no longer be able to make calls or send texts but will be able to receive them.

The service will be discontinued altogether on August 19th.

Just Mobile was launched in October 2011 as a pre-pay virtual operator, piggybacking on Vodafone’s network. It signed distribution deals with Spar and Mace convenience operator BWG and fuel group Topaz.

At launch, it charged 20 cent a minute for calls and nine cent per text message. It offered unlimited calls and texts to any network for €18 a month.

The company was founded by Donal Lawless and Stuart Kelly and backed by Powerscourt Capital Partners, an investment vehicle led by Irish entrepreneur Seán Melly, who was the company chairman.

Stephen Brewer, a former head of Vodafone in Ireland, was a consultant and had a small stake in the business.

“We were unable to secure follow-on funding in the current environment and our main partner Vodafone and other suppliers, who have been very supportive, could not continue to support us any longer,” the company said in a statement on its website.

Five full-time staff will be made redundant while the decision also affects up to 15 people at outsourcing groups who provided support services to company.

“It’s an expensive business to be in and our customer uptake was behind where we wanted it to be,” Mr Lawless told The Irish Times yesterday.

“We ran out of runway with our partners, who were very supportive. The business climate at the moment is really, really bad.”

Mr Lawless said about €2 million had been lost on the business.

He said Just Mobile had secured “a few thousand” subscribers since its launch last October.

After a bumpy start, the company had implemented a number of changes and had “turned a corner” in recent times, he added.

“We would have hit breakeven in Q1 next year, which is a very short time for a company in this industry.”

It had targeted 30,000 subscribers by the close of the first quarter of 2012, he added. “We would have achieved that. But there’s just no investment in Ireland at present for young businesses.”

He accepted that it wasn’t an “ideal time” to launch, given the recession, but said the concept had been at the planning stage for about 18 months.

“I think we can be proud of what we did. We had a bit of hard luck. We gave it a go and were serious about it.”