Raketu will extend its free VoIP calling and sms-texting promotion. Consumers can take advantage of Raketu's free international calling and sms-texting promotion when they make a pre-payment. Users who pre-pay receive up to 1200 minutes (20 hours) international calling per month for 3 months to mobile and landline phones in locations in over 40 countries around the world -- this pre-payment is not a monthly fee, it is placed in the user's account to be used for pay-for services. In addition, pre-pay users will also receive 3 free sms-text messages per month for 3 months to send to anywhere in the world. Raketu currently has the lowest calling and sms-text rates to any location globally.

As a special gift this Mother's Day weekend, AOL calls made using the AIM Call Out service on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 will be free. Users must set up an AIM Call Out account and add at least $5 in non-refundable call credit to get started. Users can then make as many calls as they want to more than 200 countries and will still have $5 to spend at the end of the free calls weekend.

WHEN: Users can make free calls between 6 a.m. EDT on Saturday, May 10th and 4 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 12th.

HOW: Users must have a free AIM screenname and use version 6.5 or higher of the AIM service which can be downloaded for free at http://www.aim.com. Once users launch AIM they just click on the telephone icon at the base of the AIM Buddy List to get started.

Nobel is striving to improve customer satisfaction with two new consumer programs. Nobel's new "Initial order discount" and "Corporate Account" programs add more innovative benefits for its customer base.

"Initial order discount" is aimed at new customers that sign up with Nobelcom, the phone card provider or EnjoyPrepaid, the calling card store. They will receive a gift in the form of a discount for the first order placed on either of the two websites.

"Corporate Accounts" program is the perfect solution for any business in need of long distance services. The "Corporate Accounts" program is available at EnjoyPrepaid.com and offers a 3% discount to not-for-profit organizations.

Nobel's various additions coupled with its advanced technologies and customer support have made it one of the fastest growing VoIP providers online. These achievements have been recognized by two of the most prestigious publications, Inc. 500 Magazine and Kiplinger's.

Ifbyphone is offering up to 1 million minutes in free phone time per month and a new Facebook phone application to demonstrate to developers the power of phone mashups to connect the Web to voice applications.

“Phone mashups” are Web applications that combine data from more than one source into a single integrated tool accessed from any phone.

Speaking at the eComm2008 Conference being held at the Computer History Museum here this week, Shapiro said: “Phone mashups unleash the power of all phones, from your mobile phone to your landline to your VOIP phone, even old-fashioned rotary-dial phones. That means owners of small- and medium-sized businesses with no knowledge of computers can have their phones ring from the Web. Ifbyphone launches conversation starters that lead to sales.”

Packet8 is offering a limited quantity of free, lifetime monthly service plans for early subscribers of the Packet8 MobileTalk mobile international calling service. Effective immediately, this special first come, first served offer entitles any residential or business customer who signs up for a MobileTalk account to free activation and monthly service, a savings of $9.99 plus $9.99 per month for new Packet8 subscribers and $4.99 per month for existing subscribers, for the life of their MobileTalk subscription. These customers can simply download the MobileTalk application onto their cell phone at no charge and pay no recurring monthly service fees other than low per-minute rates associated with the overseas destination of their calls.

Rebtel announces low cost and free international calling to and from China. Starting Friday, December 21, residents of Shanghai can use their mobile phones to call any phone, anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute, and make free calls to friends, family, and work colleagues in 39 countries.

More than 18 million people live in Shanghai. And that doesn't include the city's 6 million migrant workers, making Shanghai one of the most populous cities in the world.

Rebtel is offering new customers up to $20 through the end of the year. Customers can choose to give the money to a friend for making international calls with Rebtel, donate it to charity, or use it themselves to make low-cost calls to anywhere in the world.

The campaign begins December 17th, 2007 and runs until January 1st, 2008. Only first payments of up to $10.00 qualify for the program.

MediaRing will extend its MediaRing Talk Unlimited Free Calls promotion through 31 January 2008. This special promotion offers unlimited free calls to key global destinations including Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, UK and USA. See website for promotion terms & conditions.

At the same time, MediaRing is also offering a special rate promotion to India at US$0.05 cents / minute on all fixed and mobile lines. This promotion also ends on 31st January 2008.

Buzz Technologies is pleased to announce a series of developments in the company’s mobile unit. One of them is a WAP based VoIP that allows mobile phone users to make low cost calls directly from their mobile phone. “This service is free to all members of Buzz’s Social Networking Sites, BuzZMe In and the Chinese Xirxi. Services such as VoIP, video, music, radio, news and instant messaging coupled with mobile devices such as a WiFi enabled iPod, and the ubiquity of broadband will result in 100 million consumer mobile VoIP users in 2011,” says Sutida Suwunnavid, Chairwoman of Buzz Technologies. “WiFi enabled mobile entertainment devices will make up 36% of all mobile VoIP devices sold in 2011.”

Buzz needs no special equipment or software, just a WAP enabled phone. Sutida also predicts that by 2011 Skype will have 25% of the world's VoIP users and $1.2 billion in voice service revenues. Buzz is aiming at Market penetration of 12.5% and $600m in revenue by 2011.

Raketu introduces its SMS-Text Driven VoIP Service, which enables mobile device users to make phone-to-phone VoIP Internet calls with no computer or Internet connection required. Now anyone with a mobile device capable of sending SMS-Text messages can make free or extremely low cost national and international calls from their mobile phone without an Internet connection. This new service is in addition to Raketu’s already available computer-to-phone, and web-based phone-to-phone calling.