18/11/2011 - eVoice Mobile App Enables VoIP Calling from Apple Devices for Small Businesses
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Global announces the availability of its latest mobile application for Apple devices.
Now, owners of Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch can make and receive phone calls
via a WiFi connection or a 3G/4G network using VoIP. This saves precious cell phone
minutes while helping to reduce the chance of dropped phone calls.
Essentially, the new eVoice Mobile App transforms an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a multi-purpose business phone system with powerful features, including:
- Make and receive phone calls via a WiFi connection or 3G/4G network using VoIP
- 24/7 auto attendant to answer and route inbound calls professionally
- Multiple extensions for employees, including intercom functionality
- Enhanced voice mail service with transcriptions and audio files sent to email or text
- Advanced call handling features including call screening
eVoice Transforms the Mobile Device Into A Business-Class Phone System
According to a survey of small and mid-sized business owners conducted by The Business Journals (a division of the American City Business Journals) earlier in 2011, and reported in a press release posted on smallbiztrends.com, the use of desktops and laptops is decreasing while the use of smart phones and mobile applications is on the rise. Thirty-seven percent of SMB owners surveyed have used a smartphone or a PDA in the past year -- a 10 percentage point increase over the previous year1. Another survey conducted in 2010 by market research firm Techaisle found that one-fifth of the small businesses in the U.S., U.K., Brazil and Germany surveyed used iPads.2
The new eVoice Mobile App helps solve the problem of dropped calls in environments notorious for poor connectivity, such as a subway, train, basement office or a rural home office. Many of these locations often have good WiFi connections even when 3G/4G networks are unavailable. Utilizing the eVoice mobile application with a WiFi connection in these environments can help enable users enjoy clear, reliable communications in areas with limited cellular coverage.
New Intercom Feature Saves Money and Minutes
The new eVoice Mobile App's new Intercom feature provides a simple way for eVoice customers to instantly communicate with their most important contacts. By assigning extensions to employees, business contacts, or even family members -- eVoice users can communicate with these contacts without using any of their eVoice or mobile carrier minutes.
Key benefits of the eVoice app's new VoIP features allow users to:
- Reduce cell phone minute usage (and bills) when making and receiving calls over a data connection using WiFi or a 3G/4G network
- Answer every call appropriately with the ability to see caller ID and the extensions dialed on your incoming calls
- Easily connect with important contacts with eVoice's unique Intercom feature
- Choose the way calls are placed or received with an easy "on" "off" VoIP calling feature
31/10/2011 - Vonage's 'Extensions' plan sees strong uptake from iPhone, Android users
Vonage (NYSE: VG) has added the final piece to its "Extensions" program launched in July, and it said it has seen strong uptake among VoIP customers.
The program allows Vonage's residential customers to add another line to their VoIP service for free, including a business line or mobile line. When it originally made the Extensions announcement, the company said it would quickly launch apps for phones using Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android platform and for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhones, anticipating that consumers would most likely be interested in registering their smartphones as additional lines. While an Android app launched in September, its iPhone app has been even slower coming out.
With the introduction of an iPhone app last week, Vonage finally has a full product to push, and it has been positioning the value add as a plan allowing users more flexibility.
"This new service dramatically increases the value of Vonage's core offering, providing customers with more flexibility and savings when making international calls," said CEO Marc Lefar, in a statement.
Michael Tempora, Vonage's senior vice president of product management, said the mobile apps have been well-received.
"More than 20 percent of customers who have registered and are actively using Extensions are doing so from an Android or iPhone app," he said. "So, in a very short time, we've got terrific engagement from our customers, both in registering and using the apps."
Vonage, meanwhile, is set to release earnings Wednesday. Analysts say they expect the company to show investors some profits, after a losing quarter a year ago.
For more:
- see this release
- see this VoIP Planet article
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17/10/2011 - VidyoMobile video-conferencing now available for Apple iPhone 4S
Just more than a week after announcing support for iOS 4.x devices, Vidyo today launched VidyoMobile for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone 4S.
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The app, available now in the iTunes App Store, allows iPhone 4S users of Vidyo's videoconferencing platform to video conference with up to four endpoints and share content.
Apple's launch of iOS 5 earlier this month prompted a flurry of videoconferencing app rollouts for Apple mobile devices looking to take advantage of the operating system's new features.
Vidyo, which in September announced it had landed $22.5 million in VC to expand its sales and marketing, was among those companies announcing updated apps, and it promised support for the iPhone 4S eventually.
Today's announcement helps it take full advantage of videoconferencing's most visible trend, mobility. The company said the iPhone 4S, because of its more robust processor, will deliver the same experience on the iPhone 4S that it delivers on the iPad 2 including a pinch to zoom capability which enables a better user experience when sharing content on a small screen or even enlarging a given participant.
"VidyoMobile delivers an unmatched multipoint experience on the iPhone 4S and enables mobile workers to hold a true enterprise video conference system in the palms of their hands," said Ofer Shapiro, CEO and co-founder of Vidyo.
VidyoMobile can participate in conferences with more than 100 participants, displaying up to 4 participants at a time on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. It provides the user the ability to customize the view and select presentation materials to improve collaboration. Participants are displayed using the active speaker feature, which automatically displays the current and the last few speakers.
For more:
- see this release
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17/10/2011 - Rebtel gives iPhone users automatic VoIP call quality with 'Keep Talking'
Mobile VoIP provider Rebtel, which in June voiced the possibility that it would look to an IPO to raise funds, has rolled out the latest iteration of its Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone app, promising users the ability to move between connections on-the-go as call quality dictates.
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The company said version 2.0, available here, allows users to easily choose how they want to connect calls, either via Wi-Fi, 3G or with local minutes. But users also can opt for the app to automatically select which service it uses, depending on network quality. And, said Rebtel, the app detects if call quality degrades, and gives you the option of switching to a carrier voice network. Users are alerted to possible problems and can push a "Keep Talking" button to hop networks.
Rebtel said the Smart System always chooses the cheapest option for the calls and takes just two seconds for a call to switch over to a voice connection.
With 13 million users, Rebtel is the second-largest mobile VoIP company in the world. It anticipates 1 billion call minutes in 2011.
For more:
- see this MobileBeat article
- see this video
- see this release
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03/10/2011 - Juniper offers new portfolio to leverage BYOD trend
IT departments are increasingly struggling to support an array of mobile devices as the bring-your-own-device trend adds additional security and management concerns to their responsibilities.
Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR), hoping to capitalize on the increased number of BYOD tablets and smartphones in use by enterprises, is launching several new products in a networking portfolio dubbed "Simply Connected." The portfolio includes three new switching products, wireless LAN product innovations and a set of updated iOS and Android mobile device security capabilities. The initiative arrives just as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) sets to launch the iPhone 5 Tuesday, likely to increase the demand for mobile solutions.
According to Nemertes Research, 86 percent of enterprises report an increase in the number of telecommuters. Additionally, while IT budgets remain flat or increase only marginally, more than 43 percent of organizations report a double-digit increase in mobility budgets.
Juniper said it believes legacy networks designed for wired PCs are ill-suited to meet the demands of new applications; the company hopes its new portfolio simplifies current network infrastructures.
"It should be simple for individuals to choose and change their devices, simple to securely access their business applications and easy for the IT department to provision one policy per user that works across multiple devices, from tablets to smart phones to PCs," said Alex Gray, senior vice president and general manager of the campus and branch business unit at Juniper Networks.
Juniper's Simply Connected portfolio includes two Ethernet switches available now, the EX2200 and EX3200, and the EX6200, which is set to ship in the fourth quarter. The EX6200 is designed to deliver a scalable, resilient, high-performance wiring closet solution and to provide extremely high port densities in a space-optimized form factor.
Also available this month is the WLC880 wireless LAN controller, which is supported by new system software capabilities, including Juniper Networks Spectrum Management, and ensures over the air reliability on mainstream 802.11n APs including the WLA-522 AP and advanced spectrum planning capability.
Juniper's Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite has been updated to include the ability for enterprises and service providers with Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhones, iPod touch and iPads to remotely lock and wipe lost or stolen devices, set and enforce security and passcode policies, provision and remove Microsoft Exchange profiles, provision VPN and Wi-Fi settings, inventory device applications and restrict specific apps on iOS devices.
For more:
- see this release
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03/10/2011 - Radvision reaches for mobile video-conferencing, targets Apple iPad, iPhone to grow share
Videoconferencing and teleconferencing continues to be hot topics of late. With Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) about to launch its iPhone 5 iteration this week, even more attention is being focused on the mobile side of the equation, where interoperability of a variety of mobile devices and operating systems has caused a flurry of activity in the mobile app market.
Radvision, (Nasdaq: RVSN), best know for its video infrastructure telepresence support, this morning unveiled its own app for iOS devices (see this story), looking to increase the appeal of its own high-end video conferencing platform in a U.S. market that has been owned for years by Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM).
Bob Romano, VP for enterprise marketing at Radvision, said the company's customers have been clamoring for more than a standalone mobile solution; they wanted something that would interoperate with their telepresence rooms and desktop endpoints and wanted it to be full-featured.
Enter SCOPIA Mobile V3.
The app is a big step for Radvision, which intends to continue with other rollouts for more devices.
"Regardless of the UC platform or video devices installed, we intend to support them," Romano said. "We believe in the model that clients and desktops should be free, that way you can extend the conference to everybody. It's the same model as WebEx, the host pays and the people they invite come free."
Currently, it's available through the Apple Store, "and we'll do the same with Android," Romano said.
Radvision is hoping SCOPIA Mobile V3 will expand their presence in the market, one they realize is going to be tough to crack.
"We know it's going to be difficult because Cisco and Polycom have almost a duopoly in the U.S.," he said. But Radvision, which has admittedly started slowly in North America, has been pushing hard, building out its sales and marketing infrastructure and working to gain reseller and customer attention.
"We are investing in this market and we feel we are on the upswing," Romano said.
Radvision is no stranger to Cisco. Before Cisco bought Tandberg, Radvision was a major supplier of its telepresence technology.
In fact, Romano said, "at one point, our most significant customer was Cisco. We had an 11-year relationship and we provided all of their video infrastructure."
But after Cisco bought Tandberg, the relationship began to play out.
Before the Tandberg acquisition, Cisco had been a reseller of Radvision technology; that part of the business made up about 40 percent of Radvision's revenues. Radvision has said it expects revenues from Cisco to continue near the baseline level of approximately $2 million on average per quarter for the remainder of 2011.
Radvision has been in the marketplace some 20 years, they were a pioneer in IP-based MCU severs IP gateways.
"We were a technology provider to nearly every endpoint out there," said Romano. "Our go to market has been through partnerships, OEMs or resellers. Almost all of our business was through partners."
A couple of years before Cisco's Tandberg buy, Radvision decided it had an opportunity to expand its own product line. It started by developing an executive desktop product with Samsung; it also debuted a room system a year ago.
"We're looking to have a broad portfolio of endpoints," Romano said. "We already have the best of breed infrastructure."
Radvision thinks there's plenty of room in the $2.5 billion industry, especially with service providers that it sees as less concerned with the nameplate on a product.
"We have a robust platform that's designed to be scalable and we think that's a good fit for service providers," Romano said. "Service providers tend to be less brand aware, less inclined to have to buy the market leader. They'll get the best technology, and that's what we think we have."
Romano said the flexibility of the mobile app, it allows, for example, a second and third splash screen to show when Scopia launches, could help on that end.
"It allows the service provider to be in control," he said.
Radvision's technology has served as a foundation for telepresence for two decades. Whether it will be enough to differentiate itself from other solutions already in the space, not to mention those still in the pipeline, remains to be seen. Targeting service providers likely will help it step onto the dance floor. Will it attract enough partners to make it significant? Two words: Cisco and Polycom make it problematic. --Jim
03/10/2011 - Radvision rolls out mobile video conferencing app for Apple iPad, iPhone
Increasing demand for high-end mobile video conferencing, especially with users looking to bring their own devices into the mix has been prompting more companies to focus on the growing market.
Telepresence specialist Radvision (Nasdaq: RVSN), in advance of Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone 5 rollout Tuesday, today announced its own app for iOS devices, SCOPIA Mobile V3. It is the first standards-based mobile video application, according to Radvision, to enable videoconferencing, data collaboration with review capabilities, conference call control, moderation and administration all through an intuitive user interface.
SCOPIA Mobile V3's click-to-participate capabilities allow users to join standards-based video conferences with full two-way video and see up to 28 participants simultaneously. SCOPIA Mobile can connect to telepresence systems, standards-based HD video conferencing systems and unified communications applications such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Lync.
The app currently is available for free through Apple's App Store, "and we'll do the same with Android," Radvision VP of enterprise marketing told Fierce. "We believe in the model that clients and desktops should be free, that way you can extend the conference to everybody. It's the same model as WebEx, the host pays and the people they invite come free."
The app allows users to view presentations, spreadsheets, documents and images shared in a conference with standards-based H.239 data collaboration. A neat twist is Radvision's data/collaboration slider feature which allows users to review previously shared materials without interrupting the presenter.
Mobile users can start or stop recording or streaming, lock a conference or end the meeting. They also can view a list of participants, mute background noises, stop cameras or simply disconnect unwanted participants. It also allows more standard features like the ability to change video layouts and view statistics such as codecs in use, resolution, network speed and loss for troubleshooting.
For more:
- see this release
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28/09/2011 - MagicJack ups revenue projection; adds app for Apple iPad, iPhone
Free VoIP provider magicJack VocalTec (Nasdaq: CALL) has updated its financial projection for 2012, saying it expects GAAP earnings per share before any nonrecurring items of between $2 and $3, on revenue growth that should come in between 20 percent and 30 percent higher between 2011 and 2012.
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The company said it expects to see substantial call growth and said it expects to begin delivering other devices and serices connected with Wi-Fi and 4G next year.
The company also launched an app for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, that would allow users to to make free calls to numbers in the U.S., Canada and to other magicJack numbers worldwide. The app doesn't require users to have a voice plan.
Users can use their existing magicJack number to make and receive calls or use the application for outgoing calls to landline or mobile numbers. The company said magicJack APP is easy to use and claims it produces better voice quality. It also allows users to access their stored iPhone contacts.
"Apple has the best OS and devices built for voice and I believe we have the best telephone network and software engineers to take advantage of this incredible platform," said Dan Borislow, CEO of magicJack.
For more:
- see this release
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15/09/2011 - Snom rolls out trio of UC-ready desktop IP phones
Snom is targeting the growing unified communications market with a trio of new desktop UC-ready phones.
The aptly named snom UC line includes two updated phones, or "UC edition" units, the snom 300 and snom 821, and the new snom UC600. All three are qualified for Microsoft Lync under Microsoft's Compatible Devices Program. The new snom UC600, is designed to be an inexpensive, purpose-built Lync phone.
The line expands support for features included in Lync, like presence, quick dialing from Lync buddy lists (on the snom 821UC edition) and more.
"These three new phones are just the start," said Dr. Michael Knieling, executive vice president of marketing and sales at snom technology. "In the near feature snom's entire product portfolio of business IP phones will be qualified with snom UC Edition firmware and become part of the snom UC line, providing businesses with a broad array of of IP endpoints optimized for Microsoft Lync available on the market."
All three phones can work in a pure UC environment or a hybrid UC and IP PBX environment.
For more:
- see this release
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09/09/2011 - Fonality Unified Communications App Now Generally Available on iPhone and Android Platforms
Fonality announces
the general availability of Fonality
Heads Up Display Mobile. More than 6,000 users have already purchased Fonality
services to access the application. Purpose-built for the unique needs of small- and
mid-size businesses, Fonality HUD Mobile provides cloud-based VoIP, Unified Communications
and contact center solutions via Apple or Android platforms with a single, secure,
user-friendly interface.
Fonality HUD Mobile delivers UC and contact center features never before available to SMBs. For example, contact center managers working remotely can access a 360-degree view of all activities with color-coded agent status, call type details, as well as duration. Calls can be recorded on-the-fly or engaged through barge, monitor or whisper modes. In addition, staff can log in and out of queues, regardless of location. Other prominent features include Voice over Wi-Fi calling, saving an average 56 percent on monthly mobile costs, as well as user’s real-time presence, company directory access and collaboration capabilities.
One of the first customers to adopt Fonality HUD Mobile, Larson Financial & Insurance, an exclusive provider of a top-three national insurance company, has used the application to provide greater flexibility to its employees in the field, allowing their team to better communicate with support staff across the company’s five branches.
Designed for SMBs, Fonality offers VoIP, UC and contact center solutions that are simple to use, easy to manage and affordable to deploy. The company’s cloud-based model provides the same services of traditional IP systems without costly hardware, infrastructure or lengthy implementation cycles. Total cost of ownership is dramatically reduced by 50 percent, or more, while users enjoy access to powerful communications services usually reserved for the largest of companies.
16/08/2011 - Digium Introduces Switchvox Mobile Application for Android Phones and Tablets
Digium has
extended the value of its Switchvox Unified Communications solution for small to mid-sized
businesses by adding free support for Android devices. The Switchvox Mobile application
now integrates Digium's Switchvox SMB communications solution with Android as well
as iPhone and BlackBerry devices at no extra cost to customers. With the Switchvox
Mobile app, Switchvox SMB customers can:
- make, receive, transfer and record calls as if they were calling from the office extension
- check their call history
- view and change call rules, such as routing and forwarding
- change their out-of-office greeting
- access the company directory and return calls via email
- use the Switchvox app from their Android-based tablet to perform tasks such as returning voice messages using email.
Switchvox is based on Asterisk, the world's most widely adopted open source communications engine. Because Asterisk is at its core, Switchvox can offer a feature set that rivals those of the most expensive UC solutions, but at a price that small businesses can afford. Digium, the UC solution leader, imposes no licensing charges for advanced features, such as those that extend the power of the UC system to employees' mobile devices through FMC support. This approach means that Switchvox customers pay 60 to 80 percent less than companies buying comparable VoIP business phone systems. In acknowledgement of this fact, industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan recognized Switchvox this year with the Customer Value Enhancement Award for UC Solutions. To read the full report, go to http://info.digium.com/frost-sullivan-best-customer-value-report/.
09/03/2011 - VoIP-PAL Working on New iPad 2 App
VoIP-PAL announced the development of integrating the video conferencing feature on forthcoming new PointsPhone Mobile App for the iPhone 4G and Apple's new iPad 2. The App and the new Video Calling feature will soon be available for free downloading at the Apple App Store.20/01/2011 - IPsmarx Releases New Line of VoIP Mobile Dialers for iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile
IPsmarx announced the release of Breeze, their new line of VoIP Mobile Dialers that can be used with smartphones, such as the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Android devices.13/12/2010 - Fring Launches Dynamic Video Quality Mobile Calling
fring announced the rollout of its network-optimized DVQ mobile video calling technology. The company’s proprietary DVQ (dynamic video quality) technology adjusts video bit rate and frame rate according to the specific device to match current network bandwidth during a call, delivering the best possible video picture quality for available bandwidth between call peers. 18/10/2010 - Pinger Aims to Bring Free Voip to iPod Touch and iPhone
Pinger, a startup based in San Jose, California, aims to challenge Skype (and others) by offering free voice calls. They are doing so by piggybacking voip on their hugely popular TextFree application, which allows sending free text SMS messages. Pinger is currently serving 1.2 billion ads and sent 4 billion messages each month and is only expected to raise its numbers.
18/10/2010 - snom technology Releases snom ONE IP-PBX
snom, a German developer and manufacturer of SIP devices, has announced the release of snom ONE - a new family of IP PBX systems that runs on standard servers. According to the company, snom ONE will provide customers with an IP telephony system which supports all the functionalities of snom IP phones. 18/10/2010 - 8x8 Partners With Polycom
8x8 announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Polycom enabling it to offer Polycom's IP telephony and conferencing solutions to 8x8 Virtual Office hosted VoIP subscribers. 15/10/2010 - JAJAH Powers Calls for New Yahoo! Messenger iPhone App
JAJAH is
powering IP voice calling on Yahoo's newly released Messenger iPhone App, it was announced
today. Yahoo! Messenger iPhone App 2.0 lets iPhone users make free calls to their
Yahoo! Messenger friends, and low cost calls to any phone in the world.
Yahoo! and JAJAH have partnered together since 2008, when JAJAH was chosen to power the popular Yahoo! Voice service for Messenger on the PC. This is the first time this capability has been included in a smartphone application.
Ori Soen, General Manager, JAJAH Business: "We are delighted to continue working with Yahoo! to bring IP Voice services to users, and expand the offering to iPhone users, giving them the power to make IP calls on the go. As this shows, the JAJAH IP Platform has the flexibility to add calling to any service on any device, scaling to any volume."
Yahoo! Voice users with an iPhone can continue using their account directly from their iPhone App. To sign up for a Yahoo! Voice account, please visit http://voice.yahoo.com.
To download Yahoo! Messenger App 2.0 for iPhone, please visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yahoo-messenger/id309219097?mt=8.
13/10/2010 - Yahoo launches Skype competitor with mobile app
Looks like Yahoo is getting into the mobile video chat game as well. They are leveraging their Yahoo Messenger service with its 81 million users to launch a competitor to FaceTime, Skype, Fring and others with a mobile VoIP calling feature.
The new Messenger app supports high quality video calls between mobile users and PCs. The free app has launched for the iPhone, but I am hearing that an Android version has been seen in the wild and sure to follow. The app works for mobile to mobile and mobile to PC in addition to WiFi and carrier networks--meaning 3G video calls.
For more:
- read the article and this article
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12/10/2010 - Phone Power Announces Acquisition of VOIP.com
“VOIP.com is an excellent fit for Phone Power as we continue to grow,” said Ari Ramezani, CEO of Phone Power. “We are very pleased to welcome VOIP.com customers into the Phone Power family. We look forward to utilizing our combined synergies to provide all of our customers the most advanced features that technology has to offer and a world class customer service experience. The VOIP.com brand will contribute significantly to the company’s organic growth potential.”
Moving forward, the VOIP.com brand will co-exist independently with the Phone Power brand. Phone Power plans to manage the VOIP.com brand by continuing to invest in marketing, infrastructure and customer support. VOIP.com clients will gain access to Phone Power’s advanced features such as their free softphone, mobile apps, and free international calling.
05/10/2010 - fringOut’s “Almost-Free Calls” Coming to Android
Two weeks after releasing fringOut that enables users to make cheap calls to any regular landline or mobile phone anywhere in the world, with rates as low as 1¢ a minute, fring announced the service is now available for Android phones. 22/09/2010 - Grandstream Introduces New HD Enterprise SIP Telephone
Grandstream has extended the portfolio of its GXP series enterprise SIP telephones with the introduction of the new GXP2110. Based on Grandstream’s broadly interoperable SIP stack, “the GXP2110 SIP telephone delivers superior HD audio quality for crystal clear voice communications, packed IP telephony features and integrated Web applications, as well as support for highly flexible XML customization and strong security protection,” as the company says. 20/09/2010 - fringOut Offers Worldwide Mobile Calls From 1c/Minute
fring has just introduced fringOut, a new service that enables users to make cheap calls to any regular landline or mobile phone anywhere in the world, with rates as low as 1¢ a minute. Rates for Canada and UK are even lower -- 0,6¢ and 0,7¢, respectively, US calls starts at 1,2¢ per minute. 17/09/2010 - Ooma Introduces New Mobile App Calling Plan Option
Ooma announced that it is now offering a new Ooma Mobile calling plan that allows users to talk for 1,000 minutes for less than $5 per month. The Ooma Mobile application lets Ooma customers make U.S. and international calls from their iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. 02/09/2010 - Truphone reduces mobile VoIP prices
Competition in the consumer VoIP market is heating up. With all the new players in the consumer VoIP market offering free/cheap calls, price wars are bound to happen. Truphone offers mobile VoIP calls from the iPhone, iPod, iPad, Nokia and Android phones has reduced the cost of if calling plans.
The mobile VoIP company has dropped its unlimited calling plan down to $12.95 per month. The TruUnlimited plan lets callers make unlimited mobile calls to landlines in 38 countries worldwide any time of the day, any day of the week. The service also allows unlimited calls to mobile phones in 9 countries including the USA and China.
For those not opting for the unlimited plan, calls to popular countries are now as low as 2.1 cents per minute. (They were around 5 cents before). The rate applies mainly to landlines with calls to mobiles being more expensive. Additionally there is a 4.8 cent connection fee per call.
Calls between Truphone customers over WiFi and 3G are still free (of course you have to pay for your own data service).
For more:
- read this article
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