Mobile instant messaging and VoIP company Nimbuzz has entered into a distribution agreement with Tata Indicom: Indicom will make the Nimbuzz application availavle to subscribers on their WAP site Tata Zone, free of any subscription charge, and also promote the application via SMS. Remember that in December last year, Nimbuzz had inked a deal with Spice Mobiles. Indicom will also white list the IPs.
UK mobile, three.co.uk are integrating Skype applications into their mobile handsets so they can make Skype calls on the go over the mobile internet. This allows mobile users to make free calls over the internet to friends using Skype all over the world.
From 1 May, there will be no data charges or top-up fees for either mobile contract or mobile pay-as-you-go customers who use Skype on 3’s network. Anyone with a 3 mobile handset will be able to buy a 3 mobile sim card with Skype enabled for £2 and talk as much as they want to other Skype users for no extra cost.
Cellcrypt is all set to meet the demand of BlackBerry and has opened a shop in Silicon Valley. Cellcrypt, which has government agencies and many reputed enterprises under its customers list, sells software that assures the privacy for mobile phone users. Cellcrypt software encrypts VoIP calls from one handset to the other and ensures privacy. The company claims that it works with international roaming as well. Cellcrypt Mobile services are also available for Nokia N-Series and E-Series phones and many Windows Mobile devices.
Sigma System wins three new customers in North America for its residential and business VoIP services. With this deal, Sigma will be able to deliver integrated voice, video, broadband, content, all-play and commercial service bundles from a standards-based platform. The service fulfillment solutions also speed up service creation, drive automation, decrease operational costs, and expand new revenue streams. The company’s top officials are hoping to strengthen its base and satiate customers’ needs.
Sigma System wins three new customers in North America for its residential and business VoIP services. With this deal, Sigma will be able to deliver integrated voice, video, broadband, content, all-play and commercial service bundles from a standards-based platform. The service fulfillment solutions also speed up service creation, drive automation, decrease operational costs, and expand new revenue streams. The company’s top officials are hoping to strengthen its base and satiate customers’ needs.
Advantages
Skype for iPhone is easy to use and it mimics the iPhone interface. You can send and receive Skype instant messages wherever you go and you don’t have to be on a Wi-Fi network, as you do with voice calls.
Another feature is the ability to designate a cell phone number as your caller ID. This is crucial, because so many people these days let calls from unidentified numbers go straight to voice mail.
Incidentally, you don’t have to own an iPhone to make mobile Skype calls. Other formats are also available like Skype for Windows Mobile, Skype Lite for Java phones, and a version for Google Android phones.
Disadvantages
You have to be logged into Skype on your iPhone in order to receive an incoming call or instant message. Currently, you can join a Skype conference call but you can’t initiate one on your iPhone. You can’t add an emoticon to an IM or see one in a message you receive.
You can’t video chat using Skype for iPhone although it might come soon. Currently, iPhone 3G doesn’t support video recording, though there are some video recording apps you can download to a jailbroken iPhone.
Conclusion
If you own an iPhone and travel often, Skype for iPhone is recommended. Get your close business associates, family, and friends to install Skype on their computers and cell phones, too. You could call them from your Wi-Fi-equipped hotel room and talk for hours thus eliminating the need to find a computer to talk. And best of all, you won’t have to worry about the bill when you check out of your hotel.
Skype recently released its free iPhone app to complement its free Skype-to-Skype VoIP calls. With Skype for iPhone, you can make and receive VoIP calls using your iPhone over a Wi-Fi network. If you’re calling another Skype user, the call is free. This is even if the person lives the other side of the world. You can call landline or cell phones inexpensively, beginning at around 2.1 cents per minute.
Voxofon offers free trial calls to a few destinations including India. It asks for your phone number and the party’s number to dial. Use more digits than your phone number. USA to India free trial call is only for 1 minute but with additional number combination you can do as many calls as you want.
For Example:
First voip call: USA number: + 18888888888 and India Number: +912225999999
Talk for 1 minute.
Second voip call: Add any digit at the end of the number. USA number: + 188888888889. However, do not change India’s number. Therefore, now you have a new combination which Voxofon won’t be able to recognize although this is the same number.
Hence, you can repeat as many numbers as you want.
Skype released its iPhone application that brings full VoIP functionality to the phone. The app is free, but only supports WiFi. Skype is offering its maximum functions with calling and chatting. Skype has also integrated the iPhone’s Address book, which makes it easy to connect. In this depression, iPhone Skype combination will be a respite for the customers. After joining hands with iPhone, Skype is on its way to BlackBerry as well.
This news is from UK. Talktalk a UK ISP will be offering free local calls anytime from 1st May. Talktalk customers can avail this offer to make free local phone calls.
TalkTalk will also be offering free calls to all 0845 and 0870 numbers from 2 June. The…br/
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