PeterZahlt Let You Call Several Countries for FREE

This Germany based VoIP provider PeterZahlt is giving away free calls from any Germany phone number to landlines and mobiles in Several countries. This is good news to our readers that are based in Germany as they could use this service to make unlimited no. of calls to lot of countries. Also people who are not resident in germany but have a germany call-in number can enjoy the free calls.
PeterZahlt is a web activated telephony service like jajah. It lets you use the web to initiate a call between two telephone numbers. Like most web activated telephony service it is very easy to use, all you have to do is go to peterzahlt.de (the site is in german but the GUI is easily understandable even if you cant read german), enter your telephone number, enter other party's number and click call (kostenlos telefonieren), your phone will ring and you will be connected to the person you want to call.
PeterZahlt is a advertisement based Free Calling service in germany and let you call the following countries for free : Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, USA and Canada (Landline Only), Australia, Singapore, Greece , Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, San Marino and the Vatican.
Calls with PeterZahlt are limited to 30 mins each call but you can make unlimited number of calls to thesame destination. To try out peterzahlt visit their website at www.peterzahlt.

M5 Networks Announced the Launch of M5 Call Center

M5 Networks, the market leader in delivering phone system functionality as a service, today announced the launch of M5 Call Center, an M5 On-Demand Solution. A component of M5’s innovative Voice as a Service (VaaS) model, M5 Call Center enables decision makers and call center supervisors at mid-size businesses from diverse industries to make intelligent decisions about staffing and call flow.
Lloyd Group, a 60-person information technology consulting firm based in Manhattan and multiple Inc. 500 winner, leverages M5 Call Center solution to deliver world-class IT services to its clientele. M5 Call Center allows Lloyd Group to monitor incoming support calls, route those calls effectively, and track and report against company performance. As a result, Lloyd Group is able to provide better customer service to existing clients, while improving both daily and long-term business operations. These revolutionary voice services give Lloyd Group an edge over its competition, increasing internal productivity and enabling the company to market these solutions to its clients with the benefit of first-hand experience.
“Because of M5 Call Center, Lloyd Group’s average speed-to-answer is now 10 percent faster, even with a 30 percent call volume increase during the same period,” said Adam Eiseman, President & CEO of Lloyd Group.
By using real-time queue monitoring and historical reporting applications, M5 Call Center provides Lloyd Group with the ability to track team and individual performance in queues, such as time to answer and employee productivity. With M5 Call Center, businesses can make informed decisions about staffing levels based on measurable data, which allows them to gauge productivity based on current volumes and past performance statistics. All of this real-time data can be accessed through an intuitive and easy—to-use web-based application. M5 Call Center allows businesses to seamlessly extract useful data that would otherwise go undetected due to lack of internal resources.
“M5 plays a vital role in the success of our rapid growth, and M5 Call Center allows us to make the right decisions when it comes to call routing and call center staffing,” said Eiseman. “Gone are the days of not being able to handle high call volume or being inadequately staffed or overstaffed. M5 brings voice services to mid-sized businesses on a level that was previously only attainable by Fortune 1000 companies.”
M5 is always innovating and creating new ways to help its community of businesses prioritize the solutions that produce real business change. Businesses use M5’s On-Demand Solutions to gain valuable business knowledge, measurable ROI and performance metrics and actionable information that ultimately helps generate true business breakthroughs and overall cost savings. M5’s On-Demand Solutions are deployed with an expert analyst to guide the process and handle ongoing management and are designed to be intuitive and easy to use, eliminating the need for a user manual or extensive training.
“Today, communications are no longer just another business necessity. Communications should be regarded and treated as a competitive edge. M5 Call Center provides mid-size business with the edge needed to effectively compete with Fortune 1000 companies,” said Dan Hoffman, President & CEO of M5 Networks. “In the next five to ten years, Voice as a Service (VaaS) will transform the way mid-size businesses communicate and operate. M5’s On-Demand Solutions are the driving forces behind this transformation.”
M5 pioneered a new paradigm for business communications, Voice as a Service (VaaS), which includes three major components: Active Service Management, or proactive, transparent service from deployment through ongoing management and maintenance; Embedded Continuity, or “baked-in” business continuity that goes far beyond simple redundancy; and On-Demand Solutions, which provide actionable business breakthroughs for marketing, call center, staffing and client service functions.

Warburg Pincus Invest $12 million in Vringo

Vringo, the pioneer in video ringtone sharing, has announced the successful closing of its Series B round of venture capital funding, receiving $12 million in a round led by Warburg Pincus, the global private equity firm. The financing will fund Vringo’s global expansion as it brings new personalization and content services to mobile phone markets in the United States , Europe and Asia.
“Vringo set out with an ambitious goal to make video ringtone sharing finally work,” said Jon Medved , the founder and CEO of Vringo. “We are delighted to be working with Warburg Pincus, a firm that shares our vision and recognizes the enormous consumer potential in sharing video ringtones. Their extraordinary track record, truly global reach, corporate relationships and strategic insight will bring huge value to Vringo as it grows.”
Concurrent with the closing of the Series B funding, the company announced the election of George Allen, a principal at Warburg Pincus, to its board of directors.
“We are very excited to be involved with Vringo at a time when consumers are poised to benefit from the explosion of multimedia mobile devices,” said Mr. Allen of the New York-based firm , which has been a premier investor in technology, media and telecommunications. “Vringo is uniquely positioned to shape and ride the second wave of mobile personalization, and the company has the talent to make it happen.”
Vringo provides users with the ability to share video ringtones each time they make a phone call. Vringo brings ringtones to life by integrating video clips, avatars, animation, greeting cards or photos whenever users make or receive calls.
Vringo’s Chairman, Dan Ciporin, former CEO of Shopping.com, commented: “Vringo is breaking new ground in personalization, we call it Personalization 2.0. Whereas in the past, ringtone content was mostly professionally created audio, Vringo content will be a richer multimedia and video experience with much of it being user generated. While personalization used to be about ‘me and my phone,’ now it is going to be about ‘me and my buddy’s phone,’ as personalization meets social networking.”
The Vringo application, now in public beta, will soon be available on a wide set of mobile handsets including devices made by Nokia, Motorola, SonyEricsson and Samsung. The company will use this investment round to formally launch its product and to expand global partnerships with leading mobile carriers and content providers.
For further details about Vringo or to preview video ringtones, please visit www.vringo.com

Microsoft's Office Communication Server 2007 set for launch

Microsoft is set to release its much talked about VoIP server, the office communication server 2007 and its client Office communicator 2007. It has been reported that microsoft has made these voip components available to the manufacturers and official release is expected within the next two months.
Last week, the president of Microsoft's business division confirmed that the Office Communication Server 2007 and the Office Communicator client are code complete. He further said that, "With this milestone we are one step closer to delivering products that establish Microsoft as a major force in unified communications and voice."
With the launch of Office Communication Server 2007, Microsoft will provide VoIP service in its every applications including Word, Excel etc. According to Microsoft using the new server and client system will enable business enterprises to ruduce their telephone bills by as much as 50 percent.

Albuquerque Studios embrace VoIP

The New Mexico based Albuquerque Studios has embraced voip and wireless communications in order to improve its operations. They believe that these technologies will help amiliarate the hectic turnarounds always needed to equip its movie- and TV-making tenants who rent the state-of-the-art soundstages.
The $74 million studio, located in Mesa del Sol, N.M., includes a $7 million data and voice infrastructure, including VoIP phones that operate with security and unified communications software from Cisco Systems Inc., said Nick Smerigan, the studio's chief operating officer.
After two months of operation, Smerigan is sure it was a good investment, based on comments he's heard from movie and TV executives who have leased the six enormous soundstages for their productions.
"They seem to think we walk on water," Smerigan said in an interview at Cisco's Networkers Conference here. The tenants are happy because Smerigan, Executive Director Jerry Hariton and their team have been able to use VoIP to swiftly reconfigure phones and data communications for quick changes in movie-making crews, some of whom arrive for only a few days of work before turning over the space to the next crew.
"If we can reconfigure quickly, it's important to clients because it gives them flexibility," Hariton said.Moves, additions and changes to phones and computers for new workers used to be "exhausting work" with analog phones in prior locations, Smerigan said, and it sometimes took days to complete the job. With a recent team of 60 who needed 14 work areas reconfigured, the work took less than a day, he said.
The studio's tenants have benefited as well by being able to use voice over wireless phones through the Wi-Fi network, giving them the ability to move freely over the studio's 28 acres, Hariton said. One convention that Hariton said the studio might embrace eventually is a dual-mode phone that a user can carry from the Wi-Fi to the cellular network. "When it's available, we'll definitely take a look at it," he said.
Albuquerque Studios announced in June that it christened its studio operations with the filming of In Plain Sight, a Universal Media Studios television series about the witness-protection program.

MTNL hopes Net TV and VoIP will improve margins

The India based Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd is trying desperately to stop its declining profit margins. It seems the managers now realise that VoIP and IPTV services could help in this regard and they have decided to launch IP based telephony and television for their customers in Delhi and Mumbai.
The State-owned company is launching VoIP-based telephony services next week which will offer ISD calls to the US at around Re 1 per minute. It is also re-launching its IPTV services in a major way on August 15 with nearly 100 channels.The company on Friday reported a 6% decline in its net profit for the first quarter of the 2007-08 financial year to Rs 110 crore from Rs 118 crore in the corresponding quarter the previous year.
Explaining the reason for the decline, Mr R.S.P. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, told Business Line, “MTNL is offering its services to Delhi and Mumbai, which is highly saturated, while other operators are growing rapidly in the entire country. Even then we have not been able to sustain our profit margins. Going forward, the numbers will improve as we are planning a huge ramp-up of our IPTV and broadband services.”
MTNL said that the decline in profit was on account of declining tariffs, less collection from interconnection, and stiff competition.The company’s total revenues also dipped from Rs 1,272 crore in the first quarter of 2006-07 to Rs 1,195 crore at the end of June 30, 2007. “However, if you look at the revenues from mobile services, our growth is better than that of some of the private operators,” said Mr Sinha. As compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, there is an increase in income in mobile services from Rs 179 crore to Rs 216 crore, which is an increase of 20.89%.
The staff expenses during this quarter has gone down from Rs 448.9 crore to Rs 422.5 crore. The operative expense during the quarter ended on June 30, 2007 has decreased from Rs 223.2 crore to Rs 202.5 crore. As earlier reported, MTNL has received a refund of Rs 1,461.68 crore from the income-tax authority mainly on account of licence fee to be treated as an operational expenses & 80IA. “While the new services along with our GSM offering should see us getting better margins by the end of the current financial year, the Government should think about allowing MTNL to move beyond Delhi and Mumbai,” said Mr Sinha.

TeleBlend acquires some of SunRocket assets.

TeleBlend, a Broadband phone company has announced that it has acquired "limited strategic assets" from now-defunct provider SunRocket.TeleBlend is a joint offering between Unified Communications and USA Telephone, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) that describes its mission as acquiring young or ailing companies that show growth potential.
With the acquisition of SunRocket's assets from SunRocket's liquidators, TeleBlend joins 8x8 as one of two "preferred providers" recommended to former SunRocket subscribers in an email and voicemail campaign. SunRocket users who chose TeleBlend can retain their existing SunRocket hardware, unlike those who switch to 8x8. TeleBlend will charge SunRocket users $12.95 a month for unlimited domestic calls for the remainder of their SunRocket contracts. Some features, such as voicemail, are still under development, according to the company Web site. After the contract expires, prices will rise to $19.99 a month.
According to the TeleBlend site, the business will ultimately expand to offer service to all consumers, not just former SunRocket customers, at an unspecified date. SunRocket was the second largest pure-play VoIP provider before it abruptly cancelled its service last week.

Rapidfax Review: Send and Receive Faxes from your E-mail. Free 30 days Trial available

Like i said in previous posts Fax is still much relevant in todays world for various reasons. This is why at solomon's voip world we not only bring to you those services that let you make your phone calls for free or at a cheaper rate but also from time to time we write about services that let you send that all important fax for free or at really cheap rate without the need for a fax machine or extra phone line. Using the power of voip you can do away with that bulky fax machine and the need for an extra fax line and just send/receive your fax from your e-mail.
RapidFax is one of those services that let you send and receive your faxes using your e-mail account. RapidFax is so easy to use, you dont need to download any software and do any setting up. After signing up for Rapidfax, to send a fax just attach the document you want to fax to an e-mail and send the e-mail to (the recipient fax number)@rapidfax.com ( for example 6783456385@rapidfax.com) and your fax will be promptly delivered. Also you will get a toll free phone number as fax number and any fax send to you on this number will be receive as an e-mail attachement in any file format of your choice. You can also use rapidfax web interface to send and receive your faxes as easy as you use any web based e-mail platform.
For a monthly supscription of just $9.95 you will get a toll free fax number, send up to 200 pages of fax and receive up to 100 pages. Additional pages cost only 8 cents per page. This is a really good deal when you compare it to the cost of sending fax the traditional way. More importantly it comes with a FREE 30 days Trial which enables you to enjoy all the features above for 30 days at no cost. So what are you waiting for? CLICK HERE Now to try out Rapidfax for free.

Truphone Extend Free Calls Offer till December

As if to celebrate their recent victory over T-mobile with their subscribers Truphone has extended the free calls to about 40 countries offer till december this year. Also new subscribers that sign-up for truphone service before sept 30 2007 will also be part of the offer. Truphone is now a leading mobile voip provider and its recent victory over T-mobile has gone a long way to boost its business.
Truphone to Truphone calls are still completelly free no matter where in the world the person you are calling is. This latest offer gives free calls to landline/mobiles in the following countries:Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo only), Canada, Chile, China (Landline and Mobile), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong (Landline & Mobile), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City & Monterrey only), Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama City, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia (Moscow Central & St Petersburg only), Singapore (Landline & Mobile), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, US Virgin Islands, USA (Landline & Mobile)
Also Truphone users can send free sms messages to other Truphone users across the globe for free. The only downside to Truphone mobile voip service is that only limited phones are supported majority of which are Nokia phones. I hope they will address this issue soon and extend support to a larger variety of phones. If you are not allready using Truphone visit www.truphone.com to found out if your phone is supported and if it is, truphone is really worth trying out.

bOK Mobile VoIP Service: Free U.S and Cannada Calls From Your Cell Phone

bOK is a relativelly new mobile VoIP company that let subscribers make voip calls directly from their cell phones without the need to download any software or do any setup or modification to their phone. bOK service is very easy to use, all you have to do is to send your contacts telephone number as text message to bOK and in seconds your phone will ring and you can start talking to your contact.
bOK is giving away unlimited free calls to any number in U.S. and Canada at the moment, so you can call your friends and family from anywhere you are for free. They also offer international calls at competitive rates.
So easy to use a service you would say, compose a text message containing your friend's phone number, send the text message to bOK (tel no.: 613-614-0285 ), pick-up your phone and talk. The only down side of this service is that you have to pay for the sms unless your plan comes with a bucket of free SMS messages.


Wanna try out bOK? Visit www.boknow.com for more information and registration.

CallButler Phone System from Telephony2

CallButler ( www.CallButler.com/ ) is an easy-to-install, easy-to-use IP-telephony solution specifically designed for the small office/home office ( SOHO ) market. CallButler allows small businesses to quickly and affordably implement a feature-rich telephone system that rivals or exceeds those available in large business hardware (PBX) systems or via telephone company business offerings, at a fraction of the cost.,
CallButler’s hallmark feature is its ease of use. Through a well-conceived management application interface, including a visual call-flow feature that assists users in setting up their systems to suit their own specific needs, CallButler allows small businesses to implement a leading-edge phone system in minutes, without the need for any training or consultants.
CallButler is priced to be easily affordable for even the smallest companies. CallButler users pay a low, one-time license fee rather than recurring monthly payments with hidden charges or systems costing thousands of dollars.
As part of the product launch, Telephony2 is offering special limited time pricing of $199.95 for its flagship CallButler Unlimited product. Telephony2 offers the Skype version of CallButler for $29.95. In addition, the system can easily be expanded to accommodate growth in users’ business needs.
Since being introduced in beta phase in September 2006, CallButler has been downloaded and quickly put to use by nearly 5,000 small businesses, home offices, start-ups and entrepreneurs.
“It’s truly gratifying that CallButler has received such wide acceptance in only its first few months,” said Telephony2 CEO Jim Heising . “We received great ideas and feedback from our beta community and love hearing about customers who are saving thousands of dollars every year, while improving productivity and customer service . This fuels our commitment to delivering powerful small business telephony solutions that deliver almost immediate ROI.”
Within 10 minutes of downloading CallButler, small businesses can:

• * Auto-Attendant – Get a local or toll-free number and begin answering incoming calls with pre-recorded menus and information.
• * Multi-Lingual Call Prompts - Support callers in multiple languages with multi-lingual prompts and messages.
• * Call Personalization - Customize the caller experience based on Caller ID, area code or telephone number. For example, route all callers in a certain area code a specific sales associate.
• Call Transfer - Automatically transfer callers to any telephone, fax or mobile number.
• Dial-By-Name - Find employees’ extensions by keying in their last name.
• Music on Hold - Play any MP3 or sound file for callers on hold.
• Extensions - Define extensions for employees.
• Voicemail - Record and play back caller voicemails.
• Voicemail to Email - Have copies of voicemails delivered by Email.
• Find Me / Follow Me - When a caller is transferred to an extension, CallButler automatically looks for the person at that extension at multiple numbers, such as office, mobile, home, etc.
• Extension Hours – Define hours when they want CallButler to find them at each number.
• Call Screening – Hear the names of persons being transferred and decide if they want to take the calls or send them to voicemail.
• Appointment Reminder Calls - Have CallButler call them to remind of upcoming appointments.
• Microsoft Outlook Integration - Listen to voicemail and manage extensions, all from within Microsoft Outlook.
• Customization and Scripting - Complete scripting language is designed to allow CallButler to be customized to specific needs.
• Database and Application Integration - Integrate custom scripts with databases and other applications.

Heising noted that even companies that have already invested in a PBX system can use CallButler to quickly upgrade their systems with powerful new features. Telephony2 is now working on enhancements such as auto-dialing, conferencing and call center capabilities for CallButler that will plug into the Telephony2 voiceware platform.

NextAlarm, IP Monitor and Megacable Team Up to Offer Alarm Monitoring Bundled With Traditional Triple Play Broadband Service

NextAlarm.com, The Broadband Alarm Company, is teaming up with IP Monitor and Megacable Communications to offer the first bundled broadband service in Guadalajara that includes alarm monitoring in addition to cable television, Internet and phone service.
Alarm monitoring became available to Megacable subscribers on July 1st. Subscribers can choose all or just one of Megacable's services. They can also choose alarm monitoring even if they don't have Internet service.
The three players are working together, each with key roles. Megacable Communications is the largest cable provider in Mexico and will provide the platform to add alarm monitoring to its TV, Internet and phone offerings. Megacable will also market alarm monitoring in conjunction with the current triple play broadband services.
Guadalajara-based IP Monitor is the exclusive provider of alarm systems and monitoring to Megacable subscribers. As the alarm monitoring service provider, IP Monitor will respond to alarm signals, dispatch police, fire and rescue and provide customer service and tech support.
Ojai-based NextAlarm will use its patented Alarm Broadband Network (ABN) adapters that will allow IP Monitor to communicate with the Megacable subscribers' alarm systems over broadband. NextAlarm takes existing security systems and makes them Internet compatible without changing or upgrading equipment and puts the customer in complete control of their security for their home or business. As a member of NextAlarm's reseller program, IP Monitor will use a branded version of NextAlarm's customer portal, which allows subscribers to set up and personalize their account and notification settings. NextAlarm will also provide Abbra alarm systems to IP Monitor through the reseller program. Spanish versions of the customer portal and alarm panel will be available.
"This bundled solution benefits everyone," said Alex Elliot, NextAlarm's founder and CEO. "First, it gives Megacable subscribers more choices and affordability than if they had to purchase TV, phone, Internet and alarm monitoring individually. Second, it provides a new revenue stream for Megacable by expanding its service offerings. Finally, it allows NextAlarm and IP Monitor a new distribution channel and access to a large, emerging consumer market."

Yeigo Mobile VoIP Service

Due to high cost of mobile communication in most part of the world, lot of people are looking for ways to use the internet connection now available on most mobile phones to make cheap mobile calls. This could be a considerable cost saving if your mobile internet connections has a fixed monthly charge for unlimited access otherwise you have to watch your data cost. Not a few voip providers are trying to catch in on this by offering cheap or even free mobile to mobile calls.
Yeigo is a South African based mobile voip provider enabling users to make free calls from their cell phone to other yeigo users and save up to 80% on calls to non yeigo users using their mobile internet connection. Yeigo also enables you to send free instant messages to other yeigo users and your contacts on GTalk, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ. SMS messaging to non Yeigo users cost about 90% less than what you pay on most traditional mobile networks.
Yeigo is very easy to use and setup. Register for a yeigo account on their website, receive an SMS from yeigo, download the application directly to your mobile phone and you are ready to go. Yeigo works on supported mobile phones and they are constantly working to increase the list of supported phones. Yeigo can also be used on mobile devices running Windows Mobile such as I-Mate, HTC, Qtek, Samsung, HP, Motorola and Symbian OS based mobile phones. Yeigo Supports Wi-Fi, 3G and HSDPA
For more information and registration go to www.yeigo.com.

Skype release Skype 3.5 Beta with enhanced video features

Skype has released a new version of highly popular Skype voip client, Skype 3.5. It comes with enhanced video features that enables you to do more with your video calls. Now you can take Video Snapshot of the person you're calling. Maybe you want to keep the picture as a reminder or to record any funny moment during the call, there something for everyone here.
Another new feature is the ability to share video in chats and in your mood message. This feature enables you to make your conversations come alive with some of the best clips on the internet. Add these new features to the army of features in the previous versions you will instantly realise that Skype 3.5 is not just a voip client but more or less a complete communication solution.
Want to try out Skype 3.5?. If yes, you can Download it here now

SkypeOut Rates for India and Pakistan Slashed by 50%

India and Pakistan has a combined population of 1.3 billion, something that could only mean that there are plenty of phone numbers to call. The guys at Skype figured that out and decided to make calls to these two countries cheaper in other to encourage skype use in these two countries and also enable indians and pakistani all over the world to call their relatives and friends at home cheaper. For the whole month of July the SkypeOut rates for India and pakistan will be half the normal rates. This mean it will now cost only cost 6.9 eurocents (+ VAT) per minute to India and 4.9 eurocents (+VAT) per minute to Pakistan. You can call both landlines or mobiles registered in these two countries.
This is a lot of savings if you call any of these two countries frequently. To get SkypeOut credits and start enjoying this cost savings Click Here Now

Truphone defeats T-Mobile in Court. Victory for VoIP and Internet Era Services,

Truphone has won a court injunction against T-Mobile blocking of its services. Judge has ordered T-Mobile (UK) Ltd to stop blocking calls to truphone and to interconnect with Truphone.
Truphone provides low-cost internet telephony service on mobile phones causing it to grow in popularly shortly after its launch. T-Mobile fearing that this will affect their revenue started blocking calls to Truphone and refuse to interconnect with them all together. This forced truphone to go to court seeking an injuction against T-Mobile actions, an injuction which was fully granted. T-Mobile (UK) actions are not surprising because the cost of mobile communication is very high in Europe giving the mobile operators opportunity to rip off their subscribers but mobile voip is changing all that and they are not happy about that. That is why, while T-mobile (US) is busy launching their own voip service in America, T-mobile (UK) is trying to block mobile voip in Europe
After the rulling James Tagg, Truphone's chief executive officer said: "The injunction is good news not only for Truphone but for every company trying to develop internet-era services and for every consumer wanting freedom of choice and lower prices. We are determined to bring better-value mobile calls, text messages and other innovative services to mobile phone users, and it's right that we should not be prevented from doing so.To be granted interim relief means we successfully demonstrated that we have an arguable case to make at a full trial.To be granted interim relief means we successfully demonstrated that we have an arguable case to make at a full trial."
This is a victory for voip technology and other internet-era services. Telecom service providers should accept the fact that this technology is here to stay and there is no blocking it. The earlier they adopt it and harness its revenue potential the better.

Voxbone Anounces Record Results for the first Half of 2007

Voxbone, a leading provider of international VoIP origination services to carriers, ITSPs, calling card operators, call centers and other businesses, today announced record results for the first half of 2007.
Among its accomplishments was to boost recurring revenues by 63% from December 2006 to June 2007 and increase call-minutes handled by 79% during the same period. Voxbone also increased its business customer base by 50% from December 31, 2006 to June 30, 2007. To help accomplish this, the firm grew its global employee base by more than 61% during that same period.
In addition, during the first six months of 2007, Voxbone introduced Version 2.0 of its API with more features for better and faster automation. In conjunction with that announcement, Voxbone announced a contest in which the winner will receive $10,000 for the best application built with the latest API (the contest is running through July 2007). Other notable milestones include the opening of Voxbone's first office in the U.S. (in the L.A. area) and a new feature that transforms Voxbone's standard SIP trunking into a distributed and fully redundant SIP trunk.
"We are committed to more and improved VoIP origination services -- while maintaining the highest standards of service -- throughout the world," said Rodrigue Ullens, co-founder of Voxbone. "The first half of 2007 saw tremendous growth and increased global momentum and, given the market reception to our offerings, we expect similar or even better results for the second half of the year."
Voxbone leases international VoIP virtual phone numbers and worldwide origination services via VoIP to organizations in North and South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions. It delivers high-quality call origination and provides the global infrastructure that enables its customers to expand to international markets quickly and efficiently. Using either direct inbound dial (DID) or virtual numbers from Voxbone, for example, customers may receive inexpensive, locally dialed phone calls.

Former Cingular Executive Jim Ryan Joins Vringo Board of Directors

Vringo, the pioneer in video ringtone sharing, announced today that it has added Jim Ryan to its board of directors.Rya n, who has senior management experience in value-added wireless services across the United States , Europe and Asia , recently assumed the role of CEO at Campus Mobile. Campus Mobile connects university students on a real-time, interactive basis to the people, information, content and offers that matter most to them in their university life.
Previously, he was vice president of consumer data services for Cingular Wireless/AT&T, the largest wireless carrier in the United States . He had responsibility for all Cingular wireless data products for the consumer market.
Prior to his position at Cingular, Ryan held executive positions with BT subsidiary O2, Sprint PCS, and Motorola subsidiary Ardis. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University .
“Vringo is excited to have this wireless-industry visionary join our board,” said Jon Medved, co-founder and CEO of Vringo. “Jim has been on the cutting edge of mobile solutions throughout his career. His counsel, insight and support as a board member will be instrumental in shaping Vringo’s growth in the wireless marketplace.”
“Jim Ryan’s global reputation will be an asset for Vringo,” said Dan Ciporin, chairman of Vringo’s board of directors. “I know I share the entire board’s enthusiasm as we extend a hearty welcome to him.”
“I’ve been excited about Vringo since I first learned of the company,” said Ryan. “It’s an honor to be invited to join the board, and I look forward to working with the entire team of directors to help guide Vringo’s future.”
In addition to Ryan, Ciporin and Medved, other current board members include Vringo co-founder and Chief Technology Officer David Goldfarb; licensing expert Seth M. Siegel, a co-founder and former chairman of The Beanstalk Group; and Bryan Rutberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Rutberg & Company, LLC.
Vringo is building a new community for mobile personalization, starting with the delivery and sharing of video of ringtone content. The Vringo application, now in private beta and soon to be marketed to carriers as a managed service, received glowing praise and reviews during demonstrations at DEMO, the 3GSM World Congress and the recent JavaOne conference.
Soon to be available on Symbian J2ME (Java Micro Edition) and Windows Mobile platforms, Vringo releases for additional Nokia, Motorola, SonyEricsson, Samsung and LG phones are due soon. The company continues to work on expanding the Vringo feature set to enable more and more users to “Vringo” to the limit of every handset’s capability.
For further details about Vringo, please visit www.vringo.com . More information about Vringo board members can be found at: http://www.vringo.com/corporate/board.html .

ViaTalk launches ViaTalk Free Connect , Offers Free Calls to any number in USA and Canada

ViaTalk, one of the fastest growing national voip provider has decided to let non subscribers have a taste of their superior voip service and hoped to get more subscribers in return. They launched viatalk free connect which is a web activated telephony service that enable anybody with an internet connection to initiate a call between any two telephone numbers. Web activated telephony has gained lot of popularity since jajah launched their web activated telephony service about two years ago.
To use this service you just need to visit http://www.viatalkfree.com/, enter your telephone number and the number you want to call and click place call. In few seconds your phone will ring and your call will be connected. Its a very common procedure nowadays because many voip providers are now offering this service. To encourage as many people as possible to try their service ViaTalk is offering 10 minutes of free calls to any number in the USA and Canada. You can also call as many times as you want, each call is only limited to 10 minutes
If you have a US call-in number, which can be obtained for free from a service like IPKall, you can use viatalk free connect to call any US/Canada number from other countries. More information about viatalk and viatalk free connect is available HERE

eFax Review: Send and Receive Fax for Free using your E-mail for 30 days long

Despite the dominance of voice communication, e-mail and the internet, fax is still very relevant and necessary especially in the business environment. Documents send over the fax are considered legal and much like the original unlike a document attached to an e-mail or downladed from a website. Sending and receiving fax the traditional way requires you to have a fax machine, a telephone line, and pay a monthly charge to your provider, sometimes the cost could be enormous but Efax is changing all that using the power of voip technology. Cost of faxing is now considerably reduced, no fax machine and extra telephone line required. Also the process of sending fax has been simplified, its now just like sending e-mail When you subscribe to Efax

you will get a real fax number tied to ur e-mail address. you can receive fax on this number and the fax will arrive as an e-mail attachment. To send a fax all you have to do is attach the document you want to fax as a file ( in one of several supported formats) to an e-mail or scan the hard copy to an e-mail. In the To field you will write the receiver's fax number like this: 1325562713@efaxsend.com, click send and it will appear as paper fax in the recipient's fax machine. So easy you would say.
Interestingly Efax
let you use this service free for 30 days and if you like what they have to offer you can subscribe to eFax plus or eFax pro. With the eFax free, which is the free 30 days trial you get fax number, you can receive up to 130 fax pages and send up to 30 fax pages for free. If you subscribe to eFax plus afterwards, you will get a local fax number, you can receice up to 130 fax pages and send up to 30 fax pages per month. You can also access your faxes online for up to 1 year. If you go above the number of allowed pages you pay just 15 cents per page to receive and 10 cents per page to send. eFax plus has subscription price of $16.95 per month. eFax pro comes with all the benefit of eFax plus and in addition you can send up to 200 fax pages per month and access your faxes online for 2 years. Also eFax pro lets you receive voicemail as e-mail attachement. When somebody call your fax number it automatically goes into an answering machine and the caller can leave a voice message which will be sent to your e-mail as an attachment.
I have been using this service for some time now and its been working really fine and makes faxing experience really pleasant. You can try their service for free, no risk involved for 30 days. Just Click Here now to Sign-up for the free trial
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TerraSip now offers virtual phone numbers of more than 5000 cities and 60 countries worldwide.

Virtual numbers are real telephone numbers with the additional effect of being aliases for VoIP/Sip numbers. This number can be called from all networks, but it rings on your VoIP phone. So wherever on this planet you use your TerraSip VoIP account you can be called on your selected local number. The caller enjoys the advantage of the low fees of the dialled area code.
The handling is easy and the costs low. On the TerraSip web page you can select your desired country and city. Then with a push on a button the DID is registered and mapped immediately to your sip account. The costs are simply taken from your account balance.
TerraSip offers this service to you to wholesale conditions, to help you to enjoy your internet telephony more and more. More information about all countries, cities, rates and conditions in your TerraSip website.

Mediaringtalk Extend Free Calls Promotion

Here at Solomon's voip world we always strive to make sure that you did not miss out on any opportunity to call your desired destination for free or at the lowest possible cost without compromising call quality. This is why we monitor offers and promotions from numerous voip providers and bring you the information as soon as it is available. There are quite a lot of free calls offers this summer and you will be constantly updated so that you dont miss out on anyone.
Medianringtalk, based in singapore has decided to extend its free calls offer which has be on since Jan 2007. This offer will now run till September 2007, that is almost one year of free calls to several destinations which include US, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Taiwan and Australia.
Their service worked fine most of the time and the voice quality is good enough. Each call you make are limited to 10 mins but you can make unlimited number of calls. If you like to enjoy this free call service visit www.mediaringtalk.com for details.

Raketu Extend 66% Rate Reduction till August 1st

Raketu has decided to extend their 66% rate reduction promotion which previously ended 30th of June till August 1st. Now you can still continue to enjoy this rate reduction till the 1st of August in addition to FREE unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles in about 42 countries.
Also RakWeb now works on iPhone, Symbian, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and other mobile devices and the cost of sending SMS to the United States has been reduced from 0.075 USD to 0.05 USD. More information can be found on www.raketu.com.

VoIP Inc. Launches Click4Me

VoIP, Inc. announced today that it has launched a beta version of Click4Me, a free web-click calling service available at the Company�s new portal www.click4me.net. The new technology showcases various technology features of VoIP�s network. VoIP has been developing customized applications for SIP, IP, TDM and other projects for over five years. Click4Me allows users to connect to others through free calls without using the PC for actual voice communications, unlike virtually all other web enabled calling services. In addition, there is no need for a person contacting a registered click4me user to be a registered user as well. Click4Me also offers email, instant messaging and other popular calling features.
Click4Me actually connects the callers together, so that both can be at home phones, cell phones, etc. With inbound minutes free on many cellular plans, the calls will cost virtually nothing. Additionally, anyone using a cell phone with web access can browse to www.click2me.us, and a mobile web page version is available for them to enter an ID or email address. Click4Me also provides many useful user settings which can be maintained on the MY SETTINGS page after logging in. Additionally, registered users can also OUT DIAL.
�We believe the beta launch of Click4Me.net represents the first step in creating a feature-rich communications portal,� said Shawn Lewis, VoIP, Inc.�s Chief Technology Officer. �With the popularity of web calling increasing, we believe our ability to offer free calling, without the need to route calls through a PC, will increase the value of our offerings significantly and help us develop a community quickly which will be attractive to advertisers and will allow us to generate revenue by offering enhanced services.�

Globe 7 Offers One Year Unlimited FREE Calling to 25 Destinations

Globe 7, the voip service provider which is serious working to become one of the major players in the voip ecosystem is offering to its subscribers free and unlimited calling to 25 destinations if they purchase any of its two voip hardwares. The hardwares are the Wireless Internet Phone and Internet Storage Phone.
The Wireless Internet Phone is basically a wireless usb ip phone that has been configured to use the globe 7 voip service. It has a base that connects to your computer via a usb port and a wireless handset that can be used up to 10 meters away from the base station. The handset has Large graphic LCD and Blue color back light, you can dial any number you want to call from the handset and this call will be made via the globe 7 service. It has a dimension of 144mm x 45mm x 31mm, a talktime of 10 hours and standby time of 100 hours. This device completely free you from sitting in front of your computer in other to use the globe 7 voip service with the down side being that your computer still need to be on in other to make a call. The wireless Internet Phone cost $120 dollars.
The Globe 7 Internet Storage Phone is even more interesting. It has a built-in 1GB memory drive and its just the size of a normal flash drive or mp3 player. It has the globe 7 softphone embedded into it. It is a true plug and play device, once plugged into a usb port on your computer it starts to function automatically. It comes with a ear-phone jack and mic that enables you to make voip calls on the fly. The driver and sound card are built-in the usb cable, which means you can make voip calls from any computer connected to the internet. It is ideal for people who travel a lot as it allows them to carry there globe 7 service with them and they can use it from an internet cafe, hotels etc. This device also cost $120 when ordered from globe 7 website.
More information about the two voip hardwares and the free destinations are available at www.globe7.com

Bill Stensrud Joins SightSpeed Advisory Board

SightSpeed Inc., the leading provider of personal video services over the Internet, has announced that William R. “Bill” Stensrud has joined the company’s advisory board. Stensrud, currently a private investor, held positions with AT&T, ROLM, StrataCom and other telecom and technology companies during a career that has spanned more than 30 years.
He began his career with MIT in the early 1970s developing data communications systems. In 1974 he joined AT&T where he held a progression of engineering and market management positions. Then he served as product and marketing manager for next-generation PBX products at ROLM, and in 1985 became the founding vice president of marketing and business development for StrataCom Inc., in San Jose, Calif.
Relocating to San Diego in 1992, Stensrud became president of Primary Access, a designer and manufacturer of software-defined dial access platforms that was acquired by 3Com in 1995. From 2005 until earlier this year, he also served as chairman and CEO of Muze, Inc., an information and services provider to the digital media industry.
Since 1996, Stensrud has been involved in investment activities in communications, software and services industries, both independently and with the venture capital firm Enterprise Partners. He has also served on the boards of a variety of organizations, including Scripps Health and the San Diego Opera, where he is a past president.
“We’re excited to have such an industry pioneer as Bill join our advisory board,” said SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy. “With more than three decades in the industry, he has experienced the evolution of electronic communications and software since pre-Internet days. And through his investment savvy, he has helped many companies achieve success in this competitive arena. We are fortunate to have his counsel available to SightSpeed as we continue our growth and development.”
“I’m pleased to join SightSpeed’s advisory board,” said Stensrud “From my years in the business, I know that when a product is as good as SightSpeed is, and has a strong, enthusiastic team behind it, it’s well on the road to success. I see my role as being a guiding influence as it continues down that path.”
Stensrud joins Andy Abramson , Gary Arlen, Pete Hanley and Ted Cohen on the SightSpeed board of advisors. For more information on board members, see http://www.sightspeed.com/about_us/people .
SightSpeed, widely recognized as providing the highest quality free video calls, also lets users with webcams hold video conferences, participate in video chat and leave video e-mail to one person or many. In addition, SightSpeed lets users post videos to their blogs or personal Web pages, offers unlimited computer-to-computer voice-only calling for PCs or Macs, and provides calling to and from traditional and cell phones.
To learn more about SightSpeed or to download award-winning SightSpeed 6.0 for Windows or Mac, visit www.SightSpeed.com .

Universal Music Group and Vringo Partners to Deliver Video Ringtones

Vringo, the pioneer in video ringtone sharing, announced today that it had entered into a trial licensing agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest music company. Under this agreement, Vringo subscribers will be able to personalize their own video ringtones, or “Vringos,” using clips from some of the most popular videos in UMG’s collection.
Vringos are associated with the caller, not the called phone. Subscribers to the Vringo service use a buddy list to deliver a 2- to 10-second personalized video clip announcing the caller to the person being called. For example, a Vringo subscriber can select a video clip of Rihanna’s SOS to appear on all called parties’ phones at the start of a call, or they can send a different Vringo to each individual. Vringos let subscribers share their enthusiasm for a great singer, movie or sports figure—or simply share a memory, a laugh or a moment caught on the phone’s camera.
Users select their Vringo clips through the phone or online, and from a variety of premium content. They may also download promotional clips at no cost, or generate their own free clips with the phone’s video camera. As soon as a user selects and sends a clip, it is downloaded to all buddies’ phones.
Vringos can be pushed to any subscriber in the Vringo community with a compatible wireless phone. The Vringo medium—along with its multimedia messages—is expected to spread virally through friends, interest groups, fan groups and social networks, and to serve the interests of content providers and carriers as well as mobile phone customers. If deployed as part of an advertising or subscription-based revenue model, promotional Vringos can be accompanied by click-through-purchase screens that take orders for the CD, DVD or movie ticket associated with the clip.
“The Universal Music Group videos being delivered to Vringo customers showcase the world’s most popular artists and musicians, performing their landmark hits,” said Rob Wells, senior vice president–Digital, Universal Music Group International. “We’re pleased to make our artists available to an even wider and more connected worldwide audience through this service.”
“Vringo is proud to be able to include Universal Music Group’s content in the Vringo catalogue,” said Jon Medved, Vringo CEO. “It will give subscribers access to some of the most compelling and popular material in the world today. We expect Universal Music’s content to strongly resonate with the Vringo user base.”
UMG has formatted its music videos to meet Vringo requirements in download speed and the mobile handset’s screen resolution and size. The licensed clips represent the top 20 video sales in UMG’s collection and range from Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It's Hot, to Rihanna’s SOS, Sugababes’ Push The Button, 50 Cent’s Outta Control, Candy Shop and Just A Lil Bit, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit, Mario Winans’ I Don't Wanna Know, and Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O' Mine.
Clips from these videos are now available to Vringo beta users via mobile handsets and can be acquired online by registered trial participants at vringo.com.

Tadiran Hit the Road with "IP Communications Experience Tour"

Tadiran Telecom®, a leading global IP business telephone and communications solutions provider, today announced the "IP Communications Experience Tour," a nationwide, multi-city tour of Tadiran's Mobile Advanced Technology Centers (MATC). These 40-foot high-end, luxury motor coaches are outfitted with Tadiran's state-of-the-art telecommunications solutions. The IP Communications Experience Tour is designed to let visitors experience and test the possibilities in IP communications, first hand. The first cities planned for Tadiran's IP Communications Experience Tour include: El Segundo, Calif., Northbridge, Calif., Los Angeles, Burbank, Calif., New York City, Port Washington N.Y., Cincinnati, Ohio, Miamisburg, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Grand Junction, Colo.
Tadiran's award-winning, high-performance IP communications solutions and telephones allow businesses and organizations of all sizes to migrate to the world of IP in stages, all while continuing to leverage existing network and legacy investments.
Tadiran Telecom's Director of Marketing Pat Lennon said, "The IP Communications Experience Tour underscores our commitment to helping businesses and organizations transition to IP communications as easily and cost-effectively as possible. We plan to showcase our family of telecommunications solutions that offer tremendous productivity and operational cost savings - from the many benefits of Voice over IP (VOIP) to mobility products that allow users the freedom to travel without sacrificing telephone features formally associated with a desk telephone."
This year, Tadiran's IP Communications Experience Tour will showcase the following products: - Tadiran's award-winning family of Coral® IP PBXs offer a range of telephony solutions that facilitate a seamless move to VoIP, with no loss to investment in legacy systems or the need for extensive retaining. The Coral IPx family includes a breadth of products that combine leading edge VoIP capabilities, voicemail, conference bridge and cell phone integration, allowing cell phones to act as extensions to the system. Each model can be used as a VoIP telephony server with gateway and digital telephone options. The Coral IPx family offers the best total cost of ownership, backed by superb voice quality, easy installation and maintenance, secured communications, and a wide choice of user devices to support tele-workers, corporate and branch offices, and road warriors.
- The Coral IPx Office is Tadiran's small office IP PBX solution. It is a complete IP office communication solution in one small box, for simple, flexible converged communications with sophisticated call handling, firewall protection, VPN (Virtual Private Network) and NAT (Network Address Translators) support, and optional unified messaging. It offers an extensive range of IP functionality and user benefits such as a built-in data switch optional internet router and a large selection of gateways to legacy connections. The Coral IPx can also be networked, giving branch offices the same communication services enjoyed by the head office.
- A preview of Tadiran's newest innovation, the Coral Sea Softswitch - a complete, pure IP VoIP solution for all size enterprises (currently in beta). The Sea Softswitch, based on open technology standards, is a single, replicated, fault-tolerant VoIP solution, requiring only 1 RU (rack unit) of space, but with far greater capabilities than much larger systems. As an independent system or integrated with existing systems and endpoints, the Sea Softswitch connects between endpoints, protocols and media gateways. This provides full feature functionality of voice, video, SIP-based unified messaging, multimedia and Contact Center capabilities.
- Mobility applications. Tadiran's FlexiCallTM, FreedomTM and FlexAirTM applications enable employees to be reached through one number, making it easy for them to receive important calls and timely messages. With FlexiCall, your landline and mobile phone ring simultaneous, allowing employees to never miss a call. And once they get the call, they stay in control of it with the ability to transfer the call into the office, or page someone, from their mobile phone. FlexAir allows full mobility within the office building or campus using DECT wireless, while avoiding airtime costs. With Freedom, businesses can provide access to internal system services - outgoing trunk access, voicemail, conferencing and internal calls - to distant and cellular phones. Employees dial into their own phone number and access all their user-defined system capabilities, enabling them to take advantage of lower corporate GSM gateway tariffs.
- Unified Messaging systems that consolidate voice messages, emails and faxes into a convenient Microsoft® Windows® browser-based platform. Tadiran's Unified Messaging Systems are designed specially for the telephone system, offering the most seamless integrations. The systems fit into the telephone chassis, requiring no external resources.
- Tadiran's CompositTM Contact Center is a comprehensive suite of real-time, IP multimedia customer interaction management solutions. Its scalable and modular system combines IVR, Dialer, CTI, queue management, Intelligent Interaction Routing and multimedia management - all on a single, distributed platform. Composit's distributed architecture allows multiple Composit servers to tie together and work as one single system, so agents across different servers can connect and share data, and businesses can expand the number of agents and IVR ports, conduct automatic load balancing and disaster recovery.
To learn more about Tadiran's IP Communications Experience Tour, call [1-866-595-4900].

VoIP Inc. Complete Sale of Assets Owned by its Dallas Division

VoIP, Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of certain assets owned by its Dallas division for $400,000 plus a percentage of the division’s continuing revenue over the next three years. The division had revenue for the period ended March 31, 2007 of $1,392,009 and a loss of $29,098. The sale to WQN, Inc., a Texas corporation, includes EasyTalk and RocketVoIp, two of the division’s communications brands, but excludes the intellectual property owned by the division.
“This transaction supports our continuing restructuring efforts to divest the Company of unprofitable units or businesses that are not part of our strategic focus,” said Anthony J. Cataldo, VoIP, Inc.’s Chairman and CEO. “The sale will allow us to strengthen our balance sheet, improve operating results and enhance management’s ability to focus on expanding our Network and increasing utilization.”
The Company expects to take a non-cash charge during the second quarter to reflect the sale of the business.

Voiis Mini Pocket Messenger Phone with VoIP Functionality

This is an entertainment powerhouse with built-in VoIP funtionality. Axes Voiis let you enjoy your music with iTunes or Windows media player. It connects using bluetooth and enables you to make voip calls, send and receive instant messages and have an address book that will enable you store up to 500 contacts.
It comes with a 1.2 inch color LCD, large enough for such a small pocket device. It has a built in microphone and a headphone jack. Charging can be done via USB connection to your PC. It has at least six hours working time and about 72 hours standby time. This is allready for sale in Japan for about $130 but those outside Japan will still have to waite a bit longer for this device.

FREE internet fax within US and Canada

Vbuzzer today announced that Vbuzzer users anywhere in the world, can now send free faxes to any fax machine in the US and Canada. Just a simple download and quick self install of the Vbuzzer Messenger, click the Fax Tab and follow the friendly wizard to complete sending a fax. Sending faxes remains a useful mode of communicating for both business and consumer users. Many have found this inconvenient and a disconnec ted activity from their regular use of their computer for almost everything else they do in this digital world. Fax rates have been high while telephone costs are dropping dramatically especially because of VOIP services.

Vbuzzer continues to evolve is powerful communications platform which offers text messaging, high quality, inexpensive VOIP and now Free Fax. Not just old fashioned Fax but a unique internet fax solution. Instead of the traditional paper-based Fax Vbuzzer allows a totally digital, integrated and manageable tool. Most importantly for Vbuzzer users worldwide when they need to send faxes to their friends, families, and business contacts in North America, they have a super tool for free
"We are very pleased to bring Vbuzzer's high quality service to so many people for free, and it is an excellent showcase of our continued commitment to providing a powerful communications platform to our customers worldwide," said Mr. Kamil Khan, Chairman of Softroute Corporation, "we will keep setting new standards for valuable and innovative products to internet users all over the world."
The free promotional offer within US & Canada is available till December 31 2007. To download vbuzzer CLICK HERE

T-Mobile's Dual Mode Service

This post is a review of the recently launched T-Mobile dual mode service in the US. The irony with t-mobile business policy is that why they are actively fighting voip in some countries they are launching voip service of their own in others. Anyway that is the the purpose of this article, this article is to let readers know how they can benefit from this t-mobile service and where they should exercise caution. Subscribing to the T-Mobile's new dual mode service might seem like a no-brainer for many mobile users: it lets you use your cellular/WiFi handset as your only phone, it works over the cellular network when you're on the move, and it uses VoIP over WiFi when you're at home or near a T-Mobile hotspot. They'll even throw in a wireless home router, optimized for VoIP quality, for free (after mail-in rebate). The service will add $10 or $20 to your cellular bill, but getting rid of your landline subscription should more than make up the difference. What could be simpler?
In fact, the decision is not as simple as it seems. Communications choices these days always come with trade-offs, and you might end up saving less money than you think, or you just might not be able to get all the pieces of the puzzle to fit just right. In short, it's better to exercise your brain a bit before you go and dump your trusty wireline phone.
One potential problem is your broadband service. You'll still need it to connect your WiFi router, not to mention your computer, to the Internet. But if you are using DSL and drop your wireline phone service, you'll have to get naked DSL, that is, DSL that runs over your copper phone line without the voice circuit that usually comes with it.
Once upon a time (a year or so ago), AT&T was charging almost as much for naked DSL as it was for phone service alone. Now it has apparently seen the light (or the wrath of the FCC) and offers naked DSL for under $20 a month. But you'd better check with your provider, whether AT&T or another carrier, to make sure you can get DSL without phone service where you live at a reasonable price.
Of course, you can switch and buy your broadband access from your friendly, local cable company--if you haven't done so already--but that adds another set of complications because the VoIP service operators' offer may be too cheap to turn down. The problem is that when you buy the famous triple-play package--voice, broadband and TV--from a cable provider, it often costs less, sometimes as little as $33 per month.
Ordering only two parts of the package instead of three could raise the total cost, so you could end paying almost as much for broadband and TV as you would for the triple-play package. Thus, using your mobile phone as your only phone might not end up saving you much.
Of course, maybe you already do most of your calling on your cellphone, and would do all of it if it weren't for that cellular dead spot centered around your house. If you're going to go dual mode just so you can use your handset at home, you might as well go ahead and trash the landline. Even if you don't save any money, you'll gain all the convenience of the one-number life. And in the end, isn't convenience what mobile phones are all about?

Skype Offer Calls to India and Pakistan for 50% Less

Skype , the leading voip provider is offering SkypeOut calls to India and Pakistan for 50% less. All calls to either mobile or landline in these two countries will now cost 50% of their current SkypeOut rate. This offer is valid only from the 2nd of July to the 31 of July of this year.
This probably is to encourage the use of SkypeOutin those two countries and make it cheaper of Indian and Pakistanis all around the world to call home. If you call these two countries longer and frequently then this can save you tons of money, so dont let this pass you bye.
To download Skype Click Here and Click Here to get SkypeOut credit

FREE International Calls / Long Distance Calls on Independence day

As part of the U.S independence day celebration on 4th July, MOBIVOX is giving away $10 worth of free international calls. This is MOBIVOX way of celebrating the independence day with their customers and with this they want to give you independence from long distance phone charges this July 4th. MOBIVOX which enables Skype on any cell phone, announced this promotion to thank their growing user base for choosing MOBIVOX.
According to Stephane Marceau, CEO of MOBIVOX, “ The United States has one of the biggest expatriate communities in the world, and we are thrilled to celebrate Independence Day by giving something back to our user community. We hope that many will celebrate Independence Day with MOBIVOX and get the opportunity to enjoy free calls to friends and family all over the world."
This offer is valid from midnight EDT to 11:59:59 pm EDT July 4 and Registered MOBIVOX users in the U.S can make $10 worth of free international calls to anywhere in the world on mobile or fixed lines. So as you are busy grilling burgers and hotdogs, swigging beer or soda on independence day you can also be talking to friends and family members across the globe for free.

Free Mobile VoIP Calls from Symmy

The high cost of mobile calls especially in europe and some other parts of the world is making mobile voip a real viable alternative and providers are launching mobile voip services that offer free calls between subscribers in order to capture the market. Such services are being launched at an average of about 3 per month and here at solomon's voip world we will bring information about such services to you as soon as it is launched. Recently Symmy launched its mobile voip service that enable users to make free calls to other users, chat and tranfer files directly from their mobile phone.
In order to use symmy all you have to do is to register on their website and dowload a small phone application to your mobile phone. You can download this application by using your mobile phone web browers or downloading it to your computer and tranfer the file to your mobile phone. After installation of symmy on your cell phone you can start making free calls to other members of the symmy community, also you can chat, send email and tranfer files for free.
The only downside of symmy is that only few handsets are supported, about 22 in all and 90% of that number are Nokia phones though they plan to extend it to other phone brands. Also more importantly when using mobile voip service you have to watch your mobile internet connection charges from your mobile service provider so that you dont acquire so much data cost. It is better if you are on a fixed monthly rate data service to really enjoy the cost reduction of mobile voip.
For more information about symmy mobile voip service and to sign-up for the service visit www.symmy.com