VoIP Monitor - VoIP Promotions

Pervasip Releases Prepaid "Pay And Go" Subscription-free Calling Plan

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:29:09 GMT

Pervasip introduced a new international calling plan, which can be downloaded via its Android mobile voice app available in Google Play. The subscription-free plan called "Pay And Go" can be topped up with amounts as little as one dollar and enables calling anywhere in the world without paying a monthly subscription fee.

"This development allows us to market our mobile VoIP services to prepaid calling card users, mobile wallet users, international carriers and international consumers that want to have the convenience and savings of having a second phone line on their mobile device," said Chief Marketing Officer, Barry MacCheyne.

"Consumers no longer have to pay a fixed monthly fee to make low-cost mobile phone calls," continued MacCheyne. "With our VoX mobile Pay And Go app, they can decide how much money to add to their account, and they can call any country in the world. Unlike other mobile phone companies, which make you buy monthly minutes that you may not use, our Pay And Go app delivers low rates without locking consumers into minimum monthly plans."

The VoX Android app has been given many significant upgrades including low balance warning, account balance and audio notification to the subscriber of the amount of calling left under the plan. It also has a "Top Up Now" button for quick and easy replenishment of an account.

A VoX user can subscribe entirely on the phone and choose a U.S. phone number without leaving the interface, which makes the sign up process more elegant than many competitors. The mobile VoIP paid plans are a low cost of entry for a high quality and reliable mobile VoIP service offering. New subscribers can download the app for a free 60-minute trial and make calls to any country on the unlimited calling list or sign up for the "Pay And Go" plan for as little as a dollar, literally a "pay as you go" plan with no monthly subscription fees.

The VoX Mobile VoIP Android App can be viewed or downloaded here: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.voxcorp

Telappliant Launches its VoIP Best Price Promise

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:19:59 GMT

Telappliant launched its VoIP ‘Best Price Promise’ to match any comparable quote and to also beat it by a further five per cent – without compromise to quality.

The Telappliant Best Price Promise applies to its core services which include Hosted telephony services, call plans, SIP trunking, VoIP phone numbers and VoIP number porting.

Tan Aksoy, Chief Executive Officer at Telappliant, commented, “Telappliant provides high quality and feature-rich VoIP services for small and medium sized businesses – and this new Best Price Promise signals our continued commitment to deliver value for money. We want to assure our customers that in the unlikely event that they find similar quality VoIP services at a lower price elsewhere; we will not just match but beat that price. We are extremely proud to be one of the largest VoIP networks in the UK, with over eighty thousand subscribers and I would like to encourage businesses to pilot our award winning telephony solutions.”

To qualify for the Best Price Promise, customers must provide written evidence of the competing quote (on official company letterhead, including the name of the sales representative that prepared the quote). The competing quote must be for a service that offers an equal or greater level of functionality and service quality than provided by Telappliant. The competing quote must be for a similar or longer contract term. Quotes containing typographical pricing errors will not be accepted.

For full terms & conditions please visit www.telappliant.com/price-promise and for further information about Telappliant’s full range of business VoIP telephony services.

snom to Donate 1 Dollar to Earth Day International for Every Phone Purchased Without Additional Power Supply

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:27:25 GMT

snom announced that it will no longer be including external power supplies as part of the standard package for its 3xx and 7xx series IP phones, focusing instead on powering phones via Power-over-Ethernet. PoE is ideal for centralized and uninterrupted power supply and easy to implement. To encourage greater environmental awareness, snom will donate one dollar for every IP phone from its 3xx or 7xx series purchased in the nine weeks between April 22 and June 22, 2012. All donations will be made to the environmental initiative “Earth Day International” in Germany.

“Feedback from our customers has revealed that the vast majority use PoE to power their phones,” explains snom’s COO, Dr. Michael Knieling. “This means that many thousands of power supplies have probably been produced and never been used: In our eyes an unnecessary burden on the environment. With the donation to Earth Day International, we are providing our customers with a really easy way to help conserve the environment.” snom’s promotion is another addition to its ‘Green VoIP’ initiative and the low levels of energy consumption which snom IP phones represent. Those who rely on the external power supply unit and are unable to take advantage of the benefits of PoE will of course continue to be able to request them from their distributor or reseller.

Earth Day takes place annually on April 22 in more than 150 countries worldwide. Everyone can be involved, and every day is a day for the environment. Earth Day International’s initiators are not only concerned with the current well-being of humanity but also with future sustainability on a global level.

Special Offer! Turn-Key Solution Rent by Speedflow

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:10:02 GMT

Speedflow makes an exclusive offer for wholesale VoIP companies. Turn-key solution for 700 concurrent calls is available for 1899 USD per month only. Our turn-key solution is a full-fledged package which meets all the requirements of VoIP transit and doesn’t need any third-party systems for successful operation.

Our turn-key solution includes:

The complete set of the MediaCore softswitch with billing, protocol & codec converter and Guardian system for 700 simultaneous calls.
Two dedicated hardware servers (based on Xeon E3 CPU);
Collocation (our company cooperates with data-centers in America, Europe, and Asia);
Internet bandwidth;
24/7 online technical support;
Regular release updates.

Hurry up! The offer is limited. Be among the first and take advantage of this opportunity. If you are interested in our special offer, please contact us.

VoxOx In Business Supports Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair with VoIP Phone Services Donation

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:11:07 GMT

VoxOx and VoxOx In Business announce that the company is donating hosted VoIP phone services and phone equipment to this year’s Art San Diego event – the largest art fair in San Diego, held annually around Labor Day weekend. The art fair donation is being provided through the company’s VoxOx In Business division, which offers a variety of VoIP business phone solutions for small and medium-sized companies.

“We are proud to support Art San Diego and its mission to foster the arts and culture in our community,” said Bryan Hertz, CEO of Telcentris. “We hope that by providing VoxOx In Business phone services for the duration of the fair, we will enable organizers and supporters to enhance their communication experience, as well as contribute to the event running smoothly.”

Hosted VoIP business phone systems are ideal for event-oriented organizations, such as Art San Diego, because they are designed for mobility. With its hosted VoIP offerings, VoxOx In Business is able to provide a state-of-the-art phone system quickly and without any equipment installation— all the equipment a business needs is configured IP phones, which can be moved to any location in the world and plugged in wherever there is an Internet connection.

“We’re excited to have VoxOx In Business as our telephony partner at this year’s fair,” said executive director, Ann Berchtold. “Last year we did not have a dedicated phone services provider, so we look forward to reaping the benefits of our enhanced communication capabilities at the event.”

Art San Diego’s Contemporary Art Fair (formerly Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair) was inaugurated in 2009 and boasts more than 50 galleries showcasing 2,000+ artworks, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, videos, and cutting-edge multimedia. The Fair includes a guest speakers, city-wide cultural programs, and exclusive wine and food events. This year’s fair will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, September 1-4, 2011. Learn more about Art San Diego at artsandiego-fair.com.

OnSIP Launches Phone Buying Rewards Program

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:17:42 GMT

Junction Networks announced a promotion aimed at lowering the capital expense of switching to hosted VoIP. Beginning today, July 21st, a purchase of any five Polycom phones with the OnSIP provisioning package installed will earn the buyer a $300 credit towards their OnSIP account.

“In addition to achieving greater flexibility and productivity, businesses switching to hosted VoIP usually experience fairly dramatic cost savings,” said Rob Wolpov, President of Junction Networks. “But, there is a hurdle to get over first: the capital outlay of buying new phones. We’re stepping up to help customers get past that hurdle because we are confident OnSIP will exceed their expectations as an affordable and robust business communications service.”

To qualify for the promotional OnSIP credit, customers must purchase Polycom phones preconfigured for automatic provisioning from Telephony Depot, a premier online VoIP retailer.

The OnSIP provisioning package links the phones to OnSIP’s Polycom boot server, a system that handles the majority of configuration steps for phones so customers don’t have to. OnSIP customers can simply send phones to their employees, anywhere in the world, and know that the remote employees will have plug-in-and-call phone service. In addition, the boot server handles customers’ phone maintenance by providing automatic Polycom Operating System updates for improved security, reliability, and features.

“We are very excited to offer this promotion to our current and future customers,” said Wolpov. “OnSIP is a flexible, reliable, and feature-rich business communications service. We want to encourage businesses to try it, and now it’s nearly effortless and cost free to do so.”

New Bundles From Tru End Exorbitant Roaming Charges

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:02:04 GMT

Tru launches a range of contract plans which put an end to high roaming and international call charges for voice and data. The new packages are designed to drive UK businesses with an international profile, to switch their main mobile voice and data contracts to Tru, and promises up to 80% savings on their bills in return.

Tru operates in over 220 countries worldwide and is the only mobile operator which includes minutes, voice and data across multiple countries in its bundles - this unique innovation saves users money virtually wherever they go.

Most mobile phone contracts are purchased on the basis of UK rates, however a review of total cost of ownership versus actual bills of international business customers in the UK reveals some stunning findings. Tru has created The three behaviour profiles shown below, these are representative of 'typical' profiles from Tru's investigation of real business bills from UK mobile network operators.

    
    European sales director   Employee of company    European marketing
    of a US based company     with offices in        manager
                              silicon valley,
                              London & Europe.
    
    - UK based                - 4 days in US         - 4 days per month
                              quarterly              Europe.
    - 1 week each month in
    US                        - 3 days in Europe     - Two weeks a year
                              monthly                in South Africa.
    - Europe every other
    month                     - Annual holiday in    - Annual Holiday
                              US
    - Annual visit to APAC.                          NB. No Tru
                              - Annual Caribbean     Countries visited
                              meeting
    
    70% saving vs UK MNOs*    45% saving vs UK       25% Saving vs. UK
                              MNOs.                  MNOs

Geraldine Wilson, CEO of Tru, said: "The rates are phenomenal and our ability to serve customers globally is unparalleled." She continued, "These bundles are a clear statement of intent. If you operate internationally, we want your business: switch to Tru."

Tru pricing bundles save you money pretty much wherever you go, and include:

WITHIN TRU COUNTRIES Over 90% savings

10p per MB v GBP6 (O2), GBP3 (Vodafone), GBP5.50 (Orange)
Over 50% savings on international calls from home
Bundles offering great domestic rates
Unlimited free email access for BlackBerry customers within Tru Countries

WITHIN EUROPE

Our bundles include Euro minutes that work in 30 countries

EVERYWHERE ELSE

Elsewhere you still make savings averaging 30%

Local numbers for Tru Countries

Tru is the only mobile operator to offer multiple mobile numbers on a single phone. Users can add local numbers for any or all of the Tru network countries. Contacts abroad can reach you without having to foot international call charges (whether you're at home or abroad) so business conversations are never cut short. All numbers are always active and Tru's Smart Caller ID cleverly presents the number that's local to the person being called.

Tru - New Pricing

    
    PLAN       PRICE   TRUVOICE TRU DATA   TRU    EUROVOICE DETAILS
                       (Mins)   (MB)       SMS    (Mins)
    Essential  GBP20*  100      100        0      50        Includes 2
                                                            numbers- a UK
    Elite 500  GBP50*  500      500        500    100       number plus an
    Elite      GBP80*  1,000    1 GB       1,000  200       additional
    1,000                                                   number for an
    Elite      GBP140* 2,000    2 GB       2,000  500       alternative Tru
    2,000                                                   country

Tru customers are also able to buy additional data bundles usable across the entire Tru Network, as well as European voice minutes spanning 30 countries.

Tru for Business Elite packages are also available with BlackBerry. Both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and the BlackBerry Internet Service are available to customers.

Axvoice Summer Special - Beat the Phone Bill Heat with $99 Per Year Plan

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:35:45 GMT

Phone service is an essential element of every home and business. Businesses as well as residential phone users can escape the ever rising cost of phone bills by switching to VoIP. Axvoice has always set precedents for others to follow. This summer Axvoice offers $99/year plan which includes unlimited calling in the U.S. and Canada for the whole year. This plan is one such option which aims at not only killing the hefty phone bills but to offer an overall package to the customers, which delivers them excellent value for money. Axvoice understands its leading position in the industry and the faith its customers have in its ability to always deliver, no matter what.

The Real Truth
There are literally hundreds of VoIP services out there; gushing out advertisements to make the innocent VoIP subscribers think that they are the best ones out there. Their so called call-for-action advertisements make hollow promises and shaky commitments which rarely materialize. Axvoice’s exemplary performance in terms of efficient customer care and flawless delivery of service has always made it stand apart from the average VoIP providers in the industry. Axvoice has always kept in mind the customer-first approach before introducing any calling plan because it knows the importance of relating customer needs with its core service values.

Under the Hood
This plan is full of hi-octane features without any extra liabilities on customer’s part. You can have more than two dozen advanced calling features including voicemail, black listing, online account management, call forwarding, free user to user in network calls, and free incoming calls. Users can just log into their account and manage all their details from anywhere at any time. Features only count when they really impact your experience of using a phone service in real terms. Axvoice has always addressed its customers’ needs by facilitating them in every way possible. Besides being a transparent and customer focused VoIP Provider, it always keeps on adding exotic features that extend the use of its service and offer more value to its customers for their investment. Call logs for example used to be a feature always missed by the internet phone users as it was meant to be something only available to the cell phone users. Now, you can easily monitor all your ongoing calling activity by checking your call log records.

A plan for Everyone
Ever since the inception of Axvoice, it has always followed a well balanced approach of making plans for all types of customers. Businesses, big or small, can easily fit themselves into the plans that Axvoice offers. Entrepreneurs don’t need to think about affordability when they are choosing Axvoice as their VoIP provider. Home Office plan is made for the smaller sized home businesses with lesser budget to spend. With just $14.99 per month, this plan has all the important features that small businesses can ever think of having. With the International Calling plans, you can enjoy calling to over 53 destinations worldwide without even worrying slightest about your phone bills.

Easy to Setup
Axvoice is so easy to setup and install that even a caveman can do that. All you have to do is connect the VoIP adapter to your router and you will be up and running within no time. Besides offering highly reliable phone service, Axvoice reaches out to its customers by extending a 24/7 support. You don’t need to sort the problems out by yourself. Axvoice will handle any of the issues that you may encounter.

The Promise
Axvoice is not just any other average VoIP phone service that you pick up from the lot. It has a claim to back up and a repute to live up to. The $99 plan is just one example of why customers prefer Axvoice over other phone services out there. Few VoIP services take such pains in making infrastructure that deliver the customers much more than what they expect. Axvoice offers highly competitive calling rates and customers are evident of the fact that no matter which call plan they choose, they find it tailored in accordance with their specific needs. On top of that every plan is backed by a 15 Day Money Back Guarantee.

Bottom Line
Axvoice’s $99 plan is an ultimate problem solver; it would help customers remove one big cause of worry, “the phone bills”. It is not just any other ordinary plan that you pick up from an ordinary VoIP provider without any value in real terms. It packs in itself value for money features that would help customers derive a lot more utility for the investment they made. Plus, pre-paying your entire phone bill for twelve months in advance would mean a peace of mind for a complete one year.

netTALK Extends Free Calling to Japan Through April 30

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:39:49 GMT

netTALK.COM announces that it is extending its offer for free calling to Japan. Through the end of April (ending April 30th at 11:59PM ET) all fees for calls to and from Japan will be waived, in light of the ongoing difficulties in the country as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami.

“Part of our mission at netTALK is to do well by doing good,” commented Anastasios “Takis” Kyriakides, President of netTALK. “Our hearts go out to the people of Japan after the recent tragic events and during the ongoing difficulties and challenges. We hope that our offer of free calling to and from Japan can help enable both people in the country and those who have friends or loved ones there to stay in closer touch.”

Mr. Kyriakides added, “Some other companies have offered to waive calling fees to Japan only through April 10th. By extending our offer all the way through the end of April, we hope we can lend that much more support during this humanitarian crisis.”

Aside from making phone calls to and from the country, individuals in Japan can use the netTALK Smartphone App to make free phone calls to the United States and Canada over a WiFi connection. The netTALK DUO’s smart phone app is a practical method to make calls over 3G and WiFi without using cell phone minutes.

This offer is for personal use only.

RivalHost Partners with VYLMedia to Offer 6-months Unlimited VoIP Telephone Service for 10 Cents

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:52:30 GMT

RivalHost announces a unique partnership with VYLMedia. With this exclusive agreement, RivalHost will offer all new hosting clients 6-months of unlimited phone service for only 10 cents.

As part of the agreement, RivalHost customers purchasing any hosting package are eligible to receive VoIP service for six months for 10 cents.

Features of the free service include call filters, call forwarding, caller ID and caller ID blocking, number portability (keep your old number), three-way calling, toll-free telephone number availability, wake-up calls, and caller blacklists.

VYLmedia, formerly VoIPYourLife, provides phone service for both businesses and residential customers. The company offers a range of products and services, including hosted PBX, SIP Peering, traditional residential VoIP plans, and much more.

netTALK is Offering Free Calling to Japan

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:26:18 GMT

netTALK.COM announces calls to and from Japan using the netTALK DUO will be free beginning March 15th at 12:00 PM ET until March 21st at 12:00 PM ET, in the wake of the devastating tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan.

“After hearing about the disturbing news of the earthquake, we wanted to help,” said Anastasios Takis Kyriakides, Chairman of netTALK. “I read that families and friends should only call Japan if it’s an emergency, because the phone lines are getting jammed. I knew the best way for us to help is to extend our services to the people of Japan for free.”

Besides making phone calls to and from Japan, individuals in the country can use the netTALK Smartphone App to make free phone calls back to the United States and Canada over WiFi. The netTALK DUO’s smart phone app is a practical method to make calls over 3G and WiFi without utilizing your cell phone minutes. This offer is for personal use only.

VocalTec Now Giving Away Softswitches, App Servers and SBC's with Agreement

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:40:10 GMT

VocalTec is now offering softswitches, application servers and session border controllers at absolutely no charge. Any approved telecommunications company that arranges a "Bill and Keep" agreement with VocalTec's subsidiary, YMax Communications Corp., will receive free softswitches, application servers and session border controllers. A Bill and Keep is a pricing arrangement for the interconnection of two telecommunications networks under which each network agrees to terminate calls from the other network at no charge. This free offering can save companies hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars in some cases.

Hundreds of rural and large telecommunications companies, along with CLECs, throughout the United States and internationally, will want to consider this tremendous offer. VocalTec has invested in these products for many years to ensure it has the most robust, reliable and efficient systems in the world. The company believes its products are much more powerful than BroadSoft and Acme Packet's per server. Potentially you can use ten times fewer servers for these combined services than these other suppliers, all easily contained in half a computer cabinet including redundant servers.

YMax Communications handles over one billion minutes a month on these same platforms, with the ability to go over ten billion monthly minutes without further investment, providing the best voice quality in the business. With this free offer, any voice provider may now easily interconnect with YMax. These products have been battle tested and can be provided with the most powerful, up-to-date, readily available Dell servers. These servers can be utilized for any provider's needs, not just YMax interconnectivity. In some instances, VocalTec may even offer free gateways if needed.

Zipring Lets You Call Worldwide for Free on Valentine’s Day

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:37:23 GMT

To celebrate the recent launch of its new integrated VoIP phone service that works with any phone or mobile device, Zipring is providing free phone calls worldwide this Valentine’s Day.

If users can surf the internet and have a phone with a phone number, they can make a free call this Valentine’s Day to anyone else with a phone, almost anywhere in the world at FreeValentinesCall.com. The site will be live for making calls from February 11th until February 16th (for the forgetful ones).

To make a free call users need to:

1. Visit Freevalentinescall.com from February 11-16, 2011
2. Enter their telephone number
3. Enter the telephone number of the person they would like to speak to
4. Zipring’s Internet call-back technology will dial each number and connect both parties at no cost

Free IP Handsets for UK Small Businesses Using VoIP Thanks to Cloudnet

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:30:57 GMT

Cloudnet is giving away free Grandstream internet phones and Siemens Cordless DECT business phones to help small companies to benefit from the low call costs of VoIP through professional pre-configured internet phone handsets.

For a 10 person company, for instance, Cloudnet predicts that with its free phone offer, typical savings are between £700 - £2,000 for equivalent VoIP handsets.

Cloudnet is offering new subscribers to its Cloudnet Connect service, free handsets until 1 January 2011.

Cloudnet Connect, which starts at £8.50 per month plus calls, is for businesses that are looking for a phone system without the huge setup costs and includes:

Plug and play VoIP - free phones and online PBX - no capital expenditure
All inclusive advanced business telephone features, such as voicemail, call divert, call recording
Free calls within the Cloudnet network and branch to branch
Low national and international call charges

David Hill, Chairman of Cloudnet said, “while call costs for VoIP are attractive the cost of IP phones has inevitably been high, from £70 to over £200 per handset. We believe that we have created the most attractive internet phone package for businesses which includes free handsets to accompany a full online switchboard, and we believe to be much more cost effective than our VoIP service provider rivals. With the Cloudnet Connect system, we provide the easiest to install and use VoIP system for small businesses.

We are also expanding the range of phones we offer and have just signed a deal to offer Snom, Yealink and Cisco Linksys phones to our customers.”

Cloudnet also offers call bundles where companies can benefit from fixed rate calls, a virtual answering service and a Flexinumber service, which provides a landline number for mobiles.

The free phones being offered under Cloudnet’s deal include:

Cloudnet’s entry level business phone – IP01

Full integration with the Cloudnet system
Large graphical LCD display with privacy features
Intuitive menu system
Dual ports - no need for a spare network socket
Excellent audio quality
Hands free
Address book
CLI
Call number memory
And much more

Grandstream GXP-2000 operator phone

Intuitive user interfaces
4 individual lines
Dual Ethernet ports
Graphical LCD display
Secure central configuration
And much more

Siemens Cordless DECT business phone

Multiline for up to 6 handsets and 6 sip accounts
210 hours standby
25 hours talk time
50m indoor radius
150 contact storage
Hands free calling
Up to 3 parallel calls
Brilliant sound quality for internet calls
Illuminated handset

Acrobits Turns Two this Month - Acrobits Softphone or Groundwire for 50 Percent Off

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:52:54 GMT

Mobile software developer Acrobits turns two this month. As a leading developer of VoIP on the iPhone, they have consistently led the field in introducing advanced SIP features to the iPhone and integrating the best iOS features into their products. This dedication to innovation has brought their users the best VoIP experience on the iPhone and made Acrobits Softphone the leading SIP Client on the iPhone. To celebrate, both Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire are on sale for half off today and tomorrow only, November 16th and 17th. Get Acrobits Softphone for only $3.99 and Groundwire for only $4.99.

But that’s not all. Visit http://www.acrobits.cz to see their new website. Streamlined for customer navigation, it also includes a new knowledgebase to provide customers the best support experience possible. And they’ve recently added a GoogleVoice interface to their iPhone SIP clients to simplify using GoogleVoice with your SIP Account. They’ll also soon have their Android version of Acrobits Softphone available on the Android Market. Users interested in beta testing it should feel free to contact them at beta@acrobits.cz.

And their next update to their iPhone clients will include support for SRTP. Though both Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire support SIPS, this only encrypts the SIP traffic, not the audio. Users that desire the security that SRTP provides will now have that security provided by the leading developer of SIP clients on the App Store.

Send Free SMS to 2.5 Billion Asians with Vopium

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:46:40 GMT

For the rest of the year, you can send free SMS text messages to Asia if you have the Vopium application installed on your mobile phone. The application is easy to install, and in addition to the free SMS service, Vopium also offers low-cost international calls of a quality far exceeding what you may know from Skype.

With Vopium on your mobile phone, you can send free SMS text messages for the remainder of the year to your friends, family and other people in most Asian countries, such as India, Japan and Thailand, enabling you to send text messages to more than 2.5 billion people in Asia.

This offer gives everybody a chance to find out how easy it is to send an SMS to friends and colleagues if you have Vopium installed on your mobile phone. The free offer applies to most countries in Asia, but we also offer low-cost SMS rates to the rest of the world. For instance, it only costs EUR 0.09 to send an SMS to the USA, says Tanveer Sharif, CEO at Vopium.

Vopium works on more than 900 mobile phone models

Vopium is a free application that you can download to your mobile phone. All you have to do is enter your mobile number at http://www.vopium.com. You then receive an SMS text message containing a link which activates the Vopium application. You can choose to download the Vopium app directly from app stores, whether you have an iPhone, Android, Blackberry or Nokia phone.

Once Vopium is installed, you can send free or low-rate SMS and make low-rate international high-quality phone calls directly from your mobile phone. Vopium is designed to run on more than 900 types of mobile telephones, so even users of older phones can benefit from the offer of free SMS to Asia.

Vopium works via Wi-Fi and from your PC, where the offer is completely free, as well as from the mobile network where, depending on subscription type, there may be a small data charge to the provider. For subscribers with a flat data rate, the offer is, of course, absolutely free. Everyone can send Free SMS to the following countries;

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and Indonesia.

MegaPath's Free Cisco Phone Promotion Removes Financial Barriers to VoIP Adoption

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:09:09 GMT

The result of the MegaPath-Speakeasy-Covad merger and one of the nation’s largest end-to-end communications networks, announced its limited-time free Cisco SPA 303-3 IP phone promotion. New business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines will receive IP phones featuring a high-resolution graphic display for each employee. This program is part of the second phase of MegaPath’s post-merger integration, offering common products, pricing and promotions across all three company websites.

Forecasts from ABI Research1 show that the VoIP market is set to double in size in the next five years, exceeding $20 billion by the year 2015. By offering free phones, MegaPath is removing the last barrier to VoIP adoption – upfront costs. Speakeasy successfully implemented a similar promotional program earlier this year, which resulted in an increase in new customer inquiries by more than 40 percent.

MegaPath has a long-standing relationship with Cisco, as the company has been providing Cisco-powered MPLS nationwide network-based solutions for more than 10 years. MegaPath is a Cisco Master Managed Service Provider with voice and VPN certifications and small business specialists.

In addition to offering free phones to new customers, MegaPath is enhancing the functionality of its Hosted Voice calling plans with new productivity-enhancing features for all voice customers. This includes features such as:

Push to Talk: Point-to-point intercom functionality between two phones in the same group, which can be used with Instant Group Call to simulate paging functionality.
N-Way Calling: Enables a user to add up to 15 total call participants.
Hoteling: Allows a user to log in as a guest on a host phone and use it as they would their normal desk phone. All incoming calls are routed to the host phone, while all outbound calls appear to come from the user’s desk phone.
Answer Confirmation: This enhancement to Simultaneous Ring and Sequential Ring allows a user to prevent callers from leaving voice messages on personal cell phones when using Find Me/Follow Me features.

These features are available at no cost. To take advantage of these new features, current customers can simply reboot their phones.

MegaPath is also adding Instant Group Call, available for an additional fee, which allows users to instantly set-up a conference bridge for up to 20 telephone numbers. This feature is useful as an emergency line or for recurring team meetings. Instant Group Call can also be used in conjunction with Push to Talk to simulate paging functionality.

Hosted PBX Provider UniVoIP is Extending Free Phone Offer to All Businesses in Southern California

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:09:06 GMT

For a limited time UniVoIP is giving away free phones to all organizations that sign up for a calling plan through their hosted PBX system. UniVoIP calling plans offer unlimited free inbound and intra-office calls and outbound domestic calls are only $0.02 per minute with unlimited calling plans available.

An enterprise class phone system with no hardware to buy - A hosted PBX system connects all employees to each other and to clients, no matter where they are. Main office, home offices, satellite offices, mobile workers and even international offices can all be accessible through a single phone number. With UniVoIP hosted PBX all that is needed is one phone per employee and a dedicated point-to-point connection or an Internet connection – with no equipment to purchase or manage except the phones.

Unlimited and free support - Although the phones truly are plug and play all the built-in features sometimes require some help. That is why clients appreciate UniVoIP – as they don’t just mail the phones and leave it up to the user to figure out how to use them but rather have trained technicians come to the clients place of business and install the business VoIP phones and train the end users on how they work. UniVoIP provide the level of service expected from a phone company – one company delivers the system, the connection and provides all technical support - 7 days a week.

Calls are not routed over the internet - There is a common misconception that all business VoIP systems connects calls exclusively through the Internet, and that scares business owners that are dependent on good and consistent voice quality. Although all VoIP systems can be routed that way and it is very convenient for remote workers or small branch offices that needs to be connected, it is usually recommend to use a secure T1 connection for the main office and to make things even easier UniVoIP also provide that as a service making them the only communications provider needed - one company that is responsible for that “lines are open” both for calling and internet usage.

One Vendor and One Bill - Multiple vendors are required to deliver traditional business phone services (the phone system provider, the maintenance company, the long-distance service provider, the local phone lines provider, and the Internet service provider). With UniVoIP, there is only one vendor – and one bill – for all of these services.

A reliable business phone system - Small business PBX solutions are as reliable, easy to use and robust as traditional business phone systems but they offer many more features at a lower cost – and with less headaches!

Simplicity - customers are not dealing with a huge, infrastructure-laden telecommunications company with hundreds of thousands of miles of copper wire, massive phone switches, and central offices to maintain. Hosted PBX services are delivered over the Internet OR other private connection.

None to minimal capital expenditure - There is no customer premise-based equipment to buy, and with UniVoIP, even the VoIP phones, any required routers, and all set-up fees can be rolled into one low monthly lease.

Free long-distance - Long-distance charges between office locations are completely free and international rates are extremely low.

Advanced PBX features and no technician fees - When users need to add, move, or remove a phone or an employee from the phone system – or when it’s time to update an auto-attendant recording or add a new feature – they do not need to pay for a technician to visit.

Experienced management - All senior management have a long history in the telecommunications business and have experience on what makes a successful phone service provider and that is a commitment to not only technology but to support and customer service.

Free phones available with 36 month calling plan contract and not available with any other offer.

Vocalocity Announces Grand Winner in First Ever Phone System Makeover Contest

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:06:39 GMT

Vocalocity announced this morning that it has chosen the winner for its “Phone System Makeover Contest.” The video contest which was held from June 1-August 16 asked entrants to create a short video explaining why their business needed a new phone system. Creativity was a contest requirement, and several of the videos included business owners’ family members in humorous skits. The contest was designed to provide a way for businesses struggling with a down economy to showcase the reasons they need to cut costs with Small business VoIP.

All video entries were posted to Vocalocity’s Youtube channel, and judging was based on a combination of total video “likes,” and criteria such as creativity, and overall need for a new phone system. The winning video was created by Blake Crawford of Crawford Law Firm. Crawford’s video showcased his old bulky equipment, and detailed how Vocalocity’s service would help him cut phone costs, and make his business more efficient. Many of the entries displayed a range of creativity and humor, but Crawford’s “Answering Machine Mayhem” was ultimately the highest rated video and gained the highest marks.

“We wanted people to get creative, and Crawford’s video was a great example of what we were looking for,” says Melissa Levine, Senior Marketing Manager. “We help small businesses become more competitive on a small business budget. The need for cost cutting and efficiency has only increased, and with the economy the way it is, many small business owners are realizing that business VoIP is the way to go.”

In addition to Crawford’s video, Vocalocity gave special mention to the runner up, Golden Heritage Advisors. Heritage showed how they would grow with Vocalocity’s phone system, by flashing to the future using a child in the company’s initial scenes and then showing him as an adult. Overall Vocalocity considers the contest a success, and is looking to do similar promotions in the future.

Tpad to Donate 50% of Sales in the Middle East to ''Pakistan Floods Appeal''

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:26:04 GMT

Tpad announces it will donate 50% of all credit purchases until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan. This will apply to all Tpad VoIP credit purchases from the Middle East.

Dr. Tariq, Head of Group Marketing at the global communications provider, said that Tpad calling rates are already the lowest in the world and the company felt that rather than doing a Ramzan discount offer like some other companies, it would be more appropriate to help the victims of this disaster. The 50% level of contribution is unprecedented and much higher than offered in similar donations by anyone in the past. He hoped that customers will get behind this offer and help themselves to cheap calls and also aid others in the process.

He said: “Many of Tpad’s customers in the Middle East are from Pakistan and this will also allow them to indirectly support the affected people in Pakistan as well as benefit from Tpad’s lowest ever calling rates to Pakistan from just 3 cents per minute. We hope that all who learn about this Ramzan announcement will tell their friends and encourage them to use Tpad instead of any alternative service. By doing so, they will be effectively donating themselves too.”

“Users do not need to have a PC to use Tpad as the service can also be set up with the popular Nokia mobile phones. Nokia E and N series, for example E61, E65, E90 and the N95 phones can be easily configured to use the Tpad VoIP / SIP settings.”

The donation pledge by Tpad is limited to Tpad consumer credit purchases between 18th August and 12th September 2010, from all Middle East countries (including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar etc).

All funds will be donated to the “Pakistan Floods Appeal” of UK Charity GT Foundation, which is registered under the UK Charities Commission (Charity Registration Number 1063741). The Charity Trustees said that they were grateful that the company had agreed to the funding to relieve suffering from this disaster and directly help the affected people of Pakistan.

Tpad have also recorded instructional VoIP videos (available on their company website) in order to make the process of joining Tpad, and purchasing of Tpad call credit even easier for new users. For more information or to take advantage of Tpad's new Pakistan special rate offer of just 3 cents ($USD) to call anywhere in Pakistan.

Speakeasy's Free Phone Promotion Boosts Sales, Increasing New Customers by More Than 40 Percent

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:02:52 GMT

Speakeasy has extended its free phone offer through the end of August, due to a record increase in leads and new customers. The free phone promotion, which was introduced to eliminate one of the last barriers to VoIP adoption, has spurred a more than 40 percent year-over-year increase in new customers.

One new customer, the Rofo Group, was able to deploy a customized business phone solution with no startup costs, thanks to Speakeasy's free phone promotion. The Rofo Group, which operates a specialized search engine geared toward helping companies find office space, was in the process of trying out another VoIP provider when they found themselves disappointed by the poor call quality. Speakeasy's free phone promotion, along with their guaranteed quality of service inspired The Rofo Group to make the switch. In order to switch to Speakeasy before their trial period with their current VoIP provider was up, Speakeasy needed to move quickly. Speakeasy coordinated an accelerated voice installation in just two weeks.

Speakeasy's free phone promotion provides free Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 VoIP-enabled phones to new business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines. The promotion was introduced in March and will expire at the end of August.

To take advantage of Speakeasy's free phone promotion or call 888-881-5677. To learn more about The Rofo Group's success with Speakeasy's Hosted Voice.

Vopium Offer 15 Minutes of Free International Calls

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:25:17 GMT

So far, keeping in touch with friends and family has been a costly affair when being away on holiday. However, with a Vopium software application downloaded directly to your mobile phone, cheap calls can be made to e.g. Thailand, Spain or Turkey. Moreover, you get the first 15 minutes free of charge.

Receiving a high mobile phone bill is always an unpleasant experience, and especially sky-high prices on international mobile calls can make a quick ending to a conversation. A call from a mobile phone in the UK to e.g. a hotel in Turkey costs about £1 per minute. But a new software application for mobile phones called Vopium makes it easy to make cheap international calls. A phone call from the UK to a fixed line or mobile phone in Thailand only costs 2 pence plus the local UK mobile rate – that is roughly the same price as calling from London to Birmingham.

Now, Vopium offers everyone who wants to call family and friends abroad to test the software on their mobile phone for 15 minutes free of charge. All you need to do, is to enter your mobile number on vopium.com.

Free or very cheap international calls from abroad
When being abroad, you can also make cheap calls home with Vopium. You can either make the call from your PC, Wi-Fi mobile phone or by using Vopium’s web-based Call Back service, where you enter a local phone number and the number of the person at home, you wish to talk to.

The reason why it is so cheap to make international calls with Vopium is that you make a ‘normal’ call from your mobile phone to the nearest telephone pole. Thereafter, the call is transmitted by the Internet very cheaply to the receiver. The quality of the call is on par with what people are used to when making international calls, i.e. no cuts or disconnections and a good sound quality.

Besides international calls and texts, Vopium offers its users free calls to each other and the ability to communicate with friends on Skype, GTalk, MSN, Twitter, Facebook, etc., directly from their mobile phones.

Vopium can be downloaded to more than 900 different mobile phones.

Speakeasy Continues to Extend Their Free Phone Promotion

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:18:20 GMT

Speakeasy has once again extended their free phone offer, which has successfully eliminated one of the last barriers to VoIP adoption. Companies interested in switching to VoIP will find that now may be the perfect time to switch, thanks to the extension of Speakeasy's free phone promotion and the mobility-enhancing, time-saving features associated with VoIP, which are validated during busy summer schedules.

Hosted Voice features make it easy for employees to essentially bring the office with them, without being tethered to a desk or giving out personal numbers. Users can make and receive calls from their office phone number, whether they're in the office or they're actually using their home, mobile or even hotel phones.

Speakeasy's free phone promotion provides free Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 VoIP-enabled phones to new business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines. The promotion was originally introduced in March and has since steadily gained momentum, leading to the decision to expand the offer through the end of August.

For more information about the free phone promo, click here. To learn more about the benefits of Hosted Voice in a distributed and mobile workforce, read our white paper.

Rebtel Announces Free Calling to the U.S. on the 4th of July

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:27:06 GMT

Celebrate Independence Day and call home all day, free of charge on the 4th of July. Rebtel is offering unlimited free calling to the U.S. from 48 countries in celebration of the American Independence Day. Free calling is offered from Eastern Standard Time (UTC - 5) to PST = Pacific Standard Time (UTC - 8) (State of Alaska and Hawaii excluded).

"We know it's important to stay in touch with your friends or loved ones without paying too much and that is why Rebtel was founded. Since Independence Day is a big celebration for our users we want to help them re-connect by making the calling free on that day. We also want to show people calling the United States that you can just call as normal with local numbers from Rebtel and save up to 95%," said Andreas Bernström, Rebtel's CEO. "We are growing rapidly and have over four million users who stay in touch with their friends or loved ones using our services from over 190 countries."

Rebel with a cause

Founded in 2006, Stockholm-based Rebtel took its name from its rebel stance in the telecom industry. Its vision was to replace fraudulent calling cards, cumbersome computer calling, and operators' expensive international calling plans with the world's first genuinely good, honest, trustworthy, and easy-to-use global international calling service.

The company's mission was equally simple and straightforward: Make reliable, high-quality international calling extremely cheap or free worldwide.

Unlike Skype, which requires international calls to be made over Wi-Fi, a fixed Internet connection, or a $99 per month Verizon plan, Rebtel works with any phone landline, feature phone, or smart phone.

Today, millions of people around the world use Rebtel every day to call family at home.

How Rebtel works

Rebtel gives people local phone numbers where they're living that connect them directly with their loved ones or work colleagues abroad.

By making all calls local, people can call each other as often as they like and talk as long as they want, for little or nothing more than the cost of the local calls.

Getting started is fast and easy:

1. Go to Rebtel and enter your mobile number and your loved one's mobile number.
2. Rebtel creates local numbers and sends them in text messages to each phone.
3. Save the number in your phone's address book and use it any time to call your loved one abroad.

Rebtel Brings Free Calling To Canada During Canada Day On The 1st Of July

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:13:51 GMT

Celebrate Canada Day, call home all day on the 1st of July free of charge. Rebtel is offering unlimited free calling to Canada from 48 countries in celebration of Canada Day from Newfoundland Daylight Saving time (UTC – 2.5) to Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC - 7).

“Rebtel was founded to be the best way to stay connected to your loved ones without paying too much and since Canada day is a big celebration for our users we want to help them re-connect by making the calling free on that day. We also want to show people calling Canada that you can just call as normal with local numbers from Rebtel and save up to 95%,” said Andreas Bernström, Rebtel’s CEO. “We have over four million users who stay in touch with their loved ones using our services from over 190 countries.”

Rebel with a cause

Founded in 2006, Stockholm-based Rebtel took its name from its rebel stance in the telecom industry. Its vision was to replace fraudulent calling cards, cumbersome computer calling, and operators’ expensive international calling plans with the world’s first genuinely good, honest, trustworthy, and easy-to-use global international calling service.

The company’s mission was equally simple and straightforward: Make reliable, high-quality international calling extremely cheap or free worldwide.

Unlike Skype, which requires international calls to be made over Wi-Fi, a fixed Internet connection, or a $99 per month Verizon plan, Rebtel works with any phone landline, feature phone, or smart phone.

Today, millions of people around the world use Rebtel every day to call family at home.

How Rebtel works

Rebtel gives people local phone numbers where they’re living that connect them directly with their loved ones or work colleagues abroad.

By making all calls local, people can call each other as often as they like and talk as long as they want, for little or nothing more than the cost of the local calls.

Getting started is fast and easy: 1. Go to http://www.rebtel.com and enter your mobile number and your loved one’s mobile number.
2. Rebtel creates local numbers and sends them in text messages to each phone.
3. Save the number in your phone’s address book and use it any time to call your loved one abroad.

UniVoIP is Donating Free VoIP Phones to Non-profit Organizations in California

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:09:10 GMT

For a limited time UniVoIP offers free business phones and unlimited training and support to all non profit organizations that sign up for a calling plan through their hosted PBX platform that features free inbound, free in-network and local, long distance and even international calls as low as $0.02 per minute with unlimited plans available.

An introduction to hosted PBX

An enterprise class phone system with no hardware to buy - A hosted PBX phone system connects all of your employees to each other and to your clients, no matter where they are. Main office, home offices, satellite offices, mobile workers and even international offices can all be accessible through a single phone number. With UniVoIP hosted PBX all you need is one phone per employee and a dedicated point-to-point connection or an Internet connection – and you don’t have to purchase or manage any equipment except the phones.

One Vendor and One Bill - Multiple vendors are required to deliver traditional business phone services (the phone system provider, the maintenance company, the long-distance service provider, the local phone lines provider, and the Internet service provider). With UniVoIP, you deal with only one vendor – and one bill – for all of these services.

A reliable business phone system - Hosted PBX solutions are as reliable, easy to use and robust as traditional business phone systems but they offer many more features at a lower cost – and with less headaches!

Simplicity - You are not dealing with a huge, infrastructure-laden telecommunications company with hundreds of thousands of miles of copper wire, massive phone switches, and central offices to maintain. Hosted PBX / business VoIP services are delivered over the Internet OR other private connection.

None to minimal capital expenditure - There is no customer premise-based equipment to buy, and with UniVoIP, even the VoIP phones, any required routers, and all set-up fees can be rolled into one low monthly lease.

Free long-distance - Long-distance charges between your office locations are completely free and international rates are extremely low.

No technician fees - When you need to add, move, or remove a phone or an employee from your phone system – or when it’s time to update your auto-attendant recording or add a new feature – you do not need to pay for a technician to visit. Simply plug in a phone at a new location and you are ready to start calling.

Easy to expand - Your UniVoIP Hosted PBX service is totally future-proof. No matter what new features may be developed, we can handle it – it’s just a matter of integrating new software. You’ll never need to bolt-on a new box just to get music-on-hold or other new features.

Axvoice Offers Three Months Internet Phone Service Absolutely ‘Free’

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:46:34 GMT

Axvoice is a premium VoIP service provider in the U.S. Axvoice aims for nothing but excellence in terms of providing the best internet phone service to its customers by offering affordable calling plans in premium quality. With high quality services and a dedicated staff, Axvoice has made its reputation in the international market. That is why; it is standing tall among its competitors.

Axvoice proudly offers its valuable customers with a ‘CATCH’ -- three months free services offer with the residential international plan. If you sign up with the Axvoice internet phone service before 4th of July 2010, you will be able to enjoy making free calls with your residential international plan for an entire three months time! With a huge and ever-increasing customer base, the company is aiming to guarantee its customers satisfaction with the introduction of a three months free residential international plan. Axvoice Residential International plan allows you to enjoy making high quality calls to more than 40 destinations worldwide including free calls to US and Canada. Axvoice, with its remarkable history of the best calling plans makes sure that its users are free of all worries when making international calls. All the calling plans provided to the users by Axvoice are really amazing and cost you very little. The residential international plan allows you to make free in network calls.

Axvoice has been serving hundreds and thousands of clients ever since its inception. The major reason behind the success of this VoIP service is basically its affordable rates. The virtual number and the feature of number portability make clients more comfortable with this service. With a fast broadband connection and an adaptor, the users can start enjoying long distance and inexpensive calls through the internet phone services offered by Axvoice. Amazingly, all the outgoing calls are free with the residential international calling plan. The residential international plan has two denominations. First is the basic residential international plan, which is charged at $16.58 per month, whereas the residential international plus package costs $29.99 per month. Through these plans, you can make free calls to countries like Austria, China, Israel, Brazil, Italy etc.

The value added features offered by Axvoice are also extra ordinary. Axvoice also offers the subscribers attractive free basic features that are included with all the calling plans. Some of these features include Caller ID, Find Me Follow Me, Do Not Disturb, Music on Hold, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Caller ID Block, Blacklist, Voicemail Notification via E-mail, Fail Over Number, Speed Dial, Anonymous Call Rejection, International Call Blocking, Call Filter and 3-Way Call. The free of cost features allow you to have a Caller ID on your internet phone and unwanted callers can be added to the rejection list. The features like call waiting, call forwarding and call blocking are far-fetched and are meant to make telecommunication easier for you.

The best part is that when you acquire the residential international plan offered by Axvoice, you do not have to pay an activation fee. Moreover, you do not need to pay for the hardware as well. Allowing you to make calls to your family at a very reasonable rate, Axvoice aims to make your lives much better. All you need to do in order to make use of all these benefits and enjoy VoIP services for free for a complete three months is to sign up for the residential international plan before 4th of July 2010. Using Axvoice VoIP phone service at home, a subscriber will be able to save hundreds of dollars each month. Choosing Axvoice for making international calls is a cost saving decision that offers relaxation in terms of billing and calling rates. A major difference exists between the calling plans offered by Axvoice and its competitors, which makes Axvoice the best VoIP service provider around!

With the latest systems and features, Axvoice allows the users to maintain their account online. The best part of the services offered by Axvoice is that they offer online live chat support. The subscriber can access the live assistant through this program, which saves the bother of having to step outside each time you require assistance. The huge discounts offered on the residential calling plans, has made Axvoice attain a strong position amongst its competitors and become a pioneer in the VoIP services industry. It has an ever-growing list of subscribers that are satisfied with the service and calling packages of Axvoice.

Not only does Axvoice serve residential customers, it tends to attract business users as well and offers certain calling plans for businesses! But for the first time residential VoIP users, the acquisition of the residential international plan with 3 months free service is the best option.

Vocalocity Launches Social Media Contest With $10,000 in Prizes

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:32:31 GMT

Vocalocity has launched a video contest for small businesses across the nation. The 'Phone System Makeover Contest' was launched to promote helping small businesses become more efficient and cost effective. The winning submission will receive free service and a new phone system, which has an estimated value of up to $10,000. All of those who enter will receive 25% off their Vocalocity Service.

Running between June 14th and August 1st, the contest invites small businesses to send in a short thirty second to two minute video of how Vocalocity's technology can help to improve their business. Vocalocity recommends being creative and having fun with your submission. To encourage this, the submission guidelines have been kept short, with the exception of the time limit constraints.

Submitting an Entry:
To submit an entry to the 'Phone System Makeover Contest,' simply visit vocalocity.com/contest. Once there you will find an electronic drop box where you can upload your video and Vocalocity will then take care of posting this video on You Tube.

David Politis, Vocalocity Executive Vice President and General Manager, said, "Thousands of small businesses have made the switch to Vocalocity's Hosted PBX and have experienced all the benefits of a VoIP phone system. We launched this contest to highlight the situation that many small business owners are in with their current phone system and the fact that there is a better alternative out there. In an effort to allow businesses to make a smooth transition we are rewarding every business that submits their story with a 25% discount on their purchase from us."

This is Vocalocity's newest social media contest and the company plans to continue with other endeavors in the future. Marketing Manager Melissa Levine adds, "Vocalocity is excited to be launching this contest; this is just the beginning of a concentrated social media effort. Business VoIP has made many small businesses more competitive and we are excited to award a free service and a business VoIP phone system to the winning small business."

Speakeasy Extends Free Phone Offer as More Small Businesses Switch to VoIP

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:02:50 GMT

Speakeasy and Best Buy announce the extension of their free phone offer, which has successfully eliminated one of the last barriers to VoIP adoption. In March, Speakeasy began offering free Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 VoIP-enabled phones to new business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines. The promotion was so successful that Speakeasy has made the decision to extend the promotion through the end of June.

According to a recent study released by CompTIA, a trade association for the global IT industry, 25 percent of small- and medium-sized businesses expect to adopt a VoIP solution this year. This promotion has clearly demonstrated its ability to accelerate that trend.

Speakeasy customer Gorilla Tango is an example of a small business who has found tremendous value in Hosted Voice. Not only has it saved 70 percent on its phone bill, but it is able to operate the business 24 hours a day in two locations without adding a lot of staff.

Vonage Cash Back Offer Puts More Money and More Minutes in Your Pocket

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:21:09 GMT

Vonage has utilized VoIP technology to drastically reduce the amount of overhead small companies and regular consumers are required to pay for basic communication. Now is the time to get in at the ground level, when prices are low and companies like Vonage-Promotions.com are offering attractive cash-back incentives.

A Truly Global Solution
Vonage communications recently unveiled the Vonage World Plan, which offers free, unlimited long-distance calling to more than 60 countries world-wide. More information on the plan that is blowing away the competition can be found at Vonage-Promotions.com. Vonage-Promotions.com offers all Vonage services plans, including the wildly popular Vonage World Plan, which includes features like:

Unlimited calling internationally to countries like Canada, Mexico, India, China and many more.
Free activation and shipping for a limited time
Free phone adapter (equipment required for Vonage service)
Phone number portability, so you can retain your old phone number

Vonage-Promotions.com also includes a helpful savings analysis tool which can quickly help you identify exactly how much cash the Vonage service will save you. Those who will quickly recognize the incredible flexibility and savings Vonage offers are groups like: international businesses trying to operate across borders and open up new investment arenas, immigrants and refugees who struggle to remain connected across international borders, academics and college students who spend time abroad, and overseas deployed military personnel and their families.

Using Innovative Technology to Save Consumers Cash
Vonage-Promotions.com is quick to point out that using VoIP technology, or Voice Over Internet Protocol from providers like Vonage only gains you advantages and convenience. You don’t have to give up any of your favorite features like call-waiting, voice-mail, or caller ID. In addition, Vonage service can be utilized to enhance features you already enjoy, and give you access to features that a standard telephone company cannot provide. For example, your call forwarding with Vonage will send the call to up to five different numbers. With Vonage service, voice-mails can be forwarded as emails or text messages. And, perhaps most attractive to international businesses, Virtual Numbers can be set up, which allow a customer to dial a US number to reach an international branch or help desk.

Because VoIP technology uses a broadband internet connection to communicate, its overhead is remarkably low, allowing providers like Vonage to offer services at unbeatable prices. For example, the Vonage World Plan is currently being offered at Vonage-Promotions.com for $14.99 a month for the first 6 months, and then a mere $25.99 for continuing service, with a required one year commitment.

Cash-Back Promotion for a Limited Time
Vonage-Promotions.com is also offering a limited time $30 cash-back offer for customers who take advantage of the Vonage services, (including the Vonage World Plan) from their website. An official at Vonage-Promotions.com said earlier today, “Everyone knows that trying new things can be a little risky. What we’re hoping to achieve with this cash-back offer is a way of interesting customers in a telephone plan that is literally almost too good to be true. With this cash back offer, we’re offering to effectively pay your phone bill for two months…that’s how confident we are you will love Vonage Phone Service." The $30 Vonage cash back offer ends May 10, 2010. In a market where money talks - literally- consumers now have a lot more say.

Axvoice to Offer Discount on Unlimited USA/Canada Calling Plan

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:22:59 GMT

Axvoice now offers a discount in shape of a monthly rebate to the subscribers who sign up for its Residential Unlimited USA/Canada Plan. Just make a one-time payment of $99 and get one whole year of service. Want to make Unlimited Calls in the United States and Canada? Axvoice’s Residential USA/Canada plan is the right choice. Subscribe for this package for $99 / year. That’s only $8.25 per month and it’s a saving of over 80% when compared to landline service provider. If you do not want to pay upfront we offer the same plan at $11.99 / month with monthly payment option. It’s really an interesting offer that certainly attracts the users.

Once a user becomes aware of the savings, features, services, customer support and above all the very economical rates; landline starts to look an outdated technology since there is a world of difference between the monthly rates of the landline phone and Axvoice’s VoIP phone service. By subscribing to any of Axvoice’s plans, a user saves more than 80% every month on their phone bills.

Connecting to the world was never that easy but with Axvoice’s Residential VoIP plans; you are always connected to your family and friends regardless of where they are located. These plan include unlimited outgoing VoIP calls to any local or international location offered by Axvoice’s residential VoIP packages. Axvoice’s residential international packages offer the subscribers to avail the free calls to more than 53 destinations in the world.

In addition to the free calls all over the U.S. and Canada and more than 53 destinations across the globe, the subscriber gets the facilities of free in-network calls, virtual number in any US/Canada area code and number portability to keep their existing number. Axvoice gives the users freedom to manage their accounts online. All this and a lot more only with the leading VoIP provider, Axvoice.

Speakeasy Offers Free Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 VoIP-enabled Phones to New Business Customers

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:29:32 GMT

Speakeasy eliminates one of the last barriers to VoIP adoption, offering free IP phones to new business customers. For a limited-time only, Speakeasy is including, free of charge, Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 VoIP-enabled phones to new business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines.

According to a report by In-Stat, VoIP is expected to see 79 percent penetration among U.S. businesses in the next three years, up from 33 percent of businesses currently using VoIP. Speakeasy hopes to accelerate this growth trend, lowering the barrier even further by eliminating up front phone costs with its promotion.

The benefits of Hosted Voice from Speakeasy include:

Free desktop IP phones
Free nationwide unlimited calling
Clear sound quality
Easy switching and installation process
No PBX or key system to buy or maintain
Advanced features unavailable with traditional phone service, such as Remote Office and Find Me/Follow Me
Prices as low as $27.95/month/employee

In addition to offering a free Polycom SoundPoint IP 321 to new customers (MSRP $139), Speakeasy is also announcing their new hardware lineup including two new Polycom phones and three new Cisco phones. Speakeasy's phone lineup now includes the Polycom SoundPoint IP 335, 650, 670, and SoundStation IP 6000; as well as the Cisco SPA 504G, SPA 509G and SPA 525G. Special prices are available for a limited time only for customers wishing to upgrade from the free phone offer to one of these new models.

VoX Communications' Mobile VoIP Plan for Nokia's N900 Maemo

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:41 GMT

VoX Communications has become the first carrier to deploy a mobile-VoIP, unlimited data and voice service, on the latest full-featured smart phone from Nokia. There is considerable interest about the Nokia N900 on the Internet, which compares very favorably to devices such as the iPhone. An iPhone comparison can be found at this website.

Vox is selling the N900 with a service plan today and anticipates that it will soon release a software download of its VoIP product. Then consumers who have already purchased an N900 will be able to subscribe to the VoX Mobile VoIP plan with a simple signup process that will deliver the software to the phone. The Nokia N900 with VoX Mobile service is immediately available to order from the VoX website at http://www.voxcorp.net.

The Nokia N900 phone and its specifications and features can be viewed at http://maemo.nokia.com.

Read about Skype on the Nokia N900 at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/n900/.

Digium Announces the Extreme Phone Makeover Contest

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:45:33 GMT

Digium announces the Extreme Phone Makeover contest, allowing businesses to nominate their company for a complete VoIP phone system transformation. By telling their story about why they need a new phone system, the most deserving business will win an Extreme Phone Makeover valued up to $10,000. The winner will receive Digium’s innovative Switchvox Unified Communications system and Polycom phones.

The contest was inspired by Huntsville Flight Center, whose communications system was so outdated that it was impacting their ability to service customers in a timely manner. API Digital, an authorized Digium reseller, assisted with the network assessment and installation. As part of its Extreme Phone Makeover, their phone system was upgraded to Digium's Switchvox SMB, the full-featured and cost-effective VoIP Unified Communications solution designed for small- to mid-sized businesses, and all phones were upgraded to Polycom IP phones.

“Providing a high level of customer service is important to our company, but it had become a challenge to manage incoming customer calls with our ancient phone system,” said Tim Thomas, general manager of Huntsville Flight Center. “We are honored to be the first recipient of Digium’s Extreme Phone Makeover. By integrating phone, fax and conferencing, our office is much more productive, and we can focus more attention on our customers. Our business now runs more smoothly and it’s much easier to manage the Switchvox Unified Communications system and Polycom phones.”

Due to the project’s success, Digium created the Extreme Phone Makeover contest to assist companies who need to improve their business communications. Watch the video of Huntsville Flight Center’s Extreme Phone Makeover and enter to win at www.extremephonemakeover.com.

“In a weak economy, many small- to mid-sized businesses with outdated technology believe they can’t afford a complete phone system overhaul. As a result, they lack the advanced communications features that can make them more efficient and give them a competitive edge,” said Tristan Barnum, director of Switchvox product marketing for Digium. “Our contest will highlight that companies can have an enterprise class phone system at a price they can afford. We look forward to helping other small businesses save money and improve their productivity with Switchvox.”

CounterPath to Free British Columbia Workforce from Winter Games Gridlock

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:58:56 GMT

To help British Columbia enterprises and their workforces maximize productivity and avoid gridlock during the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games, CounterPath is making its VoIP softphones available for free to all provincial businesses, academic institutions and government agencies in the area. CounterPath will distribute softphones through Feb. 28 and validate accounts for 60 days upon activation.

CounterPath's VoIP platform gives CIOs and IT managers a fast, convenient option for supporting telecommuting, which 70 percent of British Columbia enterprises plan to expand or begin offering in time for the 2010 Games, according to a BC Human Resources Management Association survey. Although the 2010 Games span a little over two weeks - Feb. 12-28 - the survey found that the impact on employee commutes will last six to 10 weeks.

CounterPath's Bria softphone goes beyond basic telecommuting services, such as voice calls and e-mail, to support a variety of other applications, including video calls, presence, file transfers and messaging, all from a single user interface and tied into the enterprise's existing infrastructure. CounterPath's solution also gives B.C. enterprises the flexibility to enable those applications for all employees or for specific groups, such as call center staff.

B.C. enterprises and other organizations can take advantage of this offer by visiting www.counterpath.com/bria-games.

Free Magic Jack and 1 Year of Service for VoiceCRM.com Subscribers

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:45:55 GMT

VoiceCRM.com will give free Magic Jack voice adapters and service to subscribers of their namesake Voice CRM service. The Voice CRM service works with any phone system, but now annual subscribers will receive a free Magic Jack adapter and also 1 year of Magic Jack service with annual subscriptions to VoiceCRM.com.

VoiceCRM.com and Magic Jack turn any broadband-enabled PC into a virtual call center workstation, together providing advanced customer relationship management and sales force automation software with free calling and integrated dialing, call management and call center features with Magic Jack. Never pay for a phone bill again, plus automate your business and sales with powerful CRM software.

VoiceCRM.com with integrated dialing and call center features and powerful CRM are great tools for small businesses and organizations. The Voice component works with any phone system -- desk phone, your home phone, wireless, or VoIP system including Google Voice, Magic Jack, and Ooma.

Reviews are in and millions of people are using Magic Jack every day to make cheap calls and receive calls. Add the power of an online CRM system and our Voice CRM product today to take Magic Jack into the future and power your business today.

Sign up atwww.VoiceCRM.com for 1 year of service and receive a free Magic Jack and 1 year of terrific Magic Jack service. Simply go to our site and click on the Magic Jack free offer on the bottom of the page and sign up for our terrific CRM service.

With over 145,000 clients worldwide, VoiceCRM.com provides unlimited Free CRM software and a Professional edition which includes advanced features such as Microsoft Outlook, iPhone, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, RIM / BlackBerry, Windows Mobile support and synchronization and a developer API. Voice CRM is a terrific alternative to SalesForce.com and other CRM products.

Talkster Partners with Rebtel to Give Callers Even More This Holiday Season

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:38:10 GMT

Talkster announces a holiday-themed promotion in partnership with Rebtel. This partnership lets people around the world make free and ultra low-cost international and long distance calls from their cell phones, landlines, computers or VoIP phones.

Just in time for the holiday season, Talkster is offering the first 10,000 people who sign up at Talkster.com $5 in free calling credit. To participate, visit www.Talkster.com, and sign up before it’s too late. Callers should use the promo code “TALKSTER” to get their $5 in free calling credit.

With $5 in free calling credits, people can speak more than 2 hours to India, more than 4 hours to China and 5 hours to Mexico (time based on calling rates from the United States).

Under this promotion, callers get access to 50 countries with the lowest calling rates in the industry. Current Free World Dialing customers will enjoy access to new calling areas through this partnership, including Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and Pakistan.

VOIPo Offers Year of Unlimited Home Phone Service for $99

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:50:25 GMT

VOIPo is offering a year of home phone service for $99 with unlimited calling to the US and Canada and 60 minutes of free international calling monthly.

The VOIPo residential VoIP plan offers a year of service for $99 and includes a free phone adapter, free activation, and free shipping. The plan offers residential users unlimited calling to the US and Canada and 60 minutes of free international calling each month. It is a full home phone service package which replaces a landline and does not require a computer to use. The plan includes over 35 calling features including voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, 3 way calling, a free second line, call hunting, and more.

In late December, VOIPo also plans to open up a beta program for its highly anticipated voip reseller program. The program will allow individuals and businesses to rebrand VOIPo services and sell voip services under their own brand. Resellers will pay VOIPo $24.95 monthly for a reseller account and then will purchase the services they sell at wholesale pricing giving them significant profit margins.

Australian VoIP Company engin Now Offering Discount on oneHub Package

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:18:47 GMT

Australian VoIP company,engin is offering another industry best deal with a 45% discount on its oneHub package. This special promotional offer of only $79 on a 12 month plan is available until 31 January 2010. oneHub is engin’s all-in-one device that allows customers to use VoIP and regular landline services through the same handset. The oneHub package provides fully integrated:

VoIP compatible cordless phone
IP voice box
ADSL2+ modem
Wireless network

engin has once again packaged VoIP services to meet and exceed the expectations of Australia’s digitally savvy marketplace. oneHub is usually $149 on a 12 month plan but for a short time is on offer for only $79 on a 12 month plan.

All engin VoIP plans have low call rates or included calls for a small monthly subscription. engin’s Starter Plan offers 10c local and national calls and its popular National Plan offers unlimited* local and national calls to residential users. International call rates are extremely affordable starting from 1.9c per minute.

Customers have the flexibility of using oneHub for VoIP only and can upgrade to engin’s Broadband service whenever they want, without having to purchase any extra equipment.

engin makes it easy for those thinking about moving to VoIP, with its step-by-step set up and installation process, the offer of a 30-day trial, and its local support team to help with any technical and service queries.

ViaTalk Connects Kids With Santa This Holiday Season

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:58:57 GMT

ViaTalk is allowing children across the country to connect to Santa free of charge this holiday season via telephone, and directly deliver their Christmas wish list to the big guy and his helpers at the north pole (that's you mom and dad!). Additionally, one lucky child will be selected at random to have their wish list granted for free courtesy of ViaTalk, a $300 in value!

To connect your child to the north pole, simply enter on the site the number you will be calling from and your e-mail address. After your child calls, a recording of their wish list will be delivered to your e-mail in-box for you to listen to at your convenience.

The parents of one lucky child will be contacted on Dec. 20th, 2009, and will receive a $300 Amazon.com gift card to help make their child's holiday wishes come true this holiday season.

This free service is available nationwide to customers and non-customers alike, simply by signing up at http://santa.viatalk.com, so be sure to tell your friends and family!

Current ViaTalk customers can access the north pole directly by clicking on Santa himself in their account control panel. Happy Holidays from the entire ViaTalk team!

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Free Calls from Truphone

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:43 GMT

Truphone believes in the importance of staying in touch with friends and family, especially during the holiday season. That’s why for 12 hours this Thanksgiving (Thursday November 26th, between midday and midnight GMT), all calls to a US landline or mobile phone made using Truphone will be completely free!

It is open to all new and current Truphone users, anywhere in the world, on all Truphone applications, and you don't need to sign up to anything or change your settings to make free calls.

Phone Power Adds Free International Calling to VOIP Phone Service

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:04 GMT

Phone Power announces that their VOIP phone service 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 program extends to all new and existing customers on current residential and business plans. Existing customers will not need to do anything to activate this feature. Phone Power offers unlimited local and long distance calling starting at $14.95 per month.

VoicePulse Announces New Toll Free Promotion

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:34:54 GMT

VoicePulse has recently announced new promotional offers on their inbound Toll Free service, including increased number inventory and lower introductory per-minute rates.

Price Match Guarantee

VoicePulse will match or beat any competing provider's current toll free pricing. All porting and activation fees will also be waived for both new and existing customers taking advantage of the price match offer.

For businesses looking to establish a nationwide presence, a toll free number is an integral part to any business plan. VoicePulse has the ability to port any and every US-based toll free number and is waiving applicable porting and activation fees for all requests submitted before August 31, 2009.

Account Executives are available to discuss pricing and customize a plan that fits your specific needs. If your business currently has a vanity number you want to keep, VoicePulse can port that number to your account.

VoicePulse describes its Toll Free plan as follows:

Price Match Guarantee (submit your current provider's bill to be eligible)
$0 Activation Fee
$0 Cost to port your current toll free number
New 888, 877 and 866 numbers available now
Discounted rates for inbound traffic from international locations
Additional discount and promotional opportunities available

Call Dad For Free Using MediaRing Talk for PC

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:36:04 GMT

MediaRing is helping families stay connected by now offering free PC-to-phone calls to the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the UK with no sign up fees, monthly contracts, or purchase required. Users can call any regular landline or mobile phone number in the United States, Canada, China, Hong Kong & Singapore or any landline in Australia, Taiwan or the UK. With MediaRing Talk's innovative VoIP technology, MediaRing also provides free unlimited PC-to-PC calls anywhere in the world and extremely competitive PC-to-Phone calling rates to over 220 global destinations, including 1.7 US cents per minute to India.

How It Works
To take advantage of MediaRing Talk's free and discount VoIP calling services, go to MediaRingTalk.com and simply download the software to your PC. Calls can be made from any telephone linked to the Internet, a USB phone, or with a headset attached to a computer. Computers with built-in microphone and speakers can be used, as well. Download is free, and no purchase required.

To make a call, simply start the program and enter the phone number. Calls will be immediately connected. Yes, it's that simple! MediaRing Talk delivers crystal clear connections, and users of the service can talk without having to worry about racking up expensive long distance charges.

Why It's Free
Unlike many competitors' services that generate their income primarily through paid subscriptions, MediaRing Talk uses an entirely different business model that derives income through advertising. This enables the company to offer free calls to many countries and discounted rates for other destinations that are considerably lower than those offered by other larger providers. MediaRing Talk currently provides computer and mobile VoIP services to over 2 million users.

FREE PBX Buyer's Guide from PBX-Guide.com

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:59:34 GMT

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Speakeasy Campaign to Show Customers How to Save by Switching to VoIP

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:24:56 GMT

Speakeasy launched a campaign designed to show customers just how much they can save by switching to VoIP. With a tagline, "Cut your phone bill - not your morning coffee," Speakeasy is offering a Starbucks gift card to business customers who fax in their phone bill to determine how much they can save by switching to voice over IP services.

In addition to price, advantages of VoIP include increased productivity, improved competitiveness and enhanced functionality. Yet several misconceptions have prevented companies from making the switch:

Myth #1: It's not really going to save much money. Businesses tend to underestimate just how much money they'll save by switching to VoIP - up to 45 percent over traditional phone service. In addition to saving on national and international long distance, companies with Speakeasy's hosted service can significantly reduce costs associated with moving, adding or changing employee phone lines - costs that have historically made up approximately 30 percent of traditional phone bills. Because there is no on-site phone system, businesses can also eliminate costly maintenance fees.

Myth #2: It's too much of a hassle to set up and manage. Speakeasy offers both hosted and integrated voice services. With hosted systems, there is no PBX hardware on site, and therefore nothing for the business to manage. For companies opting for integrated services, they can use their existing phones and PBX, and Speakeasy simply adds its voice over IP lines or trunks to their pre-existing on site phone system. Both allow businesses to realize significant cost savings with minimal set-up hassle and maximum flexibility. In addition, Speakeasy's solution allows small business to take advantage of features usually found only in more expensive systems, such as automated attendant, hunt group and call center routing.

Myth #3: Call clarity is inferior to traditional phone quality. The reality is, not all voice traffic is created equal. Broadband quality directly influences voice quality, with marked differences between consumer-grade broadband and business-class connectivity. Speakeasy provides business-class, voice-optimized broadband, which eliminates data interference when using data and voice on a single line. Prioritizing voice traffic over all other data ensures the highest quality possible.

Myth #4: The technology is still too new. According to Forrester Research, many businesses are still afraid of what they do not know, including how services work, voice quality and how much bandwidth they will consume with VoIP. Yet VoIP has been around since the mid-90s and has come a long way since in terms of technological advances and adoption rate by businesses. In fact, Dell'Oro Group, a marketing research firm, predicted that IP lines will grow to almost 60 percent of small business line shipments by the year 2011, while digital and analog shipments are expected to decline at an average of 10 percent per year. Traditional systems are expected to fair even worse, declining to less than 5 percent of the total market by 2011.

Myth #5: VoIP is just a large business solution and is not necessary for SMBs. According to Forrester Research, 52 percent of small businesses say that providing more mobility for employees is a priority. VoIP offers features unavailable through traditional phone systems that increase mobility, such as Speakeasy's Remote Worker, which allows an individual to use their office phone number and features, including four digit calling and number identification, whether they temporarily work from a client's office, their home or using their cell phone. Other VoIP-specific features, like Find Me/Follow Me, allow employees and customers to route calls made to their office number based on a flexible user-defined set of rules. VoIP technology levels the competitive playing field and provides small businesses the features to provide better customer service, lower operational costs, and deliver more business flexibility to expand and contract according to business needs. VoIP is especially necessary in future-proofing small businesses to avoid being hamstrung by outdated technology.

Truphone Delivers New Monthly Flat Rate Calling Plan TruUnlimited

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:02:16 GMT

Low-cost calling just got lower with TruUnlimited, a robust, flat-rate, worry-free, calling plan announced by Truphone. People around the world can now call more places, both landlines and mobiles, more often - all for one, low, fixed price.

Using TruUnlimited, customers enjoy the freedom to make calls around the world, at any time of the day and on any day of the week, without worrying about mounting call charges. The customer is also always in control: TruUnlimited plans do not require customers to enter into long-term contracts and may be cancelled at any time.

TruUnlimited for Landlines

For people who need to communicate regularly with colleagues, friends or family around the world, the TruUnlimited for Landlines monthly plan gives unlimited calls to landlines in 38 countries for just £10 per month. As a bonus, the plan also permits calls to mobile phones in some top destinations such as the USA, Canada, China, and Hong Kong at no extra charge.

TruUnlimited for Mobiles

For people calling mobile phones more frequently, the TruUnlimited for Mobiles monthly plan provides subscribers with unlimited calls to mobiles and landlines in 64 countries for just £25 per month.

Both plans are available immediately both to existing Truphone customers and new subscribers via the easy installation of the Truphone application software. This is available as a free download for iPhone™ and iPod touch®, and for certain Nokia N-series and E-series devices. Truphone Anywhere is available on the Google™ Android G1 and on Blackberry® smartphones.

The new TruUnlimited plans are not replacements for other popular Truphone programs. Customers that do not need a Truphone Unlimited plan can still make great savings on Truphone's standard rates.

Raketu VoIP Calls Up to 65% Savings Over Skype

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:54:23 GMT

Raketu announces Raketu calling at rates at up to 65% lower than Skype, perfect for consumers and businesses alike. Raketu provides the most flexibility of calling with computer to computer, computer to phone, and phone to phone calls. Raketu users can even make calls directly from any browser, without a download, or from any SIP device connected to Raketu. And it's all available using Raketu's calling plans or at Raketu's ultra-low rates all from any device, anywhere in the world, mobile or desktop/laptop.

Raketu's Rates and Plans

Raketu also has 3 calling plans: $2.95 for 1000 minutes to our free calling zones, $4.45 for 1500 minutes to our free calling zones, and $9.95 for unlimited calling to our free calling zones. Raketu's free calling zones include locations in over 46 countries around the world. Plans are valid for 1 month from activation, and are subject to the Raketu Fair Use Policy. There are no hidden costs or additional connection charges.

Broadvox Launches ''SIP Trunking as You Are'' IP Man Adventure!

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:12:27 GMT

Broadvox launched a new IP Man adventure at www.IPManAdventures.com. This is #5 in the series of IP Man Adventure stories about the Broadvox superhero; this one features AudioCodes.

In this episode, a SMB somewhere in North America is feeling the crunch of the recession and wants to transition to SIP Trunking saving them up to 70% of their telecom costs. Their technician is unable to find a solution to the high cost of telecom because their equipment is not IP-enabled and there is no budget to purchase a new PBX. The company is doomed and locked into high cost TDM service and equipment!

Just when everything seems hopeless, IP Man and Metoo reveal how companies can enable SIP Trunking with legacy PBXs using the AudioCodes Mediant 1000 Gateway.

Visit www.ipmanadventures.com and enjoy IP Man’s exploits. Find games, comic strips, videos and maybe even learn a thing or two! Visit the shield room on IP Man’s website to read more about IP communications fundamentals and stay tuned because there are more IP adventures on the way!

VoIP Provider Vyke Offers a Unique Promotion to Their Users

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:15:10 GMT

Vyke VOIP service provider, announces a unique life-time offer for all their users. This Diwali you can make calls free of cost to your near and dear ones back home using Vyke and get lucky to win a dinner and a photo shoot with the cricket legend Sourav Ganguly.

There are other fabulous prizes to be won, a signed cricket memorabilia and a $50 worth credit (10 hours of free talk time, PC to phone or mobile VoIP on Vyke) for 20 lucky winners. The process is quite simple and can be done in 3 easy steps.

Sign up for a free Vyke account on www.vyke.com
Using your Vyke account send a mail to Sourav.ganguly@vyke.com (please include your Vyke Account Username) stating in not more than 50 words, why you should be the winner.
Although no purchases are required to qualify entry into the competition, every Vyke dollar purchased between Oct 1st-28th, entitles you to an additional competition entry. Eg $10 gives you 10 extra chances to a win. Hence, you end up getting more.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Aaron Powers, Head of Business Development, Vyke Communications, "Expats frequently call their friends and loved ones overseas but at exorbitant costs. With Vyke, text costs from their mobiles will be reduced to fractions of a penny, plus they can text abroad for free via the web. As an avid user of Vyke, we’re very pleased to have Sourav Ganguly flying the Vyke flag.”

Mr. Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian national team said “What better way to celebrate the festival of lights than phoning friends and loved ones back home to wish them ‘Happy Diwali’ and sharing the spirit of the festival, all for FREE?”

A lucky draw on Diwali will determine the winner, who walks away with a return ticket to Kolkata and a dinner date with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly. Another 20 lucky winners walk away with $50 worth Vyke credit. Final 50 runners-up walk away with a cap or other cricket gear signed by Sourav Ganguly.