Vonage Offers VoIP Mobile-Phone Calls in the UK
Thursday, April 27, 2006 22:33Link to story at NewsFactor Magazine
Vonage, the well known VOIP phone company and The Cloud of UK, leading provider of Broadband wireless will be unveiling a new service in May that enable making cheaper VOIP calls on mobile phones. The service however only works with new handsets that support dual band (GSM + WiFi) and when the user is in the zone covered by a hotspot.  The Cloud is reported to have around 7000 WiFi hotspots across UK, providing an excellent footprint for greater use of this new service.
The starts a new era of making cheaper and mostly unlimited Mobile calls for a fixed monthly subscription when you are around hotspots. Considering the fact that 70% of mobile calls are made inside buildings, airports, home etc, if there are enough wifi hotspots, user can make most of his/her calls when using wifi-hotspot and hence they are almost free. There are interesting stories from other service providers across Europe that started similar VOIP on Mobile services for a flat monthly fees.
E-plus from Germany with Skype is reported offering unlimited VOIP on mobile for a monthly fee of $39.99. And also France’s second-largest consumer broadband provider, Iliad, launched a service that lets French customers using dual mode mobiles enjoy a similar service.
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