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Vopium offers Free calls and SMS to Canada during Winter Olympics 2010

2010-02-22T08:44:00.001+05:30

Winter Olympics 2010 is currently on at Vancouver, Canada and now you can stay in touch with all your friends in Canada during the Games for free.

Vopium, leading VOIP Provider is offering free international calls to Canada including Vancouver. You can make calls to not only Vancouver but any Canadian mobile or fixed line for FREE and you can text for free too. This Free calling offer runs through to February 28th, the last day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

There are NO LIMITATIONS to the offer! You can call any Canadian mobile or fixed line, anytime from anywhere for FREE and as long as you want - also outside Wi-Fi hotspots or you can use Vopium Free Wi-fi service.

How Does Vopium Work?

1) Register at Vopium
2) Vopium will send SMS to your Mobile Phone.
3) Follow instructions to download Voipum application to your phone
4) Start making Calls.

Enjoy making Free calls to Canada during the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010

Tringme VOIP wins most innovating startup of 2009 at NASSCOM

2010-02-04T01:28:00.000+05:30

At NASSCOM, Tringme once again proved that they are the most happening VOIP startups in India by winning a prestigious most innovative startup of 2009 award.

Tringme as you all know is one of the first Indian VOIP Provider to launch a web based VOIP service and a Flash VOIP softphone. Tringme has also been a great friend of VOIPGuide4U besides me being friends with Tringme Founder. Tringme now handles over a million calls per day across Business and personal users using Tringme technology platforms such as Flash VOIP platform and VoicePHP, a framework for IVR.

We would like to congratulate Tringme for the award and this really means we now have strong expectations from Tringme in 2010. Hopefully we will see more innovation from Tringme in the VOIP space especially in India.

Rebtel takes over Talkster FreeWorldDial Consolidation in VOIP continues

2010-01-25T16:47:00.000+05:30

As we predicted a few years back, the Bigger VOIP players will slowly take over the smaller VOIP wonders one by one and only a few big players will dominate VOIP in 2012.

It seems the situation is now unfolding as Rebtel bought Talkster Service (Free World Dialing), an award-winning consumer calling service from Talkster. Which means all of talkster's free world dialing customers will now run on Rebtel platform and have access to Rebtel in 51 countries to call anywhere in the world for free or for just pennies per minute. This also means , Talkster customers can now use Rebtel Computer Calls to make free or super-cheap calls from any country to anywhere in the world, as well as Rebtel SMS for low-cost international text messaging.

Rebtel also recently bought Gorilla Mobile and now Talkster which clearly shows their dedicated and passion to lead the VOIP industry. Its also important to note that beating market expectations, Rebtel's Revenue in 2009 was close to $20 million and grew 75% versus 2008.

We believe Rebtel will be even powerful in delivering low cost solutions to their consumers and hopefully will lower down calling rates to destinations better covered by Talkster.

Mojocall.com Mojocall offers free international calls to 60 countries

2010-01-08T09:08:00.000+05:30

Welcome to 2010. Like 2009, VOIP will continue to overtake PSTN in every part of the world and Free International Calls will continue to make users happy.

Today we look at Mojocall.com, a service by the founders of IndiaLD. With Mojocall, You can now make free international calls from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. We have in past discussed a similar free calling services from Australia AussieCall and Japan (Azabutel), but Mojocall will let you make free calling to 50 countries (including India) from New Zealand and South Africa. Like other services, you need to use your mobile minutes to make calls. In NZ, Mojocall is currently only setup to get calls from NZ Telecom customers but should be company is adding access for Vodaphone customers very soon.

Readers from Australia are already using the Aussiecall service but now Mojocall will be good free international call service for NZ, SA, Australia and Japan customers going forward.

Enjoy making free international calls in 2010 and do let us know the feedback on Mojocall

10 Million minutes of FREE calls to Australia, Canada, China, India, the UK and USA

2009-12-28T01:34:00.001+05:30

I love Christmas and the holiday season. This is the best time to make free calls to your family and friends as most VOIP Providers throw in some awesome offers. Today we are going to look at how to make free calls to Australia, Canada, China, India, the UK and USA during holiday season.

To celebrate the holiday season, PennyTel is giving away 10,000,000 minutes of FREE calls to Australia, Canada, China, India, the UK and the USA.

This offer is valid for all old and new Pennytel customers, which means if you not yet signed up for Pennytel, you can signup now and start using this offer.

Pennytel 10 Million Free minutes offer is for limited time and will run from the 18th of December to the 2nd of January, or when all the free minutes have been used (whichever comes first), and is exclusive to members only.

Still about a week to go to enjoy this promo, if you didn't use it yet. Spread the news and enjoy FREE calls while they last.

Do provide feedback on whether you are able to complete your calls and to which destinations, so it helps other readers in using this service.

Again Merry Christmas and Enjoy the Holidays!

Sabse Technologies Bought Mobivox VOIP Service

2009-12-05T20:56:00.000+05:30

Sabse Technologies is on the roll, After acquiring Jaxtr, Sabse now bought Mobivox. What does that mean to you as a VOIP consumer? Lets find out.

Sabse Technologies owned by Sabir Bhatia first hit news with their free conference calls service called SabseBolo. SabseBolo primarily offers free conference calls to Indian users. However Its evident that Sabse doesn't want to stop at providing conference calls or rather expand their conference calls services other parts of the world. Especially entering US and Europe market for conference call services will be the key focus for SabseBolo.

Considering these points, Acquiring Jaxtr was mainly a move to acquire existing Jaxtr infrastructure around the access numbers service they provide and now mobivox would also mean expanding the infrastructure, coz even Mobivox offers a very similar local number service.

Sabse might also try to merge Jaxtr and Mobivox together to create one local access number VOIP Provider brand. However, its very unlikely cause Jaxtr and Mobivox are already established VOIP services and they are better that way.

Mobivox has however lost lot of ground after they stopped offering free international calls service and started flat rate 2.1 cents calls to 40 countries. Many free calls users moved to other services in the mean time. However, that also means that whoever stuck around with Mobivox are most likely loyal paid users which is the key for Sabse Technologies.

Lets hope that SabseBolo can again provide free international calls via Mobivox and inegrate the access numbers for Jaxtr and Mobivox to cover more countries/cities. That would benefit all existing users and new users on both theseVOIP services.

Verizon Wireless Hub VOIP Phone Services closed down

2009-12-04T18:51:00.000+05:30

Verizon Wireless Hub VOIP Phone Service never took off as a residential phone service however now seems it really couldn't hold on for long in this competitive VOIP Phone services market.

Verizon Wireless has officially announced that they are closing down the sales of Verizon Wireless Hub VOIP Phone Service effective immediately. They already stopped selling the Verizon Hub product via retail outlets and now they stopped selling via online service.

We did a Verizon Hub Review when it was first launched and it was a clear "NO we don't want a Verizon Hub" verdict. The Price point for Verizon Hub was way out at $34.95 per month and you also need to be a verizon wireless Cell phone user with a contract. Way too much to ask for and to compete with VOIP Phone Services like Ooma or PhonePower which offers low starting prices.

Verizon has totally failed to sell Verizon Hub product via online platform or retail, which forced them to close down the Verizon Hub product.

Now I am wondering what happens to the existing Verizon Hub users? Is anyone using Verizon Hub able to use the service anymore? Please comment.

Ooma Telo HD Voice VOIP Service Review

2009-12-04T01:11:00.001+05:30

If you loved Ooma Hub, you sure will like to try Telo. Telo is the new VOIP Service/Gadget by Ooma.

Ooma although heavily criticized by Media in USA including me in the past, have managed to stay on for long enough that most of us thought. Looks like, the "Ashton Kutcher" charisma really worked :-)

At the same time, we have to agree that Ooma Hub beats every single VOIP Provider hands down when it comes to looks and price. Ooma Hub would look damn sexy in your apartment and should get enough eyeballs. The pricing of Ooma has been excellent right from day 1 and now since retailers like amazon selling Ooma directly to consumers, we often get even lower price. Right now, you can grab ooma Hub at amazon for only $227.

Now Lets find out about the all new Ooma Telo and Why Ooma Telo is better than Ooma Hub.

Ooma Telo is killer in looks, more sleek than Ooma Hub and gives a bunch of more VOIP features you would love to have in 2010. Yes, am talking about the HD Voice. We are already living a high definition life then why not a HD VOIP service?

The Ooma Telo would connect to your high-speed Internet and existing home phones, allowing you to enjoy free home phone service, free US calls, and exceptionally low international rates.

Ooma Telo Features:

1) Free Unlimited US Calls to any US Landline/Mobile
2) Caller Id, Voicemail
3) Compatible with existing Cordless or Dect Phone in your home
4) You can keep your phone number for $39.99 one time porting fee or choose a new phone number for FREE.
5) Takes 15 minutes to setup. Plug and Play Device.
6) 911 Service: 911 operators would get your registered home address.
7) During Power Outages, Ooma will automatically switch your back to your traditional landline if you have any.
8) Call anyone using Ooma for FREE.
9) Telo is HD voice Ready.

Now the pricing, Ooma literally make you think twice. You get Ooma Telo device and its service for only $249 when you buy at Amazon. This is a one time fee and you never to have pay again ever again. Just call your VOIP provider and tell them shut your service off coz now you are gonna save loads of money.

If i were you, i would settle for Ooma Telo anyday just to have that gadget in my home and make free USA calls. Most importantly having to deal with overbilled monthly bills. Trust me average american spends atleast 30% of his time every weekends settling his bills and if you are over billed, you know what you are gonna get through.

Do Let us know how you find Ooma Telo VOIP Service and write a ooma telo review.

Apple approved Toktumi Mobile VOIP App and kept Google Voice at bay

2009-12-03T18:11:00.001+05:30

In a extremely surprising development, Apple has approved a Google Voice alternative Toktumi's Mobile VOIP Line2 app and its now available for download in apple store.

One would wonder, Why Google Voice App wasn't approved? The faceoff between Apple, AT&T and Google voice is still on and will continue for some time before FCC gives a clear decision most likely in the favour of google Voice.

Google can now however use this toktumi approval for their benefit and make a case to FCC. Toktumi's Line2 app works very similar to Google Voice by letting you use one virtual number to forward to your real phone numbers. However its not a free VOIP service and costs $15, but it supports business VOIP features like phone trees etc.

Since Toktumi is a paid service, Apple probably believes it won't directly impact At&T business and it doesn't support SMS either which makes it a less preferable choice. At the same time, they might be interested in pushing toktumi ahead of Google Voice App to get as many users under this app and make it difficult for google voice to gain these customers.

Whatever be the case, the Mobile VOIP Application and the entire VOIP market in USA would face huge turmoil in 2009-2010. Lets hope we see some really good innovations and value addition to VOIP service

Google Voice now offers Free Calls to Hawaii and Alaska

2009-12-02T16:27:00.001+05:30

Google Voice has been instrumental in changing the way we make or receive calls in USA. Its already being used by thousands to manage their busy schedule or even make a free call anywhere in the USA.

However, not many people knew that when google was launched it was only limited to Continental USA that means you could only make calls to only 48 states. However, Google Voice has finally expanded its free VOIP service to all 50 US States which means you can now make totally free calls to Hawaii and Alaska along with continental US.

Please note that this is full deployment of the Google Voice service for these states. According to the official Google Voice Blog, You can initiate free calls to Alaska and Hawaii from your inbox online, from our mobile apps, or by dialing your own Google Voice number from one of your phones and selecting option 2 to place a call. You can also forward calls to any hawaii or alaska number for free withgoogle voice.

Telcan.com Telcan Unlimited India Calling VOIP Provider Review

2009-12-01T08:50:00.002+05:30

After Vonage introduced the Vonage World Plan which included India Unlimited Calls, It seems lot of "run of the mill" VOIP Providers trying to duplicate Vonage World Plan. Before you buy Telcan India Unlimited Plan, You must read our Telcan.com Review.

As you already know, Puting your hard earned money into a VOIP Phone services isn't a cakewalk anymore with new VOIP Providers launching every week and vanish the next month. How would you choose your VOIP Provider? Thankfully, you are reading VOIP Guide and we can help you choose the right VOIP Provider for your needs.

Today we are looking at Telcan.com. Telcan claims to offers unlimited calls to India plan for a flat monthly fee of $29.99.

Lets do a Telcan Review.

1) Telcan charges you $29.99 as start-up One time Fee.
2) Monthly fee of #34 ($29.99 + $4 tax) as long as you continue.
3) Telcan offers their VOIP service through local access numbers.
4) There is no contract between you and telcan. You may cancel the service. They claim there are no cancellation fees.
5) With telcan unlimited india plan, you can dial any number in India including landline and Mobile.
6) Telcan has a phone and email support, which is good.

Now, Lets see why Telcan probably isn't suitable for you.

1) No SIP service or Support.
2) Available only via Access numbers
3) You need to register your number from where you can make calls telcan access number.
4) You can't change your authorized number during the month. Only 1 change per month.

I have also reviewed a Telcan.com I received a mail from from this Telcan.com informing me about their new Unlimited Indian Calling feature. This works exactly like a calling card hence no contract issues.

But the flip side is,

Calls have to originate from a pre designated phone number. Hence you cannot share your plan with your friends or Family.
It will cost you about $34 a month. Setting aside the Betamax if we compare this with a regular calling card which costs about 1.2 cents per minute it will translate to abt 48 Hrs a month ( hope my calculation is right ). I just checked my usage per month and it does not exceed 25hrs and the total talktime of my room mate and friends is about 25hrs. Looks like this plan will be great if we have a free local calling plan ( any time unlimited , unlike unlimited after 9:00 PM ) from Vonage or other similar plan and sharing with my room mates with Time division Multiplexing in place :) but remember there is an additional cost associated with Localcalling plan.
Telcan does not offer a local number for all states in US and Canada.

I believe points are to be noted by people who do not exceed the calling limit each month and can save money on these unlimited india calling plans.

Secondly, I wanted to add that those who wish to call Telcan access numbers can make use of Google Voice for calling outside your state to save money :-)

Please let us know your Telcan Review , Feedback and comments.

Viatalk Unlimited World Plan Reviews

2009-11-30T19:21:00.000+05:30

When Vonage came out with Vonage World Plan, the competitors in the VOIP Home Phone Provider market had to respond. Now almost every other home phone service is offering unlimited world plan which also including India. You must read our Viatalk Review before signing up for this service.

Viatalk, VOIP Provider has been around in the US Market for long. Viatalk offers home phone services across USA and has now introduced Viatalk Unlimited Plan which includes totally unlimited free calls to over 60 countries around the world including India, Mexico, China, and the U.K.

Viatalk World plan costs only $189/per year which means only $8.95 per month which is way cheaper than Vonage World Plan which is priced at $24.99 almost three times costly than Viatalk.

In order to use Viatalk World Plan, you must signup for Viatalk Unlimited Plan which gives free unlimited USA and Canada calling which costs $8.95. That means the total cost of using Viatalk World Plan is $.8.95+ $8.95= $18 per month

Viatalk offers all important features of a VOIP Phone Service including Voicemail, Forward phone to SIP Provider, CID Privacy, 3 way conference calls, Caller Id, Anonymous Call authentication, Group Call Broadcasting etc.

If you are considering switching your home phone service or was considering signing up for Vonage World plan, Viatalk world plan beats most VOIP Phone services hands down with the plan features, pricing and destinations. You gotta be kidding to pay Vonage $24.99 when you can get the same homephone service for only $17.90.

We strongly recommend you choose Viatalk World Plan over Vonage World Plan.

VOIP In UAE To Be Legal By End Of 2009?

2009-11-30T14:33:00.000+05:30

It seems UAE has finally understood the important of VOIP and telecommunication in maintaining the competitive advantage. How does this affect you as a VOIP user or VOIP Provider? Lets discuss.

We reported a few months back that Etisalat is blocking VOIP in UAE region and also possible charging a violation charge for people using VOIP via VPN. This forced many users to actually switch to DU or Etisalat's VOIP solution which is almost 10 times costlier than the most cheapest international calling service like Betamax etc.

According to Maktoob Business, A senior official at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said, International internet calls could be legalised in the UAE by the end of the year. Mohammed Gheyath, executive director of technology development affairs, said the regulator is drawing up a policy on international internet telecommunications, know as Voice over IP (VoIP) and will be published before year-end.

Currently only Etisalat and Du are legally allowed to offer VoIP services within the country but now they can start offering the service outside the country which means it can bring down the cost of VOIP lower but not to extent of other cheap international calls providers.

However, In my opinion UAE won't do any good by just giving VOIP in the hands of the two large telecom companies who would make little effort to bring the cost down and create a monopolistic market in UAE. What they should do instead is start offering licenses to international players and let them compete with Du and Etisalat. However looking at how things work at govenment level, its very unlikely that this will ever come in play atleast not so early.

The only hope is it might bring down the cost of ownership for telecom players and might bring down cost if they are ready to pass the benefit over to consumers. However, in monopolistic marketcompanies often set the prices and people follow them.

If you live in UAE or call UAE often or offer VOIP services to UAE, do you think this will change anything for you?

Google Voice now lets you use exsting home phone or mobile number

2009-11-30T00:24:00.001+05:30

Google Voice totally changed the way you make and receive calls in USA and Canada. Now it went one step further in allowing to choose your existing number as Google Voice number.

According to the official Google Voice Blogpost, they have created a lighter version of Google Voice for people who are willing to trade some features for the ability to use their existing numbers. you now have the choice to get Google Voice with your existing mobile number OR with a Google number.

Now If you sign up using your existing home phone or mobile number, you'll still get many of Google Voice's features. Checkout the following video:

If you already have a Google Voice account, you can add Google voicemail to any mobile phone you've linked to your account.

Now this is fantastic news, You can do more with your residential phone number or mobile number and imagine that you have added Google Voice to your own number, the possibilities are now endless.

Reliance iCall VOIP Provider 1 cent offer Review

2009-11-28T15:28:00.000+05:30

Reliance definitely has large footprint when it comes to telecommunication in India with large infrastructure to provide quality and cheap price. But before you bet your money on Reliance iCall, do read this review.

Reliance iCall was launched a while back and their services was a instant hit. However, after gaining the user base they stopped offering free international calls and started branding themselves as a cheap international call provider. However, its not simple to gain market share in this extremely competitive market. With companies like Airtel Call home , Betamax breaking the 1 cent per minute barrier, Reliance finally had to match the calling rates.

Relianceicall.com now offering 1 cent per minute to India, UK, USA, Israel, Taiwan, Denmark, Malaysia, Columbia and many more. Reliance claims that there are no further hidden charges such as connection fees or monthly usage fee etc. No Annual contract which is generally not found in this market anyways. In terms of voice clarity, Reliance should be able to offer good voice quality as they run their own E1 lines.

Reliance iCall must be used as a softphone and it doesn't officially reveal SIP settings. You may however try the following Reliance icall SIP settings:

SIP Proxy : 220.224.129.34:5060
user Id: reliance icall username
password : reliance icall password

Another drawback of using Reliance icall is lack of customer support. There is no way to reach their customer service representatives via phone which means if there are any issues with your payments or with reliance icall service, you will have to rely on the feedback form. We are not too sure how effective is feedback form which is totally hidden from the average users.

In our opinion, Reliance icall is not a bad choice to try. You can atleast expect good quality calls at cheaper rates. If you are currently using reliance icall, we would like to hear your opinion. Lets us your review/feedback on reliance icall

Cheap Calls to Mexico for only 1.5 cents

2009-11-27T20:57:00.001+05:30

Almost 30% of US population calls mexico each week with growing number of people calling back home to Mexico, Most VOIP providers are now offering cheap calling rates to Mexico.

Rebtel recently announced a market leading rate to call Mexico at only 1.5 cents. Many US VOIP Providers are offering free calls to Mexico but with a monthly plan. If you do not like to be bounded by a contract plan, then Rebtel might be a good choice to make cheap calls to Mexico Landlines at 1.5 cents per minute.

If you still don't know, Rebtel is also offering only 1.9 cents per minute to India which is now very close to Localphone and Nymgo. If you still didn't try this awesome calling service, its about time to give it a try.

Rebtel also gives Free 10 mins of Trial calling minutes to try their service before you decide to buy. Rebtel is excellent for people who do not like to sit in front of PC for making calls. You can use your mobile to make calls via Rebtel.

Try first 10 minutes Free on Rebtel and do let us know your feedback/comments.

Free Calls to the USA on Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T11:07:00.000+05:30

Thanksgiving is one of the most important religious holidays in USA and its observed tomorrow November 26 2009. We found some great ways to make free calls to your friends in USA on Thanksgiving.

1) Localphone is offering five days of 100% free, no strings attached calling to the United States to celebrate Thanksgiving! All you need to do is Signup at Localphone as a user if you are not already one.

Starting at 5am GMT on Wednesday 25th November (midnight Eastern Time) and lasting until 10am GMT on Monday 30th (midnight in Hawaii), calls to all landlines and mobiles in the United States will be completely free with Localphone.

2) TruPhone, a mobile VOIP service is also offering 12 hours of free calls to USA on Thanksgiving. During 12 hours on Thanksgiving (Thursday November 26th, between midday and midnight GMT), all calls made to US landlines or mobiles using Truphone will be completely free!

Make this thanksgiving special for your friends and family by greeting them over phone for FREE :-)

LocalPhone VOIP Providers Now Offers Fully Featured SMS Service

2009-11-25T18:43:00.001+05:30

LocalPhone is one of our favorite VOIP Providers right from the first day we reviewed them, As many of you already know I am big fan of LocalPhone.

Localphone recently announced that they started offering a new SMS service in addition to their already awesome VOIP service. However, The service lacked integration with LocalPhone Numbers (I have a UK number), which means I had to add my mobile number in order to send an SMS. Guess, Localphone realised this soon enough. They have now added bunch of new features which also includes sending SMS from your localphone numbers.

1) SMS Your Direct Dial Contacts: Users in the UK can now send SMS messages to Localphone Direct Dial numbers and the message will be forwarded on to the corresponding contact. There is no extra charge for using this service, but standard SMS rates apply. Did you get this feature? Its like you added your mom's phone number in your direct dial and Localphone gave you a local number to call her. You can now send SMS to that local number and your SMS will automatically reach your mom's number. Great feature for sending SMS abroad easily

2) SMS History: From now on any messages you send will be recorded and available on your SMS History page.

3) Receive SMS Messages on Your UK Incoming Numbers: If you have a Localphone Incoming Number in the UK you can now retrieve SMS messages too. When a friend sends a message to your number it will be displayed in your SMS History. You can also send SMS’s from your Incoming Number when sending a Web SMS. Localphone is also trying to expand this functionality to more countries.

So, did you try the all new Localphone SMS feature yet? Give them a try Today!

PhonePower.com Phone Power VOIP Phone Service now offers Free International Calls

2009-11-25T00:10:00.001+05:30

If you are looking for a VOIP Phone Provider or currently using PhonePower as your home phone service, there is a good news for you.

Yesterday, PhonePower representatives confirmed that Phone Power is now offering 60 minutes of free international calling to 88 countries every month, including major calling destinations like Mexico, China, India, and most of Europe. This offer is valid for any Phonepower plan.

PhonePower currently offers $199 Plan which gives second year ($199/24=$8.29) totally FREE making it one of the cheapest home phone service to own in USA. Now with free international calls to over 88 countries just spice up the already HOT offer.

If you a existing PhonePower customer, You are automatically included in this offer and you don't have to do anything special to make free international calls. Just pick up your phone and start calling your friends/family abroad.

If you are looking to switch from existing home phone provider like Verizon or ATT, then PhonePower is a great choice. Try PhonePower today with Free International calling

VoipGain.com Voip Gain Betamax VOIP Provider Review

2009-11-24T01:05:00.000+05:30

Betamax did it again! A new VOIP service from Dellmont Sarl just hit the market, but is it worth your money? Find out as we review Voipgain, the new Betamax VOIP Provider

As we successfully concluded during our last discussion that, every month Betamax (Dellmont Sarl) comes with a new VOIP service provider to tempt VOIP users around the world with cheaper international calling rates and offering some free international calls to destinations. The strategy is always simple, offer a few free international calling destinations not offered otherwise, so you are sure to gain some customers.

VOIPGain.com is no different from recently launched Rynga.com. VoipGain offers free international calls to about 35 destinations which also include Malaysia (Landline) and China (Landline + Mobile). Voipgain offers 1 cent per minute to India landline and 1.2 cents per minute to India Mobile. Anyone see agreesive calling rate strategy here after Rynga increased their rates to India to 1.5 and 1.3 respectively.

Lets see how you can make calls with VoipGain.

1) Voipgain offeres full SIP support, which means you can use Voipgain with SIP Softphone or VOIP Adapter.

VOIPgain SIP Settings:

SIP port : 5060
Registrar : sip.voipgain.com
Proxy server : sip.voipgain.com
Outbound proxy server : leave empty
Account name : your VoipGain username
Password : your VoipGain password
Display name/number : your VoipGain username or voipnumber
Stunserver (option) : stun.voipgain.com

2) Phone to Phone: Remember that if you use phone to phone feature, you need to pay for both connections.

3) Local Access Numbers: VoipGain has local access numbers in lot of countries including USA, UK, Canada and Australia.

If you want to use Voipgain without using SIP as pc to phone service, you need to download voipgain softphone here.

Honestly, I do not see any reason to go for VoipGain as we all know whats going to happen next, however if you are still in love with Betamax and like to try VoipGain, play safe and deposit $10 and use it while their rates go up again.

Let us know your voipgain review/feedback if you are already using them.

Cheap Calls to Indonesia

2009-11-24T00:51:00.000+05:30

Indonesia was once one of the costliest destinations to call but thanks to VOIP now it's even cheaper to call than most other Asian countries.

Betamax outfit Voipgain is now offering industry leading cheap calls to Indonesia for only 1 cent for calls to Indonesia landlines and 0.05 cents for calls to Indoensia Mobile. These offers are truly remarkable. However, Its betamax so be very careful with spending a fortune with Voipgain.

If you compare Betamax to other VOIP services,

1) Localphone offers calls to Indonesia at 6.7 cents per minute
2) Rebtel offers calls to Indonesia at 2.5 cents per minute to Landline and 7.7 cents per minute for Mobile.

At the end of the day for VOIP Providers, its all about volume. If they can drive large volumes of calls to certain destinations they would be more than happy to cut the calling rates. Betamax as well know can offer dirt cheap rates. At the end of the day you either get low quality of calls or they raise the rates overnight.

However, You can still try them for calling Indonesia for such low price.

Fring Releases Worlds First Andriod VOIP App

2009-11-22T17:01:00.002+05:30

Fring did it again (as always) beating their competitors at Andriod VOIP. Android Phones are getting popular in the USA and VOIP is soon going to be huge on Android.It seems Fring realised the potential much early and started working towards the goal of introducing the world's first Android VOIP application. fring has just released its first version for Android phones, enabling the world’s first free voice calls (VoIP) over fring and Skype, MSN and Google talk.Accroding to the official PR, As of today, users can enjoy the world’s first free voice calls (VoIP) over fring, Skype, MSN and GoogleTalk and via hundreds of SIP providers. As on the rest of fring’s supported-platforms, they can also see real-time presence and live chat with their ICQ, Yahoo! and AIM buddies and use Twitter, as part of their integrated contact list.fring on android works over 3G, GPRS or Wi-Fi internet connections. The brand-new Android version can be downloaded via fring’s WAP site at m.fring.com or directly via the Android Market. Check out Fring Andriod VOIP Application Information Video:

Free Automated Phone Answering Service For Small Businesse

2009-08-28T21:20:00.002+05:30

Most small business switched to VOIP, mostly hosted VOIP Services to save money. Today, you might find another great way to cut cost with free phone answering services and save money/resources on call center.

If you are running a retail or services business, you might be getting 30% calls each day asking about your store/office location address, directions to your store or your current promotions? Would you expense your costly call center employees on such calls? Probably not a good idea. How about your setup a phone answering service which handles this type of calls with preconfigured messages.

Most phone answering system obviously comes at a cost however, there is one Free Automated Phone answering service called fongenie. Fongenie lets you setup a phone answering service for your business for FREE (It will be free for limited time).

You have to understand that Fongenie is in early beta and obviously not 100% perfect. But hey its free and it workable for your small business. You can register and then secure a new phone number for incoming calls and enter the phone number for your store/office location. You can offer your office/store hours and closing days. This should setup a workflow to trigger a voicemail instead of actually ringing a call center number.

Most importantly you can improve sales by putting prompts for promotions, discounts which could improve your sales number significantly. On top of that, you can track data through fongenie interface to know how many people called and what they did through the prompts. This should give you some ROI on investments and overall cost effectiveness of using Fongenie.

Fongenie is currently free but soon will be paid service. Monthly plans will cost about $30 for a certain number of incoming calls. Unlimited plans will cost about $150-250 each month depending on the size of the business.

If you own a small business, will you use FonGenie? Do let us know your thoughts on this automated phone answering service.

1-800-FREE411 Offering FREE International Calls Anywhere In The World

2009-08-06T23:44:00.003+05:30

This is huge! You can now make free international calls anywhere in the world. It doesn't matter where you live, you can now make totally free international calls anywhere you like.

USA's largest and first free directory assistance service, 1-800-FREE411 has launched yet another awesome service which could be a boon to people who want to make free international calls from USA. Don't give up if you are not in USA, I will explain how you can use this service to make calls irrespective of where you live.

I live in USA, How can i use 1-800-FREE411 to make free international calls ?

1) You need to call a toll-free number, so if you call from Landline its a free call for you. Mobile calls am afraid could be charged.

2) You can talk upto five minutes per call. You can make multiple calls.

3) Call 18003733411 from your US Landline/Mobile. The operator will greet you with a welcome message and ask you to select one of the FREE411 service. The Last option is Free Call. You don't have to press any number or key to select but instead say FREE CALL loudly in your phone. This voice message will be read by their server and you will go to next step to actually make a free international call. Now they will run a short ad about 5 secs. When the ad stops, you can start dialing your international number in countycode+citycode (if any)+phone number format. Please do not press # or *, its not required. The call will be automatically placed to the desired number. The operator prompts your call is getting connected. Once connected you can talk for upto 5 minutes and then your call is disconnected.

Oops, I live outside of USA. Does that mean I can't use this cool free international calls service?

You still can use this service because you are reading VOIPGuide4U. I will tell you exactly how to use this service from outside USA.

1) FREE411 service toll-free number is based in USA. All you have to do is to make a call to this toll-free number using one of the free calls to usa services like callingamerica , icall etc.

The best however is Yahoo Messenger-Voice. Yes, not many people know that Yahoo Voice can be used to make unlimited toll-free calls to any toll-free number in USA from anywhere in the world and you do not need a yahoo voice paid account.

Just go to yahoo messenger and dial 18003733411. Your call will be connected and you would notice a prompt, which says there is no charge for this call. Cool huh? See Pic below:

3) Now The operator will greet you with a welcome message and ask you to select one of the FREE411 service. The Last option is Free Call. You don't have to press any number or key to select but instead say FREE CALL loudly in your phone. you will go to next step to actually make a free international call. Now they will run a short ad about 5 secs. When the ad stops, you can start dialing your international number in countycode+citycode (if any)+phone number format. The call will be automatically placed to the desired number. The operator prompts your call is getting connected. Once connected you can talk for upto 5 minutes and then your call is disconnected.
You can make multiple calls using this service.

You will have to listen to two short advertisements and there is no limit on the number of calls they can make in a day. Please note that this service is totally advertisement based so please do not abuse/violate the system.

Enjoy making free international calls anywhere in the world.

Callforfree Australia VOIP Service offers free international calls

2009-07-08T09:43:00.001+05:30

Lately a lot of Australian VOIP Providers are betting on the free international calls industry. Today, we look at another VOIP Provider who is offering free international calls worldwide including India using their local access number.

We reviewed Callr.com.au last month and today, we found callforfree.net.au almost a copycat of callr service.

These local access number based service really nothing much to offer than a simple dialing free international call service. They make money through termination charges and you get to make free calls. Everyone goes home happy!

How do we call using CallforFree?

You need to call their gateway number (0413 707 650) using your landline or mobile. At any time during the prompt, press 1 and you can Dial the international number. Prefix 0011 + Country code + Destination Number + # e.g. to make a free call to India 0011 91 98100 89750 #. You will be connected to your India destination number.

Note: Please note even though the free call to India is free, your local phone company is going to charge you for calling their gateway number. This depends on your phone company plans and their calling rates.

Call For Free provides free international calls to 70 countries including India, Pakistan & Bangladesh.