It was seen lately that a new Australian telecommunications company Telcoinabox has come to New Zealand and setup a shop in Wellington.

It has been seen that it was offering the industrialists the chance to make their own mobile phone company through a wholesale deal that it had struck with Telecom.

It was also told that the franchisees should come up with their own brand, set prices, and win their own customers.

It was informed that in Sydney, Telcoinabox provided technical support to customers via call centre and also worked for Telecom by taking care of billing and payments.

Shannon Fisher Telcoinabox New Zealand Chief Executive informed that the company already had around 60 franchisees in Australia which were individuals in business for the first time.

He added that instead of having two middlemen between phone users and the network provider, some Australian franchisees had achieved the easy life that was working two days a week and playing golf for the rest.

It was also noted that Telcoinabox allowed franchisees to wholesale fixed line and broadband services. It also permitted the franchisees to wholesale XT connections.

According to Mr. Shannon, sole traders would require around 200 to 250 customers to place all their business with a franchise in order to make a good living.