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LocalPhone Pakistan Call rates Increase and Middle East rates dropped

Well, here is some news from Localphone. As we all know Localphone was running a June Promotion in which it was offering 15% call rate deductions to many countries. However this promotion will come to end tomorrow 30th June !

LocalPhone new rates will be active to Middle East countries and I can see some rate drop. Check the snippet below showing the latest calling rates offering by localphone to middle east countries.



localphone cheap callsWell there is one more news from Localphone. Localphone and many other voip providers are forced to increase call rates to Pakistan in response to actions taken by the Pakistani Government. Effective from 00:00 GMT on 1st July localphone rate to Pakistan will be $0.109 / £0.076 / €0.089 per minute to both landlines and mobiles.

Due to a rise in the cost of terminating international calls in Pakistan, their suppliers have had to increase the rate they charge, and localphone is forced to do the same. LocalPhone mentions that it will in fact make less profit by offering these calls and that this situation is entirely unavoidable.

Lets see how other voip provider react to this situation and will others also increase their calling rates ? Will we be seeing more costlier voip calls to Pakistan ?

For more information, visit LocalPhone.

Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up for free - 1st call also free. Add credit as low as $1 plus get $1.5 bonus).
Coupon Code : FPBONUS

 

Facetime for iPhone : Make Free Video Calls on iOS

Video calling on mobile phone is getting very popular, thanks to applications like Skype. However a more popular video calling application for iOS devices is Facetime app. I was looking for some older posts and just realized I have not covered a post on on Apple's application Facetime. As you all know iPhone4 was launched sometime back and its most distinguishing feature is Facetime (the video calling app).

Apple iPhone is one of the most popular phones available in the market and Apple has always been trying to launch some great features. Facetime is just one of such great feature. Using this application you can make free video calls from your Apple iOS Device (be it Apple iPhone4, iPad or iPod Touch) to another person who is also using Facetime on his Apple iOS Device.

Just like any other voip app (Tango, Skype etc), these free video calls are made using internet. So as long as you are connected to Wifi or 3G you can make free video calls using your iPhone.

Apple Facetime App

It could be possible that none of your friend is using Apple iOS device compatible for Facetime app, good news is that Apple's got your back if you're looking for test FaceTime feature. Just dial up 1-888-FACETIME. Apple employee will be there in a moment to "show you the basics and a few advanced tips." Help line's only open from 8AM to 8PM CDT. It could be possible that some of your friend is using iPhone but you are not aware of it (and don't know if he is using Facetime), for that you can follow our tutorial on finding who's using Facetime.

Bad news is that you can ONLY call people who are using Facetime. As Facetime is developed by Apple, so that they do not have any app for Android Mobiles (though there are some alternatives). Also Facetime can be used on MAC Computer and do not have any application for windows PC.

Check the video : Facetime iPhone to Mac Calling



Facetime is always ON : It works and you can receive the call even if you have not opened this app. If you wish to turn off this feature, visit FaceTime > Preferences and toggle the switch labeled FaceTime from ON to OFF. This will turn off FaceTime on your Mac.

Add more Emails to Facetime :  You can add multiple email to facetime. Simply navigate to FaceTime > Preferences and under the section labeled "You can be reached for video calls at," specify a new email address by clicking on the Add Another Email button.

Change the view Mode (Portrait or Landscape) : You can use the video feature in either portrait or landscape view. With FaceTime on the Mac, you can still switch between these two views. When someone on the other end switches between the views, the Mac version of FaceTime will automatically flip from portrait to landscape and vice versa.

Toggle between the front and rear cameras on your iPad/iPhone 4S: Though according to Apple the front camera has been fine-tuned for FaceTime usage. But sometime you want to use the iPhone’s main camera on the rear to best show off your surroundings and give the caller an idea of where you are. To toggle between the front and main cameras, tap the icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
 

Google Voice for everyone : No invite required

Well, Google voice came last year with a bang. Already, there are 1 million people with Google Voice accounts. Initially it started offering its voip service only with invitation. Google acquired the core Google Voice technology in mid-2007 when it bought a company called GrandCentral. At the time, Google closed new sign-ups for the GrandCentral service. Some time back it started offering its voip service to students without invitation.

Now google voice is offering its voip service to everyone without any invitation. Google voice is a web-based platform for managing your communications. It introduced one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more ! And now google voice goes public, no invitation.

The thing here to notice is Google Voice is still limited to everyone in the U.S. for now and not for everyone internationally. So, all the people in US could use Google voice to make free calls to the U.S. and Canada, to send free text messages.
 

Free International Calls from CallMyWorld.Com

Another entry into the voip world, and its about callmyworld.com !! The latest buzz in the international calling market is the arrival of CallMyWorld.Com offering you a multitude of international calling options at really affordable rates.

Today I received a mail from callmyworld officials only explaining more about their voip service. Well it the service looks good to me. The calling rates are competitive and they say that they will further reduce it down. Callmyworld also promised to keep the call quality good.

India 0.0166 $/min
Pakistan 0.09 $/min
Bangladesh 0.06 $/min
United Arab Emirates 0.22 $/min
Singapore 0.0166 $/min
China 0.0166 $/min
Mexico 0.0166 $/min
UK 0.0166 $/min

Now comes the best part about this voip provider. Callmyworld is offering every new user who sign up for a free account - $1 credit to test their service. Sign up for a free account with $1 International talk time credit and start talking!


International Calls from your PC or Mobile
With WhizCall PC Client you can make cheap international calls using your PC and Internet connection, or even an iPhone, Nokia, or other modern mobile without any download or installation. They have a tutorial on their website, calling procedure is simple !


International Incoming Numbers
Get your International Incoming Numbers in over 20 countries across the globe. These appear just like normal land line numbers except you can forward them to your existing land line or mobile anywhere in the world!

Overall a good service, and a must try as you are getting free voip credit to make free voip calls. Visit Callmyworld.
 

TuneTalk offers free calls (Malaysia) on 18th June

TuneTalk, the cheapest mobile prepaid service in Malaysia is offering free calls on 18th June 2010 as a celebration for 1 million customers. Thought to just share this information with all our Malaysian readers so that they can make full use of the offer.

A great way to make free unlimited calls to Malaysia for whole one day. The offers begins on 18th June and will be valid for 24 hours. So make full use of the offer and make unlimited free calls in Malaysia. I just googled to know more about TuneTalk and found that service is not very old, but good part is that its rates are very cheap and is growing very rapidly. They are even planing to offer 1 millionth customer 2 days London trips which worth RM30,000.

The rate which Tunetalk offers is 16 sen per minute. I guess this is one of the cheapest calling price in Malaysia.

For more info, visit tunetalk.com !
 

Free International Calls from UK

Good news for Orange Pay Monthly Mobile phone subscribers in the UK. You can now make free international calls to over 100 countries from your orange mobile by dialing a unique access number and using your inclusive cross network minutes.

Check the list of 'Free International Calls from UK' Country List. How to make free international calls.

First email accessnumbers @ gmail(dot)com with your UK Orange mobile number to get an access number. Each person will be allocated a different access number.

There is a limit of 3000 minutes per access number per month.

When you receive the access number, you simply dial it and then enter in the full international number at the voice prompt. Then press the hash button after then number. And like magic the call with connect and you can talk for as long as you like.

For example Dial Access number ****** *** ***, enter international number 0091 etc and press # sign.

Make a test call and check your bill. You will see that the minutes are deducted from the inclusive minutes and there are no charges appearing on your bill.

The voip service has also included the proof of the same. No hidden charges, or any charges.
 

Free International Calling from South Africa

Well, FIFA world cup is here in South Africa and we have voip offers flowing there. So many voip providers have started offering some of the good deals to make free voip calls from South Africa.

IndiaLD (which was offering 0.7 cents per min to India) started their service Callstar so that you can make free international calls from South Africa. Yes you can make free calls to India from South Africa. Below is the mail which I received from IndiaLD officials about Callstar.

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Callstar offers free international calling from South Africa to over 50 countries including India. The site is http://www.callstar.co.za. This service is two weeks old now and growing very quickly.

Call Star offers geographic access numbers in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town. These numbers can be called from landlines or mobile phones. Users pay a local rate to call our access numbers and then get to make a free internatioonal call to 50 countries. When compared to direct dialing India from Telkom, our service is 59% cheaper.

We have not confirmed this directly, but our customers tell us that our access numbers are included in the Telkom Closer 1 and 2 plans which offer free calling during nights and weekends. Even if you are not on a Telkom Closer plan, the cost to call our access numbers is very reasonable and represents a substantial savings over direct dialing international numbers or using a calling card. Peak/Off Peak rates to call our numbers from a Telkom landline are .0157/.0096 ZAR per second, exclusive of VAT.

Unlike some other South African free calling services, our numbers are not 0875 VOIP rated numbers which bill at standard and expensive VAS rates. The additional benefit of using a geographic number is that the call quality is much better than trying an 0875 rated number. We get some very good connection rates and call times, especially to India. In fact, we are using the same carriers as IndiaLD for our calls so you know that the quality is there.

South Africa has a large Indian community and Call Star is a great way for them to stay in touch without spending a lot of money.

Our free calling destinations include India, the UK, the USA, Canada, and China along with 50 other countries. We are in the process of expanding our free calling destinations and will add Bangladesh shortly.
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Nymgo 1.1 cent call to India : Call rates to India reduced

We at FPPC have some big news for our blog readers. Lot of our blog readers are using Nymgo for making international phone calls. When you talk about PC to Phone calls, the voip provider which comes to our mind is Nymgo. The day it was launched, Nymgo created a buzz in voip industry. From past many months, Nymgo has been offering cheapest calls to many destinations and a very competitive rate of 1.3 cent to India.

But hold on, the news is Nymgo has further reduced its calling rate to India. Nymgo is now offering just 1.1 cent per minute to call India. Almost one cent call to India, Nymgo is must try now. Furthermore, if you make use of of voucher code of Nymgo then you are lower the calling costs even more. In simple words, if you make frequent international calls to India then Nymgo is a definitely worth trying.

Nymgo Calls to India

One thing I really about Nymgo is that you can try its service with buying as low as credit worth $5. And you will get approx 455 minutes in this $5. Plus no hidden charges. No fancy promotions and just simple rates.

Not now. Not ever. Just a great quality phone service and incredibly low international call charges to landlines and mobiles. We would say that start using Nymgo now and start saving on phone bills.

Apart from your Pc to Phone calls, you can now even make Phone to Phone calls using SIP device. Nymgo has recently launched its voip application for smartphone be it Android, iPhone or Windows mobile. Make nymgo sip voip phone calls and enjoy the low rate of 1.1 cent using Nymgo.

Features of Nymgo
- Excellent customer support which are quite active. . Since you are reading Free PC to Phone calls blog, you can get Nymgo customer support right here on this blog. If you face any problems, just post in the comments section (or email me), I will that your problem is resolved right here.
- Cheapest International calling rates
- Time to time voucher codes and promotional offers.
 

CallingCredit.com : Cheap Voip Phone Calls

Today lets discuss about another delmont sarl (betamax ??) voip provider callingcredit.com . Not very sure but this service has been launched recently and is making some buzz.

As like with other betamax providers Callingcredit.com is also offering very cheap international calling rate at present. CallingCredit.com is very similar to a calling card where you have to dial access number.

Presently CallingCredit.com is offering calls to India mobile at 0.5 eurocents approx $0.007 per min. Less than one cent per minutes - one of the lowest prices. So those looking for very cheap rates, callingcredit is worth trying. Just make sure access numbers are available in your country because SIP calls are not supported. Someone please check if settings similar to other betamax work or not !!

Callingcredit also gives a mobile application using which you can make Phone to Phone calls. I guess its like a callback method (you will be charged for calling rate to your country) as first they will call you and then your destination.

Overall, if you are ok with betamax services then Callingcredit.com is worth trying !!!
 
 
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